The paper discussed the hazards that are prevalent in a typical secondary school science laboratory. It also investigated the safety condition of science laboratories in Ekiti state. The study was an empirical research based on descriptive research design. The sample for the stud...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/4330
Aims: To investigate how the use of different strategies in a science classroom meets the educational needs of the gifted science students. Study Design: Descriptive survey Place and Duration of Study: Gifted science students and their teachers from both private and public second...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/5880
Background: Research indicates that students struggle to transfer class room taught communication skills into the reality of clinical practice. Students have previously been shown to be poor at self assessment of communication skills with over or under estimation of ability. Pati...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/5441
Aims: This study describes the components, and tests the efficacy of a full-day summer learning program offered by the Learning Disabilities Association of Niagara Region. The program is aimed to support children with reading difficulties who are particularly susceptible to the s...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/7072
The study examined the predictive influence of academic self-concept and motivational arousals on examination cheating tendency among senior secondary students (SS III) in Cross River State Nigeria. The study was carried out in Calabar Education Zone of the state made up of five...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/5860
Aims: Adolescents and young adults engage in risky sexual behaviors that may expose them to risk of contracting sexual transmitted diseases. The aim of this study is to assess the attitude, sexual practices and risk perception to STIs including HIV/AIDS among students of the Univ...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/6103
This paper reviews and examines causes behind the challenges towards achieving national integration in Nigeria. Today the country is in the grip of various destructive forces that are deteriorating the unity among its citizens such as Boko Haram and ethno-religious crises. This p...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/6339
The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine how entrepreneurship education serves as the means of improving the economic growth of a nation through job creation ventures. Descriptive statistical methods were used to analyze the data obtained from 100 participants who we...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/5857
Aims: To assess the secondary school teachers’ usage of ICT in Enugu Urban, Nigeria. Study Design: Descriptive survey design (Questionnaire). Place and Duration of Study: Department of Education, Institute of Ecumenical Education Thinkers Corner, Enugu, Nigeria, between April 201...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/5841
Aims: Portfolios are used more and more in medical education, especially in Western countries, and lately, also in the Middle East and Asia. This is the first portfolio to be included in the curriculum of preclinical medical education in Germany. The aim of the study is to presen...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/6789
During the mid-1990s, teachers’ emotions emerged as an area of research in the sociology of teaching because many teachers all over the world were reported to be unhappy, dissatisfied, stressed, frustrated, and even alienated. This implies that teachers’ emotions, especially nega...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/6898
This study explores the effectiveness of rote memorization on the development of pre-algebra concepts. In Eastern culture, India in particular, rote memorization is used in math instruction to teach multiplication and other pre-Algebra concepts. This research agenda involved mass...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/6427
Aims: The main aim of this report is to set forth a survey of the Romanian Mathematics and Informatics Education at the present time. We emphasize some of the recent, specific and significant Romanian methods concerning the teaching and learning of Mathematics and Informatics, st...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/5940
Aims: To determine whether or not a Learning Disability(LD) label leads to stigmatization. Study Design: This research used a 2(sex of participant) x 2(LD label)x 2 (Sex of stimulus person) factorial design. Place and Duration of Study: Bucknell University, between October 2010 a...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/6379
This paper presents the effect of animation and multimedia teaching on academic performance of students in sciences.100 students were randomly selected from four secondary schools in Ado Ekiti Local Government Area of Ekiti State. The research design employed for this study was q...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/3340