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The Wechsler Intelligence Scales have become the gold standard of individually administered IQ tests in the western part of the developed world and are both widely employed in clinical/counseling settings and extensively researched. For the most part IQ test development has been conducted in the USA, and in this regard the development of the Wechsler Intelligence Scales for adults and children in a number of revisions to date serve as a prime example, including more recent versions for...

This study estimates the proportion of Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) attending school in 89 districts of Uganda from 2011 - 2013 and investigates the factors influencing OVC access to education among this population.This study used secondary survey data from OVCs aged 5 - 17 years, collected using Lot Quality Assurance Sampling in 87 Ugandan districts over a 3-year period (2011 - 2013). Estimates of OVC school attendance were determined for the yearly time periods. Logistic...

This study depicted a micropolitical analysis of school principals’ decision making as regards the influence of formal and informal groups on school administrative processes from the point of view of principals. It was based on descriptive survey study of all 24 public secondary schools within Ile-Ife community, Osun State, Nigeria, out of which a sample of 10 schools was purposively selected. The instrument for data collection was an open-ended questionnaire titled “The micropolitics of...

Recent evidence indicates that pre-school children (PSC) living in S. mansoni highly endemic areas are at similar risk of schistosomiasis infection and morbidity as their school aged siblings. Recognizing this fact, the World Health Organization (WHO) is considering including this age group in highly endemic areas in control programmes using mass drug administration (MDA). However, detailed epidemiological information on S. mansoni infection among PSC is lacking for many endemic areas,...

Abstract. Turkana, in northwest Kenya, is the country's poorest and least developed county. Pastoralism in Turkana is well adapted to the harsh climatic conditions but an increase in drought frequency associated with global climate change and intensifying violent conflicts between pastoral groups, poses significant challenges for local communities. The conflicts are especially violent in the border region between the Turkana and the Pokot communities. In this very region significant oil...

There is scanty information on correlates for psychosocial distress in Zambia. Secondary analysis was conducted using data collected in 2004 in Zambia during the global school-based health survey to determine the prevalence and correlates for psychosocial distress. Logistic regression analyses were used to estimate magnitudes of associations between exposure factors and the outcome, while the Yates’ corrected Chi-squared test was used to compare proportions at the 5% significance level. A...

บทคดยอ การวจยครงนมวตถประสงคเพอ 1) พฒนาหลกสตรเสรมความสามารถทางภาษาอาหรบตามหลกสตรอาหรบโปรแกรมมหาวทยาลยอล-อซฮร ประเทศอยปตของนกเรยนในโรงเรยนเอกชนสอนศาสนาอสลาม และ2) เพอตรวจสอบประสทธภาพของหลกสตรเสรม  วธการดำเนนการวจย ม 4 ขนตอน คอ 1)การศกษาขอมลพนฐาน 2)การพฒนาหลกสตรเสรม 3)การตรวจสอบประสทธภาพของหลกสตรเสรม และ4)การปรบปรงหลกสตรเสรม กลมตวอยางเปนนกเรยนระดบมธยมปลาย จำนวน 30 คน ของโรงเรยนอซซกรอ โรงเรยนทาอฐศกษา และโรงเรยนมะเซาะหฮาตดดน ผทรงคณวฒในการตรวจสอบโครงรางของหลกสตรจำนวน 10 คน ...

important socio-professional dimension, is added the psychosocial impact and their repercussion in the psychism [5].The aims were to identify the different factors susceptible to influence Dysmenorrhea in school environment and to study the psycho-social impact on the quality of the pupil's life. Patients and MethodsThe study was proceeded in four secondary school in Benin.Two public and two private: general teaching public college "Nokoué", general teaching public college "Pylônes", private...

The major purpose of this study was to assess the practice and problems of teachers’ performance appraisal in the secondary schools of Wolaita Zone, Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s Region. In order to achieve the objective of the study, descriptive survey method was employed. The study was conducted in five government secondary schools, five Woreda education offices and one Zone education department. The secondary schools and Woreda education offices were selected by simple...

<p style="text-align:justify">Facilitating effective mathematics learning and higher mathematics achievement have long been recognized as a key to the scientific and technological advancement of the African continent. While the central role that language proficiency plays in mathematics teaching and learning has received an overwhelming research attention in the literature over the past two decades, this is not the case among African policy-makers and political leaders. Drawing mainly...

The paper reviewed the controversy surrounding the teachers’ qualifications and its influence on students’ academic achievement. The paper measured teachers’ qualification using seven indicators which are: formal education, experience, subject matter knowledge, pedagogy studies, duration of training, certificate/licensing and professional development. The paper reviewed different opinions on the relationship between these indicators and students’ academic achievement. Though, it seems there...

Today, workforce diversity is a major challenge that has easily turned into a losing situation for all involved, leading to demoralization of employees thus affecting employee performance in many organizations. The workforce diversity in terms of ethnicity and education aspects can lead to demoralization of employees thus affecting employee performance. The purpose of the study was to establish the effects of workforce diversity on employee performance in Kenya with a case of Kenya School of...

The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) for HIV in Mekelle, Tigray, Ethiopia with a view of suggesting measures for increased up takes in University students. Institution based cross-sectional study design was used. Respondents were selected by simple random sampling method. A total of 425 students were included. The data was collected by trained health workers using a self administered structured questionnaire...

Planning and design of coastal protection for high-risk events with low to moderate or uncertain probabilities are a challenging balance of short- and long-term cost vs. protection of lives and infrastructure. The pervasive, complex, and accelerating impacts of climate change on coastal areas, including sea-level rise, storm surge and tidal flooding, require full integration of the latest science into strategic plans and engineering designs. While the impacts of changes occurring are global,...

Background: Many public health agencies rank residenal radon exposure as the second leading cause of lung cancer aer cigaree smoking. It has been shown that the risk coefficient for lung cancer is higher for children than that for adults. Therefore, indoor radon measurements were carried out in the elementary schools of Tulkarem province, West Bank, Palesne. Materials and Methods: Two hundred and thirty solid state nuclear track detectors (SSNTDs) type CR-39 were distributed in the...

Higher education in Zimbabwe began in the 1950s with the establishment of the University of Zimbabwe (then known as the University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland) being the first institution to offer university education. Since then there has been a rapid growth of universities, particularly after in 1990. What can be discerned from this growth of tertiary education is that the practice of imparting education to students is a consistently changing process in every society. What used to be...

Every day, everywhere in the world, the right of learners and teachers to quality public education is violated (Dorsi, 2014). The quality of education is undermined by a deficit of appropriately qualified teachers more particularly in the rural areas. It has been observed that there has been moral decadence in contemporary society, and a marked decline in the character, moral values and general behaviour of students coming out of our school system. According to Mangena (2006), modern society...

Basing itself on the results of research in psycholinguistics this paper seeks to suggest strategies that could be used as the basis for a systematic approach to the teaching of aural comprehension skills in French in our Colleges of Education. To do this, it first discusses the general nature of language comprehension. It then examines some problems encountered by students and finally ends with such proposals as it considers useful to the teacher.