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Summary This investigation was concerned with the effects of a social studies course on the philosophic orientations of history and geography students undergoing a programme in Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE) at the University of Botswana. Forty‐eight of them were taught a social studies course to determine whether their social studies orientations would change at the end of the course with the use of the Barth/Shermis Social Studies Preference Scale. It was found that a large...
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Abstract This study investigated sex differences in chemical problem solving amongst the secondary school chemistry students. The sample consisted of form‐five chemistry students consisting of 100 boys and 100 girls randomly sampled from five rural and five urban schools in Bendel Stale, Nigeria. The research instruments comprised of three written tests together with an inteview. The anaylsis of the students’ written responses to the tests and the interview protocols revealed that the male...
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Abstract This study investigated the problem‐solving difficulties of 240 chemistry teachers in Nigeria. The research instruments were three written tests and an interview. The analyses of the written responses and problem‐solving proposals revealed that: (1) most of the teachers were incapable of constructing mental representations of the chemical problems and had difficulties in constructing appropriate solution plans; (2) most of the teachers had inappropriate problem‐solving approaches...
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The desire of Nigeria as an independent country is to give to its citizens a free, just and democratic society where no one is oppressed. This humane philosophy guarantees maximum self realization to all citizens including children with special needs. Nigeria was not always one country as it is today. The territory according to Iloeje (1981) was formerly made up of various states, empires and small territories. The largest and most influential of these was the Fulani Empire which extended...
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The desire of Nigeria as an independent country is to give to its citizens a free, just and democratic society where no one is oppressed. This humane philosophy guarantees maximum self realization to all citizens including children with special needs. Nigeria was not always one country as it is today. The territory according to Iloeje (1981) was formerly made up of various states, empires and small territories. The largest and most influential of these was the Fulani Empire which extended...
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African-Americans have emerged as the "second wave" of the AIDS epidemic. Epidemiologic evidence indicates that African-Americans adults as well as adolescents have a disproportionately higher risk of AIDS and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. While programs designed to increase self-protective behaviors are urgently needed to avert a further increase in HIV infection among this population, there is little understanding of African-American sociocultural factors that may influence...
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This study investigated the perception of pre-service and in-service teachers on the relevance of Social Studies to values and moral inculcation among students in Ogun State, Nigeria. A descriptive survey design was used. A sample of 90 pre-service teachers from Federal Colleges of Education, Abeokuta and 36 in-service teachers from 18 junior secondary schools in Odeda local government area of Ogun State was employed. A self-designed structured questionnaire was administered to the...
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The major objective of this study was to identify certain needs which limit the effectiveness of early childhood teachers in the classroom. This was done by the use of an assessment tool. Results indicated a high priority and dire need for help in five factor need areas: children guidance and achievement of the basic skills; functional and qualitative learning and a mastery of the basic skills; motivating children to learn; identifying and sustaining readiness factors that affect learning...
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A prominent feature of the Nigerian educational scene today is the proliferation of parttime programmes in both professional and non-professional courses by tertiary institutions. In the area of teacher education, part-time/sandwich programmes have become a topical issue which has generated a lot of debate among both professional educators and the general public. There is the general notion that the proliferation of sandwich and part-time programmes for serving teachers run by various...
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SummaryA total of 522 children, aged 1 month to 6 years, who presented with convulsions and fever of acute onset at the Children's Emergency Room of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital over a 1-year period, were prospectively evaluated. Bacterial meningitis was diagnosed in 22 (4.2%) on bacteriological and/or biochemical evidence. The causative organisms were cultured from the CSF in 13 (Neisseria meningitidis = 7, Streptococcus pneumoniae = 5 and Haemophilus influenzae = 1) and...
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تضمنت هذه الدراسة فحص مجهري تحليل كيميائي لبعض عينات الجزء الأسفل من صخور بركانيات اليمن المنكشفة في منطقة عتمة والتي ترجع للحقب الثلاثي . ومن خلال الدراسات المجهرية وجد أن هذا الجزء يتكون من صخور غير تراكمية تدفقية الأصل ذو تركيب ما في ضحل المنشأ. تتركب هذه الصخور من معادن الكلينوبيروكسين ( الأوجيت والتيتانوأوجيت؟) ، الأوليفين ، والبلاجيوكلز الكلسي والموجودة على هيئة تسيج بورفري ، بين حبيبي ، وأحيانا نسيج أسبينفيكسي . أما معطيات التحاليل الكيميائية فقد دلت على أن هذ الصخور تكونت من صهير...
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Mount Cameroon is an active volcano located on the continental margin midway along a 1600 km chain of volcanic centres called the Cameroon line. Detailed microearthquake surveys conducted in the Mount Cameroon region, during three consecutive field seasons from 1984 to 1987, reveal an overall seismicity pattern characterised by, the predominant clustering of earthquakes at a few distinct localities, with no apparent clear lineations of epicentres. The earthquakes occur both as discrete...
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(1992). The role of English in education in the New South Africa. English Usage in Southern Africa: Vol. 23, No. 1, pp. 129-141.