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Issue:2019 - Vol. 7 - Iss.1
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Articles:21 articles
International Journal of Educational Research and Reviews
IJERR
A peer-reviewed, open access journal that considers articles on all aspects of public health and epidemiology, including the social determinants of health, the environmental, behavioral, and occupational correlates of health and disease, and the impact of health policies, practices and interventions on the community. IJERR intends to promote and integrate the intellectual, methodological, and substantive diversity of educational scholarship. Articles dealing with educational research involving any discipline and me… More
2019 Vol.7 Iss.1 (21 articles)
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Diversity and complexity in the classroom: valuing racial and cultural diversity
Abstract: From a diversity perspective, all students should receive an education that continuously affirms human diversity – one that embraces the history and culture of all racial groups and that teaches people of colour to take change of their own destinies. With regards to teaching, a diversity perspective assumes that teachers will hold high expectations for all students and that they will challenge these students who are trapped in the cycle of poverty and despair to rise above it. Individual teachers in individual clas…
Keywords: Diversity; learning styles; academic culture; collaborative learning.
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Short Communication
Effects of test format, self concept and anxiety on item response changing behaviour
Abstract: The study examined the effects of item format, self -concept and anxiety on response changing behaviour. Four hundred undergraduate students who offered a counseling psychology course in a Nigerian university participated in the study. Students’ answers in multiple – choice and true – false formats of an achievement test were observed for response changes. Results indicated that more changes were made in true-false than in multiple-choice test items, and students having moderate trait anxiety made significantly mor…
Keywords: Test format; Self-concept; Trait anxiety; State anxiety; Response changing; test scores.
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Research Article
Strategic improvement of mathematical problem-solving performance of secondary school students using procedural and conceptual learning strategies
Abstract: The paper examined the possibility of finding out if improvements in students’ problem solving perfor-mance in simultaneous linear equation will be recorded with the use of procedural and conceptual learning strategies and in addition to find out which of the strategies will be more effective. The study adopted a pretest, post test control group design. A total of 166 science students drawn from four schools in four local government Areas in Osun state of south-western Nigeria were involved in the study. The studen…
Keywords: Procedural Learning Strategy; conceptual learning strategy; mathematimatical problem-solving performance.
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Research Article
Access to basic education in Kenya: inherent concerns
Abstract: Basic education being the minimum education that every Kenyan must have for progressive existence in society is a crucial factor. That is why Kenya subscribes to the international protocol that established Education for All (EFA) in Jomtien, Thailand 1990 and the world education forum in Dakar, Senegal, 2000. Since then, the Kenya Government in her Education Sector Strategic Plan and Sessional paper No. 1 of 2005 has articulated how to attain goals for education. For instance early childhood education which tries t…
Keywords: Basic education; access.
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Research Article
Coping: A critical mediating factor of stress among athletes in West African universities
Abstract: This study examined coping, which is regarded as a critical mediating factor of stress among athletes in some West African universities using the ways of coping in sport sub-scales of problem focused coping; seeking social support general emotionality, increased effort and resolve, detachment, denial, wishful thinking and emphasising the positive. The descriptive survey research design was used in this study. A 4-point likert type questionnaire of ways of coping with sport with reliability coefficient of r =.87 was…
Keywords: Coping; athletes; stress; sport groups; West African Universities
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Research Article
Educational problems associated with abdominal ultrasonography for pediatricians in Japan
Abstract: In this study, we examined how pediatricians use abdominal ultrasonography and the educational problems associated with this technique for pediatricians in Japan. A simple questionnaire was distributed at the 2004 prefectural meetings of the Ibaraki and Tochigi chapters of the Japan Pediatric Society. Of the pediatricians who replied to the questionnaire, 38, 47 and 14% reported using abdominal ultrasonography often, sometimes, and never, respectively. Forty-two percent of those who use abdominal ultrasonography pe…
Keywords: Education; pediatrician; ultrasonography.
