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The study investigated the factors that influencing effective learning of mathematics at senior secondary school in Gombe metropolis of Gombe state-Nigeria. Survey research design was adopted. One hundred and twenty (120) students of SSII were purposively sampled from four senior secondary schools out of twenty six senior secondary schools in Gombe Metropolis. In each of the sampled school, thirty (30) students comprising of fifteen (15) males and fifteen (15) females were involved and all...
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The study examined the availability and utilization of information and communication technology resources for distance education students at Emmanuel Alayande College of Education, Oyo, Nigeria. A purposive sampling technique was used to select 200 students from each of the five schools in the college. Questionnaire was used as the main instrument for gathering of data. The findings of the study revealed that mobile phones and the Internet were the most available ICT resources used by the...
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In Ethiopia, as in many developing countries, the strong pressure and progress witnessed in primary enrolment in the past decade has automatically increased the number of candidates seeking to enter secondary and tertiary education. As recently as 2007, the estimated illiteracy rate in Ethiopia was 35 per cent, but today enrolment in primary education has reached more than 80 per cent of the school-age population and a high proportion of secondary school graduates are also heading to higher education (MOE, 2010b).
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Communities have been creating and using indigenous knowledge for centuries. Although there have been advances in knowledge creation, traditional practices may lend an additional lens to better understand knowledge creation efforts. This research explores the potentials of indigenous knowledge creation techniques of instantaneously creating knowledge, which has been in use in Ethiopia Church 5th Schools since the Century. Using an interpretive field study, qualitative data was collected...
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The paper gives a cross-cultural comparison of drought between some areas in Africa like Kajado and Turkana in Kenya and Nursi in Ethiopia and some Lisu-inhabited areas in Chuxiong Prefecture in Yunnan Province of China.The results show that the sub-disasters of drought are different in Africa and Yunnan of China due to different anti-drought measures of different ethnic groups in different areas which are related closely with the local politics,economy,society and culture.The antidrought...
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This study investigated and remediated gender difference in Mathematics performance among dyslexic and dyscalculic learners in Sokoto State. A sample of eight hundred and twenty seven (827) students at Junior Secondary Schools was used, comprising of four hundred and twenty three (423) males and four hundred and four (404) females. The data collected was computed using Statistical Package for the Social Scientists (SPSS) version 19. Mean scores, standard deviations, and t-test were employed...
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This study investigated and remediated gender difference in Mathematics performance among dyslexic and dyscalculic learners in Sokoto State. A sample of eight hundred and twenty seven (827) students at Junior Secondary Schools was used, comprising of four hundred and twenty three (423) males and four hundred and four (404) females. The data collected was computed using Statistical Package for the Social Scientists (SPSS) version 19. Mean scores, standard deviations, and t-test were employed...
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The study investigated the relationship between academic selfconcept and academic performance of Junior High School (JHS) students in Ghana. Differences between the academic self-concept of male and female students as well as students from urban and rural schools were also investigated. Participants were 756 male and 714 female JHS2 students randomly selected from 24 Junior High Schools through stratified sampling. Two research instruments namely, achievement tests in mathematics, English...
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This study investigated the impact of using joint productive activity on the performance of second language learners in reading comprehension at the basic education level in Nigeria. A sample of forty (40) Junior Secondary II students from Kaduna North and South were used for the study. The study was quasi experimental. Government Junior Secondary School Doka was used as the experimental group while Government Junior Secondary School Makera was used as the control group. Both groups were...
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This paper highlights the benefits of entrepreneurship education in actualising the goal of self reliance as stipulated in the National Policy On Education. The Basic Education level, according to the paper, should be the starting point. Suggestions regarding ways in which entrepreneurship skills can be infused into the reading curriculum for basic education were highlighted. Sample reading comprehension passages on entrepreneurship skills were also provided. The paper recommends among...