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This study investigated the influence of parenting styles on academic performance of secondary school students in Niger state, Nigeria. The study employed a correlational design to measure the relationship between parenting styles and academic performance. A sample of 380 junior secondary school students during 2013/2014 academic session was selected from public schools through simple random sampling technique. The research instrument used was Parenting Styles Questionnaire (PSQ) which...
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Introduction: Every year, different batches of adolescent girls between the ages of 10-19 years experience menarche often unprepared to manage the menstruation hygienically.In Ghana, most girls enter adolescence when they are in basic schools, which make menstrual hygiene among girls in Junior High Schools very important.This study examined the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of menstrual hygiene management among both premenarcheal and post-menarcheal adolescent students in basic schools...
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The purpose of this research was to find out some pedagogic challenges involved in the teaching of Citizenship in Government Secondary Schools in the South West Region of Cameroon.This paper stated one objective, and was carried out using the same as the research question which was later translated to research hypothesis to ascertain the finding of the study.The survey research design was used, and the sample was selected using the simple random sampling technique.The sample consisted of 150...
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The arid and semi-arid climate of the Marrakech-Safi region is subject to oceanic and continental influences. The cities of Essaouira and Marrakech, which illustrate these two influences, experience an important temporal variability in rainfall and temperature. Moreover, there are clear increasing trends of temperature during the last five decades. However, the evolution of precipitation is more contrasted by a downward trend in Marrakech and a slight upward trend in Essaouira thanks to the...
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Although vocabulary learning plays a significant role in developing learners’ abilities to understand and use a language for communication, there is little research conducted on vocabulary learning among EFL Syrian learners. Therefore, the present study aims to investigate the use of Vocabulary Learning Strategies (VLSs) among 100 randomly selected EFL Syrian first-year undergraduates in a university in Syria. Using quantitative methods of data collection and analysis, the data were...
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The main purpose of this research was to examine the relationship among parenting styles, academic self concept, academic motivation and students' academic achievement.The sample for this research consisted of 136(82males &54 females) 9 th and 10 th grade students from Fasilo secondary schooland was gathered using stratified random sampling.Data analysis was done descriptively by using means and standard deviations.Research results revealed that out of the four specific parenting styles, the...
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This report aims to fill a gap in studies undertaken on academic mobility. Indeed, continued interest in the migration of African students to other regions of the world has evolved since most of the states on the continent gained international sovereignty. This work has highlighted the commitment of an educated elite towards the elaboration of economic, cultural and social emancipation policies in their countries of origin (Ndiaye, 1962; Dieng, 2011). This research has also made it possible t...
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Children living in the streets are a global phenomenon and the concept street children have multiple definitions. Yet little is known about what it means to be a street child attending school in South Africa. The focus of this paper is on how teachers conceptualise learners who are street children. Data was generated from interviewing 15 teachers from two primary schools and one secondary school with learners who are street children. The findings of the study show that teachers identify such...
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Introduction: Although adolescents comprise a considerable portion of Egypt’s population, they have received insufficient indicators of their health status, especially in rural areas. Aim: This study was conducted to assess the health profile of adolescent school students and its associated socio-demographic factors in an Egyptian village. Methods: A school-based cross-sectional study was conducted during the scholastic year 2016–2017 on 378 adolescent students recruited from preparatory and...
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Background: Smartphones are widely spread among the general population. This study was applied to determine the prevalence of Smartphone addiction and its relation to musculoskeletal pain among both male and female physical therapy students in Egypt.Methods: A sample of 420 physical therapy students from 11 schools of physical therapy in Egypt participated in this survey. They filled in a Google form – with information about student’s demographic data, device usage, phone size and behaviour,...
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This study investigates strategies used by principals for enhancing the productivity of secondary school teachers in selected government secondary schools in Cameroon. Four major strategies were examined. These include motivation, conflict resolution, supervisory and communication strategies and the extent to which they influence teachers’ productivity. Four research questions and hypotheses guided the study. Questionnaire was used to collect data from 350 teachers selected from a...
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Abstract Countries and international organizations are making conscious effort to address climate change threat to humanity. Rising fossil fuel burning and land use changes to meet human demands continuously emit large quantities of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere thus causing climate change. The research used Talensi District as a case study to determine factors influencing farmers’ adaptation response and the actual practices used to avert climate change impact. A total of 225...
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The study sought to examine home environment as a predictor of academic performance for children with learning disabilities in the Buea Municipality, South West Region of Cameroon.The main wa the effect of home environment on the academic performance of children with learning disabilities.The study design was a survey.The study population was made up of the pupils of the three selected primary schools in the Buea municipality in West Region of Cameroon.The purposive sampling technique was...