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Procedural problem-solving approaches employed by students in learning extensive and intensive quantities of change of state 学生在学习大量和密集的状态变化时所采用的程序性问题解决方法

Ghana Journal of Education: Issues and Practice (GJE) Pub Date : 2018-12-01 DOI: 10.47963/gje.v4i.492

Godwin Kwame Aboagye, E. Graham

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Influence of creativity, locus of control and risk tolerance on entrepreneurial inclinations of public university students in Nigeria: some implications for stakeholders 创造力、控制点和风险承受能力对尼日利亚公立大学学生创业倾向的影响:对利益相关者的启示

Ghana Journal of Education: Issues and Practice (GJE) Pub Date : 2017-12-01 DOI: 10.47963/gje.v4i.494

O. A. Ariyibi, Bakari Yusuf Dramanu, J. Omotosho

{"title":"Influence of creativity, locus of control and risk tolerance on entrepreneurial inclinations of public university students in Nigeria: some implications for stakeholders","authors":"O. A. Ariyibi, Bakari Yusuf Dramanu, J. Omotosho","doi":"10.47963/gje.v4i.494","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47963/gje.v4i.494","url":null,"abstract":"This study was conducted to determine the influence of three personality/psychological factors (creativity, locus of control and risk tolerance) on the entrepreneurial inclinations of public university students in Nigeria. A multi-stage sampling procedure was used to reach 2,930 students in three public universities in locations across the country that positioned them as a representative sample of the entire student body of the country. The Creativity, Locus of Control and Risk Tolerance Questionnaire (CLOCRITQ) and the Entrepreneurial Inclination Questionnaire (EIQ) were the instruments used to gather data for the study. The main data obtained were analyzed by using a stepwise multiple regression analysis and analysis of variance (ANOVA). Results showed that the three predictor variables had significant influence on entrepreneurial inclinations of students. Among the recommendations made is the need to reposition the economy towards entrepreneurial drive for job creation, wealth creation and global competitiveness of the Nigerian youths in general and the graduate in particular.","PeriodicalId":181600,"journal":{"name":"Ghana Journal of Education: Issues and Practice (GJE)","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114433539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Improving the study behaviour of Ghanaian senior high school students through counselling 通过辅导改善加纳高中生的学习行为

Ghana Journal of Education: Issues and Practice (GJE) Pub Date : 2017-12-01 DOI: 10.47963/gje.v3i.485

S. Adzaku, G. Awabil, L. Forde

{"title":"Improving the study behaviour of Ghanaian senior high school students through counselling","authors":"S. Adzaku, G. Awabil, L. Forde","doi":"10.47963/gje.v3i.485","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47963/gje.v3i.485","url":null,"abstract":"Despite the importance of study skills counselling, students in Ghana are not explicitly taught how to study. This study, therefore, explored the effects of study skills counselling on the study behaviour of senior high school students in the Ho Municipality of Ghana. The quasi-experimental, pre-test, post-test control group design was adopted for the study. The target population of the study consisted of all senior high school form one students. A sample of 40 respondents was selected through the simple random sampling technique. A study behaviour inventory was used in gathering the data. Three hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. Data were analysed using independent samples t-test. The findings revealed that study skills counselling significantly improved the study behaviour of participants when compared with the control group. It was also discovered that study skills counselling had significant effects on all the five components of study behaviour at post-test. In contrast, the results indicated that gender did not have significant influence on study behaviour at post-test. Based on the findings, it was recommended that study skills counselling be adopted as a viable approach for improving study behaviour among senior school students so as to enhance their academic achievement. Implications for counselling were also provided.","PeriodicalId":181600,"journal":{"name":"Ghana Journal of Education: Issues and Practice (GJE)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129510901","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The internal consistency reliability of scores in diploma in basic education examination conducted by the institute of education, UCC, Ghana 加纳UCC教育学院基础教育文凭考试成绩的内部一致性信度

Ghana Journal of Education: Issues and Practice (GJE) Pub Date : 2017-12-01 DOI: 10.47963/gje.v3i.488

J. O. Kwapong

{"title":"The internal consistency reliability of scores in diploma in basic education examination conducted by the institute of education, UCC, Ghana","authors":"J. O. Kwapong","doi":"10.47963/gje.v3i.488","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47963/gje.v3i.488","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of the study was to determine the internal consistency reliability of the scores that students of Colleges of Education in Ghana obtain for the Diploma in Basic Education examination. The stratified random sampling technique was employed to select the scripts of 600 students for each examination paper from 12 Colleges of Education. The courses selected for the study were English (FDC121), Mathematics (FDC122) and Integrated Science (FDC124) whose examination was conducted in the second semester of the 2015/2016 academic year. Cronbach’s alpha was computed for the internal consistency reliability. The results showed a reasonably strong internal consistency indicating that candidates’ performance is reasonably consistent across items on each test paper and the items constituting a paper, to some extent, are homogeneous. However, it was observed that there was the need to improve upon the internal consistency of the scores. Consequently, it was recommended that the Institute of Education intensifies the orientation on test construction for item writers and conditions in the testing environment should be improved for efficient administration of the examinations.","PeriodicalId":181600,"journal":{"name":"Ghana Journal of Education: Issues and Practice (GJE)","volume":"2010 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123923940","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Relationship between complications of disease, depression and quality of life of type 2 diabetes patients in Ghana 加纳2型糖尿病患者疾病并发症、抑郁与生活质量的关系

