Aim: The study investigated psychological problems in children with intellectual disabilities (ID) with and without co-morbid Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in Pakistan. On the basis of available literature following hypotheses were formulated: Children with Int...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/7768
Aims: To determine the factors that affect students’ academic performance at tertiary institutions with the view of enhancing learning. Study Design: Survey was adopted as the research method for this study. Place and Duration of Study: University of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah Universi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/8802
Mohammad Ahmadpanah, Saeed Soheili, Leila Jahangard, Hafez Bajoghli, Mohammad Haghighi, Edith Holsboer-Trachsler, Daniela Conrad, Serge Brand & Sattar Keikhavandi·Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science·2014
Aims: In educational and vocational settings, people are asked to work in teams. This requires social skills but also promotes time-efficient knowledge enhancement. Aiming to support the acquisition of both, many studies investigated new teaching methods for schools, emphasising...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/8136
Aim: In this study an attempt was made to give insight in the way reading comprehension is taught in Sierra Leone. Attention was paid to the didactical strategies and the materials used during reading comprehension instruction. Methodology: Primary school teachers in Sierra Leone...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/9468
This study was aimed at determining the trainers’ perception on the educational practices for optimization of pre-service training of quality agricultural teachers in Nigeria. Two null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The target population for this study was 2040 re...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/9007
Aims: The aim of this study is to present students’ views concerning the attendance of conference and/or seminars via Internet (webinars) and also how online social network are used in distance learning. Study Design: Descriptive quantitative research. Especially, a survey using...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/8556
Several studies have emerged on education being adequately challenged in Nigeria, yet little is known in the literature on the social analysis of moral decadence that has become a common feature of the nation’s education system and spread to other institutions like an harmattan f...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/9139
Background: Many criticisms face theoretical bases and measurement tools used for identifying learning styles. The Intellectual Style Inventory (ISI) introduced in this work provides a new approach for learning style assessment based on cortical functional specialization. The ISI...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/8751
Aims: To examine major aspects and driving forces to performance based funding as it changes the paradigm of how colleges and universities receive public funding. Study Design: The manuscript is a position, review paper, therefore it selects a controversial topic and builds a cas...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/9236
Aims: This study aimed to identify the attitude of teachers working in gifted and ordinary schools, towards creative thinking in Tafila governorate, and the differences between attitudes pertaining creative thinking according to variables of experience, gender, specialization and...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/8049