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This study examined the effects of student and parent goal orientations and perceived classroom goal structures on grades and self-efficacy in mathematics during the high school transition. From a sample of 50 African American families living in a low-income school district, student survey data and open-ended parent interviews were examined. There were three significant findings. First, students who espoused more mastery goals in high school mathematics experienced more positive changes in...
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The purpose of this study was to survey the attitudes of teachers in Ghana towards children with special educational needs (SEN) and disabilities in relation to the UNESCO (1994) Salamanca Statement on inclusion. Using random sampling techniques, five. hundred and forty trained and un~rained mainstream Primary School teachers were selected from three of the ten regions of Ghana to respond to questionnaire items composed of educational placement options and bi-polar emotional reactions....
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Patriarchy is pervasive in rural communities in South Africa. The HIV/AIDS pandemic has forced African women theologians to address the issues of culture and poverty that are exacerbating the crisis for women. This article argues that faith resources are critical to participatory learning about the issues of HIV/AIDS. The Bible, which is central to African Christian women's lives, can be used to initiate discussions around taboo subjects such as sexuality, HIV/AIDS, and gender violence....
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Water harvesting is an important tool for mitigating the adverse effects of climate change. This report investigates the trade-offs between health and poverty reduction by considering the impacts of water harvesting on health in Tigray region, northern Ethiopia. In particular, we assess the prevalence of malaria in association with ponds and wells. The determinants of malaria incidence are explored with multivariate analysis. We investigate people’s willingness to pay (WTP) for improved...
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Presented in this thesis are some basic concepts and applications of seismic hazard analysis and the elements that influence the amplitude and geometric attenuation of earthquake ground motion. Thi ...
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This paper draws upon classroom-related findings from a set of impact case studies of whole school improvement in six primary schools that have been involved as “cooperating schools” in long-term school-university partnerships with the Aga Khan University Institute for Educational Development (IED), and it’s Professional Development Centre in East Africa (PDC-EA). The IED approach for school improvement involves participating schools in multiple strands of professional development,...
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Drawing on 26 months of fieldwork in a Yemeni community in south-eastern Michigan, Loukia K. Sarroub tells the story of six Yemeni–American girls as they try to pick a pathway between the conflicting cultural values of home and school. The six ijbt, as she calls them, are the daughters of immigrants who came to the US in the 1970s but who have retained a high level of cultural attachment to their parents’ country of origin. They are all teenagers, all students at public schools, all subject...
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Sean Morrow, Brown Maaba and Loyiso Pulumani, Education in Exile: SOMAFCO, the ANC School in Tanzania, 1978 to 1992. Cape Town: HSRC Press (pb R175.00 – 0 79 69 2051 6). 2004. 232 pp. - Volume 76 Issue 4
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Results from a recent web survey that uses the vignette methodology to examine young women's perceptions of discrimination in the science classroom are presented. The vignette findings suggest that a majority of young African American women see race and gender barriers in the science classroom. Although African American women see race as a more formidable barrier than gender, they are more likely than White women to see gender barriers as well. Results reveal advantages of the vignette...
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<h3>Purpose</h3> The purpose of this community medicine project was to help start an inguinal hernia education program through the Ghana Red Cross Society and to create an informative brochure to be used in educating people about hernias. This project was undertaken after spending a few weeks in the general surgery department and witnessing dozens of hernia operations—the vast majority of which required extensive bowel resections—and subsequently discovering the gross misconceptions about...
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In this study, I investigated the interactions between multiple intelligences and performance of learners in open-ended digital learning tasks, and to suggest possible approaches to the teaching and learning process using computers in Tanzania. With the current introduction of computers in the education system in Tanzania, the qualities of instruction and learner participation in learning computer application skills and achievement have not necessarily shown improvement (Nelson, Post, &...