Ghana Journal of Education: Issues and Practice (GJE) Pub Date : 2017-12-01 DOI: 10.47963/gje.v3i.487

George Ekem-Ferguson, E. Gyimah, J. K. Ofosuhene-Mensah

{"title":"Relationship between complications of disease, depression and quality of life of type 2 diabetes patients in Ghana","authors":"George Ekem-Ferguson, E. Gyimah, J. K. Ofosuhene-Mensah","doi":"10.47963/gje.v3i.487","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47963/gje.v3i.487","url":null,"abstract":"This study sought to understand the relationship between depression, complication of disease and quality of life of type 2 Diabetes Mellitus patients in some selected hospitals in the Central Region of Ghana. The cross-sectional survey design was adopted for the study. A sample of 307 Diabetes patients from 4 hospitals across the Central Region of Ghana were assessed using depression in Diabetes self-rating scale and the Diabetes 39 scales. The purposive sampling technique was used for the selection of the hospitals whilst the convenience sampling method was used for the selection of the participants. One-way analysis of variance and the Pearson Product Moment correlation coefficient were used in the analysis. The study revealed a significant difference between complications of disease and the quality of life of type 2 diabetic patients. It concluded that clinicians perform regular checks to quickly identify and treat complications that arise from the disease to reduce its physical and psychological effect. The need for parents and teachers to ensure that they take good care of their health in order to prevent diabetes and its effects on the education of learners was underscored.","PeriodicalId":181600,"journal":{"name":"Ghana Journal of Education: Issues and Practice (GJE)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121848653","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Content matching of the syllabus and the official history textbook of senior high schools in Ghana 加纳高中官方历史教材与教学大纲内容匹配

Ghana Journal of Education: Issues and Practice (GJE) Pub Date : 2017-12-01 DOI: 10.47963/gje.v4i.498

C. Oppong

{"title":"Content matching of the syllabus and the official history textbook of senior high schools in Ghana","authors":"C. Oppong","doi":"10.47963/gje.v4i.498","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47963/gje.v4i.498","url":null,"abstract":"The senior high school History syllabus was redesigned in 2010 to reflect the 2007 education reform in Ghana while the 1993 History textbook designed after 1987 education reform continue to be used to support the implementation of the 2010 History syllabus. Reasonably, it is important to investigate the alignment between the 2010 History syllabus and the 1993 official History textbook. This paper, therefore, examines the alignment between the History syllabus and its official textbook used in senior high schools in Ghana in the post-2007 reform era. The case study approach was employed, using a combination of in-depth interviews and content analysis to elicit the needed responses. It was found that there was a disconnect between the History syllabus and the official History textbook. The study also found that the official History textbook was perceived as not containing detailed information on the selected topics in the syllabus. The implications of the findings are discussed in the main text. It is recommended that curriculum developers must ensure both harmony between the two curriculum documents and a more comprehensive coverage of the selected topics in the official History textbook.","PeriodicalId":181600,"journal":{"name":"Ghana Journal of Education: Issues and Practice (GJE)","volume":"270 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116546404","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Perception of JHS students and parents about technical and vocational education in Cape Coast Metropolis, Ghana 加纳海岸角市JHS学生和家长对职业技术教育的看法

Ghana Journal of Education: Issues and Practice (GJE) Pub Date : 2017-12-01 DOI: 10.47963/gje.v3i.484

F. Ackon

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Comparative effects of critical thinking and peer-assessment skills training on Ghanaian senior high school students’ achievement in mathematics 批判性思维与同伴评价技能训练对加纳高中生数学成绩的比较影响

Ghana Journal of Education: Issues and Practice (GJE) Pub Date : 2017-12-01 DOI: 10.47963/gje.v4i.496

