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This study was propelled by the poor performance of senior secondary school students’ recorded in practical Geography examinations. In line with this, the study investigated the Effect of Hands-On Learning Strategy on Senior Secondary School Students’ Achievement in Topographical Map Studies in Mayo Belwa Local Government Area, Nigeria. Four null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The study adopted a quasi-experimental non-equivalent pre-test, post test control group design...

Environmental stress can lead to a decrease in the body size of insects. As social insects, ants have a complex caste system; each caste has its own morphological traits and functions in the colony, hence the effects of stress may manifest differentially among different ant castes. Here we investigated the body size of males of the common garden ant, Lasius niger L., 1758, living in a postmining area polluted mainly by Zn, Cd, and Pb. We examined if individual body size decreases with the...

assessment practices in the classroom, if programs do not think carefully about the ways their program assessments attempt to understand and combat social inequality of all kinds.How we enact assessment, from classroom grading practices to program assessment, is vital to these social justice agendas, but the agenda is the first step.The agenda is the articulated dream, the vision, the goal.It may not articulate what the "promised land" of social equality looks like or will feel like, but it...

The study compared the effectiveness of video and role play method of teaching on students’ achievement in non-African drama. The study was carried out in Igbo Eze North local government area of Enugu state using six of the public coeducational secondary schools in the study area. The participants (n=231) are second year students in Senior Secondary schools (SS2). The study explored teaching non- African Drama (The Tempest) with lecture method, role playing and video.  The treatment involves...

Climate change has been identified as a threat to poverty reduction and economic growth, with the potential to erode many of the development gains made in recent decades. From the short to the long term, climate change and variability threaten human and social development by altering customary means of livelihood and restricting the fulfilment of human potential. In all these, indigenous people are the most affected, considering their high vulnerability level. In view of this, such people...

The current research attempts to investigate the use of the two potential predictors of customer purchase intention of counterfeit products (perceived behavioural control and price- quality inference of counterfeit products) as a means of establishing whether they have influence over customer attitudes towards economic benefits of purchasing counterfeit products which ultimately lead to purchase intention of counterfeit products. Field study is conducted in Braamfontein, Johannesburg and...

Increasing numbers of low-income and minority youth are now pursuing shorter-duration sub-baccalaureate credentials at for-profit trade and technical schools. However, many students drop out of these schools, leaving with large debts and few job prospects. Despite these dismal outcomes, we know very little about students’ experiences in for-profit programs and how these institutions shape postsecondary attainment. Using data from fieldwork with 150 inner-city African American youth, we...

ABSTRACT A paucity of empirical non‐marine data means that uncertainty surrounds the impact of climate change on terrestrial ecosystems in tropical regions beyond the last glacial period. The sedimentary fill of the Bosumtwi impact crater (Ghana) provides the longest continuous Quaternary terrestrial archive of environmental change in West Africa, spanning the last ∼1.08 million years. Here we explore the drivers of change in ecosystem and climate in tropical West Africa for the past ∼540...

A Research Project (Thesis) in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science (Science Education) Marang Centre for Mathematics and Science Education University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Johannesburg, 31 May 2016

A Research Report submitted to the Faculty of Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science. May 2016

Objectives: The main objective of this study was to establish the knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward drink driving/riding as a risk factor for road traffic crashes in 3 regional capitals in Ghana.Methods: The study used a face-to-face approach to randomly sample motorists who were accessing various services at fuel/gas stations, garages, and lorry terminals in 3 cities in Ghana.Results: Over the previous 12 months, 24% of all motorists and 55% of motorists who were current alcohol...

Background: Self-medication is the selection and use of non-prescription medicines by individuals’ own  initiatives to treat self-recognized illnesses or symptoms. It is practiced significantly worldwide even though its type, extent and reasons for its practice may vary. No data is available on the current status of self-medication practices among students of Harar Health Science College (HHSC). Therefore, this study aimed to assess basic information on self-medication practices among...

This study examined the information seeking behaviour of undergraduate distance learning students of the Open University of Tanzania (OUT). The study was carried out in Arusha region, one of the OUT centres in Tanzania. Data were collected mainly through questionnaires, which were distributed to 60 students, supplemented by interviews with two OUT teaching staff and one public librarian, Focus Group Discussion with six students, as well as participant observation. The Statistical Package and...

This study was set to examine and identify some aspects of information literacy skills among postgraduate students at Sokoine University of Agriculture and determine challenges and problems facing them in terms of searching and use of various information resources. Systematic probability sampling and questionnaires were used to collect data from175 students out of 314 first-year postgraduate students registered. The findings showed that although information literacy exists among students, a...

The intent of this quasi-experimental study is to investigate the impact of explicit metacognitive reading strategy instruction (RSI) on Moroccan English as a foreign language (EFL) university learners' strategy use and reading achievement.It reflects whether this sort of instruction can make of learners strategic and critical readers.In this regard, a pre-post-test design involving the administration of reading comprehension pre-and post-tests to both the control and the treatment group was...

This study explores barriers women face in balancing motherhood and education in Kenya. Owing to the nature of this study, the research design was mainly qualitative and face-to-face in-depth interviews were conducted by the researcher with 32 female students reported in their role as mothers of child (ren) eighteen years old or younger enrolled for postgraduate study at University of Nairobi using an interview guide. The study has three objectives:1) Evaluate experiences of mothers who...