Aims: It is typical of universities to regularly overhaul the curriculum of accounting degree programmes both at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels of study. Professional accountancy bodies also review their syllabus over time. In addition, it is common practice by profess...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/11923
School bullying is one of the most prevalent issues facing school personnel today and the threat of this behaviour to a safe school environment. Adopting the ex-post facto type, this study investigated the perceived impact of neuroticism, emotional intelligence self-efficacy and...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/11987
Aims: Neighborhood characteristics have been implicated as potential risk and protective characteristics in the development of internalizing disorders. However, few studies have used longitudinal designs or included pre-adolescent children. This study evaluates the association be...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/12894
Short Faculty Led Experiences (SFLE) are becoming very popular among higher education institutions, mainly because the students have the opportunity to travel with a professor, a person that they know and respect, the experience is short, and have the possibility of earn credit/h...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/12895
The study seeks to explore certain variables necessary for the provision of quality science learning in Rivers State. Two sets of questionnaires tagged; “Questionnaire on Quality Science Teaching in Secondary Schools (QQSTSS) and Science Laboratory Apparatus Observational Checkli...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/9826
This study investigated the influence of cultural practice-related misconceptions on achievement among Biology students of senior secondary schools in Zone C of Benue State in central Nigeria using the survey design. A multi-stage method was used to select the sample of 2,879 SS3...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/11163
Aims: To investigate the effects of a theory-based treatment (active control condition) addressing social-cognitive constructs on healthy lifestyle behaviors, and whether additional effects would occur if additional practical exercises with yoga, meditation, and homework to impro...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/12284
The study aimed at investigating the relationship between upper basic pupils’ study habits and their academic performance in English Language in Calabar Education Zone of Cross River State, Nigeria. In order to achieve the objective of this study, three null hypotheses were formu...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/4025
This paper discusses the role and impacts of resource availability in driving rural development in Nigeria. Particular emphasis is focused on understanding how the availability of specific resources in Nigeria’s rural areas have shaped policy discourses, initiation and implementa...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/11280
This study concerns the effects of Concept Mapping-Guided Discovery Integrated Teaching Approach on the Learning Style and Achievement of chemistry students. The sample comprised 162 Senior Secondary School (SS 2) students drawn from two Science Schools in Nasarawa State, Nigeria...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/11596