Dorthe Bleses, Anders Højen, Line Dybdal, Philip Dale, Laura Justice, Shayne Piasta, Justin Markussen-Brown, Marit Clausen, E. F. Haghish, Burcak Aktürk Ari, MetteKjær Andersen & Werner Vach·Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science·2014
Background: Children’s early language and literacy skills are key predictors of later educational outcomes. Children from low socioeconomic status and immigrant backgrounds have elevated risk for adverse educational outcomes. Research suggests that systematic and explicit curricu...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/11691
This study presents an analysis of school-based mentors’ experiences and preparedness in supervising student teachers on teaching practice in Zimbabwe. The strategy employed was concurrent triangulation because it enabled the researcher to use both quantitative and qualitative me...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/8818
Very few studies have dealt with the role of children’s gender on divorce rates. However, this was first highlighted by the pioneering research by Morgan, Lye, and Condran [1]. The authors assume that the birth of girls contributes to lower marriage stability than that of sons. H...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/10202
This study examined challenges of block-release (University part-time students), post graduate and undergraduate students, with their research supervisors in the Faculty of Education at Midlands State University in Zimbabwe. The study also aimed to identify ways of improving the...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/8817
Aims: The study determined the effects of Jigsaw and Students’ Team Achievement Division (STAD) cooperative learning strategies on the achievements of secondary school biology students. Study Design: The research adopted the non randomized, pretest – posttest control group quasi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/9765
The purpose of this study is to perform preliminary weighing of the consequences of integration of these Central-Eastern European countries which, during the years 2004 and 2007, became members of the European Union. The elements considered in the analysis included changes observ...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/10389
Aims: To measure the level of aggressive behaviour and to ascertain the effect of domicile on aggressive behaviour of delinquent and non-delinquent adolescents. Study Design: Present comparative study assessed the aggressive behaviour of delinquent and non-delinquent adolescents....
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/10309
Aims: This study examined the influence of Work-Family Conflict (WFC) and Perceived Social Support (PSS) on marital satisfaction of individuals with dual-career family. Study Design: The study adopted a correlational research approach Place and Duration of Study: The study took p...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/9114
Abstract: This study investigated the effect of personal worries and religion on the academic achievement among students with hearing impairment in Ibadan, Oyo state, Nigeria. Forty three students with hearing impairment participated in the study. Three (3) research questions wer...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/10051
This paper assesses the role of (foreign) education in determining the adjustment profile of immigrants in employment using the Dutch Labour Force Survey and regression analysis techniques. The disadvantaged labour market position of immigrants from developing countries is often...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/10388
The concern of this study is to find out if Montessori curriculum for early childhood education has any difference with National Preschool curriculum in Malaysia, in terms of growth skills of preschool children. Research methodology was comparative research design. There were two...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/9853
The study focussed on the efficacy of teachers in one Education District in Trinidad and Tobago. Three dimensions of teacher efficacy–student engagement, instructional strategies and classroom management [1] were examined in relation to teachers’ attributes and teacher-student re...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/10406
Interpreting in Estonia has undergone many important changes in the past 20 years. The society and the interpreting market have witnessed an essential makeover and the areas where interpreting is needed have grown from the once often state-controlled political and conference inte...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/9898
Lack of sufficient practice of English outside formal classes is one of the reasons for unexpectedly low outcome of English language education in the countries where English is used as a foreign language (EFL). Community English Learning Centers (CELCs) can help people practice E...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/9119
University education is important as it equips an individual with skills that are necessary to perform certain tasks once employed or self employed, consequently, contributing to the realization of visions in developing countries like Rwanda. Information from graduates of a parti...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/10656