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Most of the scholarship on gifted Black children focuses, legitimately, in a disproportionate way on underrepresentation, namely, identification and placement issues, barriers, and recommendations. Comparatively speaking, less attention has focused on socio-emotional (or affective) and psychological needs and development of these students. Furthermore, because the characteristics exhibited by AfricanAmerican children are not the traditional characteristics understood, valued, and accepted in...
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This practice model is unique as it was the first research study conducted on the interprofessional teaching-learning of anatomy at a higher education institution in South Africa without a medical school/faculty. An in-depth literature review was conducted on the concepts identified from the empirical data and triangulation, deductive and inductive reasoning strategies were used to describe the conceptual framework and ultimately the practice model. The practice model will also provide...
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The study investigated the effects of mediated learning experience (MLE) intervention on Remedial school learners’ cognitive functioning as measured by the Ravens Coloured Progressive Matrices (RCPM). The sample comprised 67 participants (males = 35; females =32; mean age =11.8) from Grade 4 through to Grade 7. Participants were given the RCPM on two occasions, and in-between, a non-randomly constituted experimental group was exposed to MLE intervention. Pre-post test results revealed...
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In this thesis work, I have conducted an investigation to find out the information security practices of student mobile phone users in Ghana. The widespread use and the portable nature of mobile ph ...
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This study was conducted to determine whether University of Botswana admissions criteria and students learning styles were predictors of academic performance and degree completion at the Faculty of Engineering and Technology. Field dependence/field independence is a dimension of cognitive style that influences students learning styles. The Group Embedded Figures Test was administered to 77 University of Botswana second year engineering and technology students. The students' Grade Point...
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The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of soil pollution on the nodulation competence of some selected cowpea cultivars. Three cowpea varieties (Tvu1647, IT84552-249 and IT95K-1491) were selected for this study. The polluted soil types were soil samples taken from a factory effluent site, piggery waste soil, gasoline polluted soil while normal unpolluted sandy loam served as the control. The plant height, terminal leaf length, sterm girth, nodule number and plant shoot dry mass were...
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This paper discusses the use of Global AudioVisual approach of teaching French as a foreign and second language in Nigeria, particularly in higher institutions. The paper contends that learners of French should be adequately exposed to the Global AudioVisual approach of teaching in an integrated manner in order to attain the set relevance of French as a major international language of Science, Commerce, diplomacy and technology. Furthermore, with this approach, Nigerian students will have...
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Cet article examine les controverses qui se sont déroulées au sein de l’administration coloniale française concernant la micro-politique des relations locales entre administrateurs français et Africains de l’Ouest étudiants ou diplômés des écoles françaises. Au cours de la Première Guerre mondiale, des événements ont alimenté les craintes françaises d’une révolution socio-culturelle dans les relations coloniales. En 1918, plusieurs allégations d’incidents d’insubordination impliquant des...
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Students in rural and urban areas in Tanzania, and elsewhere in Africa, continue to have limited or lack access to culturally and employment-relevant science education. The current case study, a 2007–2009 examination of barriers to the reform movement of science education in Tanzania, uses data from interviews, classroom observations, document analysis, and a survey questionnaire. Areas of interest included overcrowding, lack of textbooks, a general low or inadequate access to education,...
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The paper presents a critical discussion of the provision of citizenship education for Africans in South Africa during the period 1948-1994. A conceptual analysis of Johnson and Morris’ critical citizenship framework and its four dimensions, namely, ideology, the collective, self and praxis, is presented. Utilising this framework, the author examines the goals and aims of the former National Party government in their project to provide citizenship education through history, social science...
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This study investigates the effects and coping mechanisms to climate variability among pastoralist communities in Kilimanjaro and Manyara regions. Data were collected from a sample of 60 respondents from pastoralist communities. The sampled pastoralists were selected using random sampling techniques. Data were analysed by descriptive statistics and results of the study show that the main social assets among the pastoralists were economic group, social gathering and community participation....
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Since the advent of the knowledge economy society, higher education is seen as a major contributor to poverty reduction and sustainable human development. Over the past two decades, many regional organizations have invested in the revitalization and further development of their higher education systems—in order to benefit from the opportunities offered by the knowledge economy. These efforts include the implementation of the Bologna process of construction of a higher education area in...
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Background: Childhood dyslipidemia is associated with the risk of developing CVD in adulthood. Vitamin D deficiency has been reported as a risk factor for dyslipidaemia in adults.There are sparse epidemiologic data evaluating that association in children and adolescents. Objective: To evaluate the association between vitamin D deficiency and blood lipids among school children aged between 9 through 11 years. Subjects and methods: A cross-sectional study comprised 215 children; 80 boys and...
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En Abstract Background Prosody is the aspect of language that conveys emotion by changes in tone, rhythm, and emphasis during speech. Prosody includes aspects such as intonation and tone of voice. Specific language impairment (SLI) is a developmental disorder in which language development is below the chronological age despite normal nonverbal intelligence and no obvious neurological or physiological impairments or emotional and/or social difficulties that could impact language use. Most of...