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Information and communication technology as synergy for sourcing distance education: the feasibility in Cameroon education system
Abstract: The concept of distance education or learning is not new but welcoming in Cameroon especially with the advances in information and communication technology as the synergy for sourcing it. Information as the lifeblood of organisations is knowledge, intelligence or education while information technology is essentially the computerised or electronic technology as opposed to communication, which is thought of in terms of: media or skills of and organisation of communications. Both information and communication technolo…
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Upper mantle velocity structure in the NW Himalaya: Hindu Kush to Garhwal region from travel time studies of deep Hindu Kush earthquakes
Abstract: The 22 Hindu Kush earthquakes had focal depths in the range of 50 to 245 km approximately. The 154 P travel time readings obtained from them were interpreted using a computer program based on least squared inversion and written specifically for the purpose. The upper mantle P- wave velocity along the north-west Himalaya obtained from this study has a value of 8.1 km/s. It appear to persist up to a depth of about 100 km below that level, it appears to increase to 8.35 km/s. The upper mantle P- wave velocity is found…
Keywords: NW Himalaya; P travel time; upper mantle structure; Hindu Kush to Garhwal Himalaya.
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Research Article
Equity in the distribution of bursary to secondary school students in Busia district, Kenya
Abstract: This study sought to find out the opinion of the head teachers on equity of the established criteria in bursary support for the needy. It was done in the District’s 27 secondary schools with the total student enrolment of 5780. All the 190 students (3.3% of the total enrolment) who had received bursaries from 1999 - 2002 in the district were included in the study. Another saturated sample of 27 head teachers was included in the study. Data was collected using questionnaires, in-depth interview schedules and documen…
Keywords: Access to secondary school education; equity; bursary; Lorenz curve; Gini coefficient.
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Research Article
Statistical relationship between the performance of students in shorthand and typing: case study of Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic, Ikot Ekpene, Nigeria
Abstract: Comparative study of the relationship between the performance of students in shorthand and typing was conducted by statistical analysis of results of 84 students of secretarial studies in Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic. The analysis shows that there was no significant difference between the performances of students in typing and shorthand (t = 0.38333, n = 84, = 0.05). Correlation between the two set of results was positive and significant (r = 0.54480, n = 84, =0.05). Effect size of d = 1.3 was obtained. The performa…
Keywords: Student’s performance; shorthand and typing; statistical relationship.
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Research Article
Emerging trends in management education in international business schools
Abstract: The management education plays an essential role in today’s dynamic business environment. The rapid trend of globalization and technological changes have made difficult for organizations to survive in the competitive world. As a result the importance of management education has been increased many folds. Business executives need to update their skills due to sudden changes in the external environment. Due to the increasingly complex nature of organizations and businesses, there is a need that the business schools i…
Keywords: MBA; business; management; education; international; developing countries.
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Addressing urban high-poverty school teacher attrition by addressing urban high-poverty school teacher retention: why effective teachers persevere
Abstract: Recruiting and retaining quality teachers specific for high -poverty schools in urban areas is a national concern, especially in light of the “No Child Left Behind” federal legislation. The educational realities, detrimental effects of poverty, and human despair that often depress low- income communities can prove to be quite overpowering for many teachers new to the profession and significantly contribute to high levels of teacher absenteeism, attrition rates, and teacher shortages. Examining this issue through a…
Keywords: Urban Teaching; teacher retention; teacher recruitment.
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Research Article
Using new technologies in creating excitement in biology laboratory activities
Abstract: This research examined a program of concurrent high school-university studies aimed at promoting students living in underprivileged areas to continue on to higher education. High school students attended university once a week for learning enrichment or participating in full academic courses. Data were collected through interviews and documented meetings with students and their parents, university lecturers, and school staff. The high -achieving students were primarily interested in learning advanced topics in the…
Keywords: Access to higher education; high school-university cooperation.
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Developing a knowledge exchange tool for school-based health policies and programs
Abstract: Youth smoking and physical inactivity are significant public health issues, with implications for both health and education stakeholders, as school-based policies and programs have the potential to reach a broad population of youth to address these issues. Knowledge exchange tools designed around comprehensive school-level data collection systems allow for dissemination of evidence into such policies and programs. The purpose of this manuscript is to describe the process of developing knowledge exchange feedback re…
Keywords: Secondary schools; health policies; tobacco; smoking; physical activity.
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Research Article
Interaction and survival analysis of graduation data
Abstract: This is the second in a series of articles describing ongoing research that involves studying engineering college student graduation using Cox proportional hazards models. The first article, called "Proportional hazards models of graduation," was based on main effects models of graduation controlling for descriptors such as in -state residence, hometown population, and student major. This second article attends to first-order interaction terms between pairs of previously considered main effects. Survival analysis o…
Keywords: Graduation; proportional hazards; retention; survival analysis.
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