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This paper examines the contribution of classroom students' seating positions to learning gains.Data were gathered from a sample of 1907 grade six students who sat for the same seat twice over an interval of about 10 months.They were drawn from a random selection of 72 low and high performing primary schools.Results of a multi-level regression show that seating in the front row in a classroom led to higher learning gains of between 5 percent and 27 percent compared to seating in other rows...
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The study investigated the influence of study skills on test anxiety levels of senior secondary school students. Two research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. A structured study skills inventory (SSI) consisting of 29 items, a test anxiety scale (TAS) consisting of 32 items developed by the researchers and validated were administered to 400 senior secondary school class III students (200 boys and 200 girls) in Nsukka Education Zone of Enugu State, Nigeria. The data...
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Thesis (M. Tech. (Environmental Health)) -- Central University of technology, Free State, 2013
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The social problem of food insecurity and the challenge for farmers in adapting successfully to climate change in West African societies build the framework and scope of our research for development (R4D). It is addressed through a project called Syprobio, operating in Mali, Burkina Faso and Benin. Elected farmers, representing 2000–3000 organic farmers, are conducting on-farm research and cooperating with 40–50 researchers and technicians in testing 27 innovative practices by forming...
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Emotional trauma affects a large proportion of the South African population. This article addresses its influence on music learners, including its effects on brain development, relational development, learning and music-making. The power of the educator to reshape a child’s brain by providing a nurturing and consistent environment is stressed. The effect of the environment in modulating epigenetic expression is discussed in conjunction with object relations theory as a model for human...
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South Africa’s transition to democracy in 1994 was accompanied by challenges of democratization and transformation across the various spheres of society. One of these democratization projects was in the field of higher education which was riddled with inequalities following decades of implementation of policies and practices that promoted race, class and gender inequalities. The tone for the democratization project was encapsulated in the famous words of the former state president Nelson...
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This study argues that mysticism, as found in representations of sanctity (walāya) in Sufi philosophy and practice formed the basis of schema of political and economic leadership among the Egyptian elite through a case study of Abū al-Anwār al-Sādāt, head of the Wafā’ī brotherhood in Egypt. The study employs an intertextual approach, analyzing resonant narratological themes in sources from a variety of genres of writing, including descriptions of Sufi devotion, certificates of learning...
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North China agro-pastoral zone and Africa Sahel belt are both controlled by monsoon climate and are very similar in the aspects of the transition from arid deserts to sub-humid savanna or forest grassland,and the modern environments have nearly the same period of variation in the arid and sub-humid changes.This paper took North China agro-pastoral zone and of Sahel belt as the research area,first analyzed the changing cycle of the two precipitation series using the method of power...
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This research project presents a research study on Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) integration in primary school education as it sought to develop a Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for the integration of ICTs in Teaching and Learning in Primary School education in Kenya. This was achieved through determining various facets of ICTs use in primary schools, establishing the role of school management in ICTs integration in primary schools, determining how ICTs can best be...
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Climate change and variability with consequent global warming effects have recently been the world's serious concerns. Developing countries including Malawi are deemed to be more vulnerable to the effects of climate change. This paper is aimed at highlighting vulnerabilities, adaptation and mitigation measures to climate change in Malawi with reference to agricultural production. From this review it is noted that Malawi has experienced substantial climate change effects impacting on human...
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Disability is a natural occurrence in life. Persons with disabilities constitute 10% of world population that translates to approximately 400 million people (World Bank, 2002).In Kenya, the disabled persons are 3.3 million people of whom 60% are children under 18 years (Ndurumo, 2004). These statistics demonstrate that the population of persons with disabilities constitutes a significant proportion in any country and therefore cannot be ignored. In this study the disabled persons will be...
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A Project Report Submitted in Partial Fulfillment for the Award of Degree of Master of Education in Educational Administration, University of Nairobi