Andrews Cobbinah

{"title":"Comparative effects of critical thinking and peer-assessment skills training on Ghanaian senior high school students’ achievement in mathematics","authors":"Andrews Cobbinah","doi":"10.47963/gje.v4i.496","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47963/gje.v4i.496","url":null,"abstract":"The study determined the comparative effects of critical thinking and peer-assessment skills training on Ghanaian senior high school students’ achievement in mathematics. The non-equivalent pre-test and post-test control group 3x2x2 factorial quasi- experimental design was adopted for the study. Three public senior high schools were randomly sampled to participate in the study and a total of one hundred and thirty- seven (137) students made up of ninety-five (95) in the experimental groups and forty- two (42) in the control group from three intact classes were selected from schools in the Central Region of Ghana. Two mathematics achievement tests, with reliability coefficients of 0.79 and 0.83 were employed by the researcher for data collection. Critical thinking and peer-assessment modules were also developed and used by the researcher for the intervention. The peer-assessment and critical thinking modules were content validated by three experts using percentage of agreement method which yielded 79% and 80% respectively. ANCOVA was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study were that: there was no significant comparative effect of critical thinking and peer-assessment skills training on students’ achievement in mathematics. Furthermore, there was no significant interaction effect of gender, age and treatment groups (critical thinking and peer-assessment) on students’ achievement in mathematics. Based on the findings, it was recommended that teachers can make use of either peer-assessment or critical thinking strategies in teaching mathematics lessons to bring about the much-needed improvement in students’ performance in Mathematics.","PeriodicalId":181600,"journal":{"name":"Ghana Journal of Education: Issues and Practice (GJE)","volume":"92 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122897008","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Impact of classroom motivational climates on attitude to and achievement in visual arts among junior secondary school students in Lagos, Nigeria 课堂激励气氛对尼日利亚拉各斯初中学生视觉艺术态度和成绩的影响

Ghana Journal of Education: Issues and Practice (GJE) Pub Date : 2017-12-01 DOI: 10.47963/gje.v4i.497

Charity Chikodi Iriobe, C. E. Okoli

{"title":"Impact of classroom motivational climates on attitude to and achievement in visual arts among junior secondary school students in Lagos, Nigeria","authors":"Charity Chikodi Iriobe, C. E. Okoli","doi":"10.47963/gje.v4i.497","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47963/gje.v4i.497","url":null,"abstract":"The study investigated the impact of classroom motivational climates on attitude to and achievement in Visual Arts among junior secondary school students in Lagos, Nigeria. A total of 120 junior secondary three students drawn from three junior secondary schools in Lagos Education District 6 served as participants. Each of the three schools was randomly assigned either the task-involved, ego-involved or the control condition. The experiments which entailed teaching lessons in Visual Arts within a specified motivational climate spanned over four weeks. Each lesson lasted for 80 minutes per week. Three research instruments were used for data collection. These comprised the Students’ Attitude to Visual Arts, Visual Arts Achievement Test, and Students’ Perception of Motivational Climate. Three null hypotheses were formulated in the study. The hypotheses were tested using the Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA). The findings showed that the classroom motivational climates produced differential effects on the participants’ post-test scores on attitude to Visual Arts. The task-involved and ego-involved motivational climates were more effective than the control condition in bringing about greater positive feelings about Visual Arts class. The study also revealed that task-oriented and ego-involved motivational conditions recorded significant post-test mean gains in visual arts achievement.","PeriodicalId":181600,"journal":{"name":"Ghana Journal of Education: Issues and Practice (GJE)","volume":"58 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125186003","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Effectiveness of frequency of testing on anxiety and achievement in mathematics among secondary school students in Ogun state, Nigeria 尼日利亚奥贡州中学生焦虑测试频率与数学成绩的有效性

Ghana Journal of Education: Issues and Practice (GJE) Pub Date : 2017-12-01 DOI: 10.47963/gje.v3i.486

M. Aletan, O. Kuku

{"title":"Effectiveness of frequency of testing on anxiety and achievement in mathematics among secondary school students in Ogun state, Nigeria","authors":"M. Aletan, O. Kuku","doi":"10.47963/gje.v3i.486","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47963/gje.v3i.486","url":null,"abstract":"Achievement Testing is the general means of finding out how much the students have learnt, but it could lead to test anxiety, which may affect students’ achievement. Thus, this study examined the effectiveness of frequency of testing on test anxiety and academic achievement in mathematics among secondary school students in Ogun State, Nigeria. Four research hypotheses were postulated to direct the study. Quasi experimental pre-test/post-test control group research design was used for the study. The population of the study comprised all Senior Secondary II Students in Ogun State. The sample for the study comprised 157 (76 male and 81 female) Senior Secondary II students selected using multistage sampling process. The study used five Schools as experimental groups and each of these schools was tested at varying test frequencies. The Mathematics Achievement Test (MAT) and Mathematics Anxiety Rating Scale (MARS) were the instruments used for collecting data for the study. The data generated were analysed using Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA), tested at 0.05 level of significance. The findings showed that there were significant differences in the mean scores of students experiencing test Anxiety and Achievement in Mathematics as a result of exposing students to varying test frequencies. In addition, the study revealed that gender was not a significant factor when planning to moderate students’ Mathematics Anxiety and improving Achievement in Mathematics. A periodic testing of every two weeks was recommended for students experiencing poor achievement in Mathematics. Also, weekly testing was recommended for students experiencing test anxiety.","PeriodicalId":181600,"journal":{"name":"Ghana Journal of Education: Issues and Practice (GJE)","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125262889","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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