This paper reviews the literature and raises arguments that elementary school teachers’ instructional approaches in science are in part influenced by a variety of their educational beliefs. These instructional approaches are discussed relative to their being either the traditiona...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2013/2607
In this work, we investigated the use of online homework in teaching introductory physics courses at United Arab Emirates University. The online homework assignments were conducted by “mastering physics” course managing system. Students had unlimited time for each question within...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2013/1989
Aims: To study and compare didactic lectures with interactive sessions in small groups among undergraduate medical students. Study Design: A quasi-experimental research design. Place and Duration of Study: Hawler College of Medicine, between October 2011 and May 2012. Methodology...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2013/2521
In this paper, we examine the issue of male dominance in Nigeria’s party politics where men occupy more than 90% of elective positions. In other words, women occupy less than 10%. Generally, all over the world, men dominate politics, although, in some countries, such as Rwanda an...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2013/2054
Aims: It is most unfortunate that human rights are no fundamental freedom in Nigerian Universities because of secret cult activities. This article explores the evolution, activities and consequences of cults and cult-like organisations on Nigerian campuses. Cults, both on campus...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2013/2448
Aims: The Ghana School Feeding Programme (GSFP) was conceptualized to provide pupils at the public basic schools with one hot nutritious meal per day. The objectives of GSFP included reduction of hunger and malnutrition, increase school enrolment, attendance and retention among o...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2013/2652
Aims: 1. To investigate the levels of primary science teachers’ creativity through their responses in creative questions carried out in university physics lessons; 2. To find out the primary science teachers’ creative attitudes towards the use of creative questions in learning ph...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2013/2656
Aims: To examine teachers’ and observers’ perceptions of classroom climate and goal orientation in high school biology classrooms in Kenya. Study Design: A mixed design utilizing quantitative and qualitative approach. Place and Duration of Study: A boys’ and girls’ boarding high...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2013/2413
Aims: The study constructed and tested a seven variable model for providing a causal explanation of student midwives’ achievement in Anatomy and Physiology in terms of student performance indicators of entry qualifications, academic self-concept and academic support seeking and s...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2013/2375
The paper examined community participation and sustainable development in the Niger Delta. The research question addressed the extent at which sustainable development of the Niger Delta and improved welfare of oil producing communities is dependent on their participation in the d...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2013/2392
The purpose of this research is to ascertain the impact of fair reward system on employees’ job performance in Nigerian Agip Oil Company limited Port-Harcourt. The research question addressed the extent at which improved employees job performance/reduced rate of industrial action...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2013/2529
Research Context: The aim of the study was to investigate students’ affinity for lecture attendance using differential equations and to explore reasons why students absent themselves from lectures. Research Methods: The study employed a quantitative methodology which was adopted...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2012/2048
Aims: The modern educators have minimized didactic teaching by lectures, as outdated spoon feeding that dampens creative thinking and keeps the student away from reflective practice and lifelong learning. There are diverse ways for delivering medical curriculum ranging from teach...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2012/2258
Kolb's classifies learners as divergers, convergers, assimilators and accommodators. Do these learners adopt different learning strategies? Phenomenology is concerned with the study of experience from the perspective of the individual and is based on a paradigm of personal knowle...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2012/1249
Soft skills are particular abilities that can improve one's employment performance and career prospects. These soft skills help students to develop their employability skills and make them confident to work in a performance oriented work environment as a critical lifelong learner...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2012/1858