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African American and Latino college students were surveyed to examine the influence of involvement with faculty and mentoring on self-efficacy and academic achievement. It was hypothesized that involvement with faculty and mentoring were related to greater academic achievement. It was suggested that the relationship of these factors was mediated by self-efficacy. Involvement with faculty and self-efficacy were significantly related to academic achievement. The relationship between...

Within the literature there exists a large volume of research studies attesting to the positive relationships between studying music and various psychological and sociological variables. A close examination of these studies reveals that only a handful were conducted on disadvantaged populations. Accordingly, it remains unclear to what extent these findings hold true for disadvantaged students. The purpose of this study was to investigate the social-emotional impact of instrumental music...

Background: To determine the status of malocclusion and the orthodontic treatment needs among 12-18 year-oldadolescents in Maiduguri, Northern Nigeria.Method: The examined population comprised of 339 subjects from two socio-economically different communitiesin the city using Dental Aesthetic Index (DAI). Data was collected using specially designed recording chart. Thechart included the age as at last birthday, the school, gender and all 10 parameters of the DAI. Intra and interexaminers'...

A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POST GRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL AND HEALTH EDUCATION, FACULTY OF EDUCATION AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIA DECEMBER 2012.

The aim of this work was to investigate the uniqueness of slang, the creativity therein and its use as a language of communication among the students of Federal University of Technology Owerri, Nigeria. Oral interviews and informal interactions were used to elicit information from 3000 students who gave consent and were randomly selected from a pool of students after the objective of the study was explained. Key Person Interview (KPI) was used to verify/supplement the information obtained...

During the Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (DESD) (2004-2015), better teaching and learning of environmental education and education for sustainable development (EE and ESD) in schools is one of the main responses to the worsening state of the global environment. Environmental concerns are integrated into the South African school curricula; in the General Education and Training (Grades R-9) (GET) and Further Education and Training (FET) phases through the principles that...

Anger, hostility and verbal utterances have been linked to excessive aggression and other forms of violent behaviours both in sport and in society. They always lead to antagonistic responses and aggressive behaviours in sporting activities. The study examined whether a combination of anger, hostility, and verbal utterances would predict physical aggressive behaviour among student-athletes in South African universities. A cross-sectional study of 300 student-athletes from three South African...

The paper is organized as follows. Section 2 sets our motivation by presenting a literature review and the resulting research questions that the paper addresses. Section 3 presents the background on HIV education in Cameroon and the experimental design. Section 4 presents our data, outcomes of interest and empirical strategy. Sections 5, 6 and 7 present the 10 treatment effects respectively on sexual behavior, exposure to HIV education and knowledge (mechanisms), and diffusion to peers and spillovers. Section 8 concludes.

Gorwing into Music is a 68 minute film that explores how children in diverse cultures from different parts of the world acquire musical skills and knowledge. Shot on location between 2009-12, the film shows children learning and performing within some of the world's most celebrated oral traditions. It explores the contrasting ways that musicianship continues to be orally transmitted between generations in the 21st century. Directed by Lucy Duran, edited by Maya Maffioli.

Francophone students from North Africa attach more importance to academic studies than their European counterparts who are more attracted to sports and arts. To our knowledge, the attitude of learners from black African countries has not been studied. The objective of this study was to assess how students perform in Benin secondary schools when they are involved in academic pursuits and or in school sports competitions (SSC). For this purpose, two questionnaires were administered: the first...

In this article the broad emphasis is on the significance of revisiting past thinking, especially from academia and in research reports of 20th century History teaching at the Further Education and Training level (FET), so as to invest in present-day youth who take History as a subject. The study is mainly qualitative, but also relies heavily on quantitative reports and the interpretation of their value regarding selective issues such as curriculum content, textbooks and teaching...

The study examines private sector participation in secondary education in Nigeria and its implications for national development. The population consisted all the providers and recipients of private secondary education in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Simple random sampling was used to select 200 providers and recipients of private secondary education across the six Area Councils in the FCT. An instrument designated Private Sector Participation in Secondary Education (PSPSE) was used...

The study reported on, in this paper sought to investigate on the issue of corporal and verbal punishment as means of disciplining pupils’ behavior in basic schools in Sudan. The practice of corporal punishment in schools is an indication of the absence of meaningful access to quality education that all nations worldwide are aiming to achieve by the year 2015. Moreover, punishment is against children rights that are well considered in the Convention on the Rights of Children (CRC) which is...

Differential motions of ground supports of stiff structures with large plan dimensions and separate foundations under earthquakes were studied by researchers during the last few decades. Such a type of structural response was previously underestimated. The importance of studying such a response comes up from the fact that usually the structures affected are of strategic importance such as bridges. During their expected life, structures may experience vibrations excited by ground waves of...

Background Overweight and obesity are public health problems all over the world because of their devastating social, economic, and health consequences, and they coexist with undernutrition in developing countries. Yet, there are few data on the magnitude of these problems in Nigeria. Objective To assess the prevalence of overweight, obesity, and thinness among urban school-aged children and adolescents. Methods A cross-sectional study of 1,599 children and adolescents 5 to 18 years of age...

This study explored the significance of African American students’ trust of teachers and its impact on student engagement in school. It also focused on the potential impact of teachers’ race on student-teacher trust relationships. Research for this study used a cross-sectional approach. Interviews were conducted with 22 students of various engagement levels in the 9th and 11th grades and with 9 administrators, all from 3 predominately African American high schools. The study also draws on...

La série géologique de l’Oued N’Fifikh (région de Mohammedia, Maroc) est constituée d’un socle cambro-ordovicien gréso-micacé et d’une couverture méso-cénozoïque. Cette dernière débute par des terrains triasiques constitués successivement, de la base vers le sommet, par un ensemble silto-gréso-conglomératique (20m), des argilites inférieures (40m), et des coulés basaltiques (50m). Sur cette formation, se déposent des argilites supérieures évaporitiques (60m) d’âge liasique. Cette série est...