ABSTRACT Differentiated Instruction is an approach to teaching that meets the diverse academic needs of students by considering learner readiness, interest and learning styles. The approach is grounded in the socio-cultural, multiple intelligence and constructivist theories. The study sought to explore Junior High School (JHS) mathematics teachers‟ knowledge and practice of differentiated instruction in Tano South district of Ghana. In order to achieve the purpose of the study, an explana...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to investigate gender differences in pre-service teachers‟ Van Hiele‟s geometric reasoning levels and their attitude towards geometry under the following variables (usefulness of learning geometry, confidence in learning of geometry and enjoyment of learning geometry) of Northern Region Colleges of Education. Also, the purpose was to investigate whether there is relationship between Pre-Service Teachers (PSTs‟) Van Hiele‟s Geometry Test (VHGT) a...
ABSTRACT The study was aimed at improving on 48 teacher-trainees‟ concepts in an introductory inorganic chemistry course through practical micro chemistry equipment (MCE) activities and curriculum materials. These materials were validated through scrutiny by experts in Chemistry Education, trials in a comparable institution and KuderRichardson‟s formula, KR-20. Some of the topics which were covered in the study were the nature of solutions, chemical stoichiometry, balancing of equat...
ABSTRACT The significance of land for building is undisputable. The concept of property right and the nature of rights prevailing on a particular piece of land and land development issues are the core of the study. The purpose of study is to investigate the challenges associated with land tenure and development issues in Ghana. Using a survey and case study research design, simple random sampling, questionnaires, semi-structured interviews, focus group discussion and observation as the...
ABSTRACT The study examined the effect of cooperative learning strategy with instructional manual as against cooperative learning strategy only on SHS students‟ performance in Mechanics concepts in Physics in Berekum Municipality, Brong Ahafo Region. The research design employed in this study was the quasi-experimental using pretest and posttest equivalent control group design. Samples of ninety three (93) SHS 2 students drawn from two intact classes were used for the study. An instru...
ABSTRACT This study sought to find out whether Problem Solving Approach (PSA) is being used to teach Mathematics at the Basic School level in Kwahu West Municipality and Ghana as a whole. Simple random sampling was used to select the prospective respondents for good representation. A total of 62 respondents participated in the study made up of mathematics teachers and Circuit Supervisors. Questionnaires, unstructured interviews and observations were used to collect the data and analyzed usin...
ABSTRACT The main objective of this study was to assess availability and utilization of ICT facilities in teaching of social studies in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis. The descriptive research design was adopted for the study. A census technique was used for the 100 social studies teachers. The questionnaire was used to gather the requisite data for the study. The data were analysed through the computation of descriptive and inferential statistics such as frequencies, percentages, mean of ...
ABSTRACT The study examined the relationship between teacher quality and pupils’ performance in RME in basic schools in the Ga-South Municipality. The correlational research design was adopted for the study. Through the use of cluster sampling, multi-stage sampling and proportional allocation of sample size as well as the purposive sampling procedure, 159 basic schools and 532 respondents consisting of 357 pupils and 175 RME teachers were selected to participate in the study respectively....
ABSTRACT The main objective of the study was to determine the effects of selfconcept on academic performance of Junior High School form three students in Elmina township. Simple random sampling was the technique used by the researcher in this study to draw the sample of schools. In all, 280 form three students from the six selected Schools were used as respondents for the study. The research design adopted by the researcher was the Ex Post Facto and the instrument developed and used for elic...
ABSTRACT The study evaluated the quality of Junior High School (JHS) education in the Central Region of Ghana using context, input, process and product (CIPP) model by Stufflebeam (1971). Descriptive survey design was employed in the conduct of the study. The target population for this study was made up of public and private JHSs in all the 20 Metropolitan/Municipal/District Assemblies in the Central Region. Proportionate stratified random sampling was employed. In all, the participants for ...
ABSTRACT In this study, efforts were made to find out the extent to which primary school Head teachers in the Sekondi Takoradi Metropolis deal with conflict issues as they emerge in their administrative duties. The study established the insight, knowledge base and skills of the head teachers on conflict management issues. It also examined the attitude of the head teachers towards conflict in their schools and how their attitude is interpreted by their teachers. In all, ten (10) head teachers...
ABSTRACT This study was carried out to identify the counselling needs of Polytechnic students using Takoradi Polytechnic in the Western region of Ghana as a case study. It aimed at finding out their prevalent counselling needs, sources of support available to students and whether they desire services provided by the counselling department of the institution, taking into considerations variables such as; age, gender, academic level, programme of study and marital status. Descriptive research d...
ABSTRACT This study assesses the Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) preparedness of student-teachers in the Department of Arts and Social Sciences Education (DASSE) of University of Cape Coast, Ghana. It uses the descriptive survey design. The stratified simple random sampling technique was used to sample 370 student-teachers of DASSE for the study. Questionnaire was adapted for the data collection. Descriptive (frequencies and percentages, mean of means and standard deviati...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to find out which factors influence the utilisation of health care services provided at the University of Cape Coast hospital. Three research questions were posed to guide the study. The descriptive quantitative survey was used to conduct the study at University of Cape Coast in the Central Region of Ghana among levels 200-400 both resident and non-resident students. Out of the 11,698 students, 300 (107 males and 186 females with an average age of 23 yea...
ABSTRACT This study focused on elective science students’ perception of their biology classroom environment and their attitude towards biology in low and high academic achieving senior secondary schools in the Central Region of Ghana. Data were obtained with Biology Classroom Environment Questionnaire and Attitude towards Biology Questionnaire, administered on 356 third-year elective science students. This was done after the senior secondary schools that offer elective science programme ha...