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This study examined the effects of behavioural and lecture-discussion methods on the job interview skills of secondary school adolescents. 118 SS2 students (males = 60, females = 58) randomly selected from three co-educational secondary schools in Ibadan, Oyo State participated in the study. A 3x2 factorial pretest-posttest experimental design was adopted for the study. There were two experimental groups and a control. Job Interview Rating Scale for assessing the students' job interview...
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This study is aimed at establishing the prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis infections among school pupils in Sana'a, Republic of Yemen, and to explore the association of infection with environmental and social factors.A total of 787 school children, 529 boys and 258 girls, were randomly selected for enrollment in this study. Four hundred and twenty-nine were from 4 schools in Sana'a city, and 358 from 3 rural schools around Sana'a, Republic of Yemen. Questionnaire forms were filled in for...
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The contemporary distress of Africa’s universities has multiple causes. Prominent among them in the view of many observers has been the pressure of World Bank policies. Over more than two decades, those policies have characterized higher education in Africa as inefficient and expensive and have called for redirecting resources to other education sub-sectors, increasing student fees, and privatization. To address that critique and to consider more broadly the significance for Africa of the...
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The unusual tsunami generated by the July 17, 1998 Papua New Guinea earthquake was investigated on the basis of various geophysical observations, including seismological data, tsunami waveform records, and on-land and submarine surveys. The tsunami source models were constructed for seismological high-angle and low-angle faults, splay fault, and submarine slumps. Far-field and near-field tsunamis computed from these models were compared with the recorded waveforms in and around Japan and the...
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More than one third of the world's population lives in houses made of unfired earth bricks or stamped earth, materials also known as mud brick, adobe, terre crue, pise, or rammed earth. Houses in the middle east have been made out this material for at least 10,000 years, but in many places this form of architecture is slowly being superceded by more recent building techniques using reinforced concrete and concrete blocks. This study contains a description of the remaining mud brick...
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Der Beitrag dokumentiert eine Untersuchung uber jugendliche Lebenslaufe im Norden Ghanas, der sozio-okonomisch ruckstandigsten Region des Landes. Thematisiert werden biographische Verlaufe in Familien, Kindheit, Schulzeit und perspektivische Erwartungen hinsichtlich eigener Zukunft. (DIPF/Orig.)
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Learners are not born with an understanding of the principles of democracy. However, as citizens of the future they have to be prepared for their future responsibilities as citizens of a democratic society. Many institutions help to develop citizens' knowledge and skills and shape their civic character and commitments: family, religious institutions, the media and community groups exert important influences. Schools, however, bear a special and historic responsibility for the development of...
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In view of the fact that the majority of learners terminate their study of history at the end of the General Education and Training phase (Grade 9), active steps should be taken by history teachers to prevent it facing extinction in public schools. It is no longer sufficient justification to say, for example, that some learners enjoy history or that teachers are now using a variety of methods on a scale never seen before. There is a need for an adequate and effective promotional strategy to...
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A group of African American women who had completed or were seeking graduate degrees in education over a 10-year period participated in a study to assess their experiences. Responses were gathered by the use of two surveys mailed to participants followed by focus groups. Responses from 50 African American women were gathered through the surveys and 30 of those respondents participated in the focus groups. The women talked about their motivation and goals for graduate school, professional...
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Software testing is crucial to ensure that systems of good quality are developed in industry and for this reason it is necessary to investigate the extent to which there is an alignment of software testing skills of Information Systems students at the University of Cape Town and industry practices in South Africa. A number of criteria were identified as the basis for this investigation. These criteria were used to examine the data collected from companies in the software testing industry and...