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Getting farmers to adopt new cultivars with greater tolerance for coping with climatic extremes and variability is considered as one way of adapting agricultural production to climate change. However, for successful adaptation to occur, an accurate recognition and understanding of the climate signal by key stakeholders (farmers, seed suppliers and agricultural extension services) is an essential precursor. This paper presents evidence based on fieldwork with smallholder maize producers and...
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Background : The global frequency for open long bone fracture is at least 11.5 cases per 100,000 persons per year. Precise published research information regarding the characteristics and the management of patients with post- traumatic exposed bones for Africa, Kenya and Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital- Eldoret is non- existent. This study will provide the much needed research information. Objective : To assess the characteristics of patients with post- traumatic exposed bones with their...
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Purpose – This study aims to look at the use of mobile devices by science students with emphasis only on privately owned universities in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach – A descriptive research design was used, as the study was a survey research. Eighty copies of structured questionnaire were distributed to collect data from science students in advanced levels of their undergraduate programmes in Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD) and Joseph Ayo Babalola University (JABU)...
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This article is part of didactic researches inspired by the history of science. Our aim is to identify and analyze the conceptions implemented by Moroccan physics teachers of senior secondary school, confronted with questions relatedto the perseverance of inertial motion as a motion-state, asexpressedby the principle of inertia formulated by Newton. The study was conducted among 59 teachers who responded to three multiple choice questions, guided by a research question. Pivot tables wereused...
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The online version of the original article can be found under doi:10.1186/s13073-015-0175-x.
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The main aim of the study was to analyze the extent to which teachers were incorporating Individual Education Program (IEP) in teaching science subjects. The study was guided by Felder Silverman Dimension Model theory to science learning. Descriptive Case study design was used. The study was conducted at Rev. Muhoro Secondary School for the Deaf inMukurwe-ini Sub-County, Nyeri County, Kenya. The target population of study comprised of; Principal, teachers and students of Rev. Muhoro...
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The Kenyan government has ambitious plans for its schools system, despite the many shortages that are currently hampering the drive; now a growing private early years sector is springing up in response.
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The study investigated the challenges and prospects of e-learning in National Open University of Nigeria. It sought to find out Attitudes of students towards e-learning. The study investigated the various challenges of e-learning in NOUN. Also the studies investigated prospects of e-learning, availability of e-learning facilities and also determine the ICT competence of NOUN students. The design of the study is a descriptive survey type. The sample for the study consisted of 250 students...
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Despite the virtual revolution, the mainstream academic community in most countries remains largely ignorant of the potential of web-based teaching resources and of the expansion of open source software, hardware and rapid prototyping. In the context of Biomedical Engineering (BME), where human safety and wellbeing is paramount, a high level of supervision and quality control is required before open source concepts can be embraced by universities and integrated into the curriculum. In the...
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E-learning is a byproduct of instructional design.Thus online learning designers, in their approaches are expected to be familiar with the epistemological underpinnings of several theories and their consequences on the process of instruction.In the same vein constructivism holds assumptions, that learning is an active process whereby the learner constructs knowledge base on experience.Secondly, learning occurs when there is disequilibrium.It therefore takes place in a social...
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Since 2006, the enrollment of African students in Chinese universities has been increasing steadily. A majority of the students have been recruited through the China Scholarship Council. Cast against that background of growth in the number of African students in Chinese universities, it is important that their educational experience in a country whose cultural landscape and political orientation are significantly different from those of their homelands be examined for evidence on their...
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The study was carried out to compare the academic performance of students in the private and public secondary schools in the subject of economics in Lagos State. Samples of 120 students and 60 teachers were randomly selected from five private secondary schools and five public secondary schools in Oshodi/Isolo and Alimosho Local Government areas of Lagos State. The instrument used for the collection of data was a questionnaire. The data collected was analyzed using simple percentages, means...
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Abstract Objective To assess the knowledge and practice of malaria prevention among caregivers of children admitted to a teaching hospital in Ghana. Methods A descriptive cross-sectional survey was conducted on caregivers of children who were hospitalized at the paediatric wards of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital from March 2009 to June 2009. Data were analysed using StataTM version 8.2. Results Nearly all caregivers (97.1%) had heard of malaria. Of this proportion, 89.7% knew mosquito...
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Mandibular condylar fractures are common presentations to hospitals across the globe and remain the most important cause of temporomandibular joint (TMJ) ankylosis. This study aimed to analyze cases of mandibular condylar fracture complicated by TMJ ankylosis after treatment. A 16-year retrospective analysis was performed at the dental and maxillofacial surgery clinic of the study institution; patient data were collected from the hospital records and entered into a pro-forma questionnaire....