Background: The transition from primary to secondary schools in England is marked by a concern over potential learning loss, and the realisation that a small number of students have not reached an expected or threshold level of literacy. The latter can then impact on progress in...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/8417
This paper aims to analyze the impact of baseline and end-line surveys in terms of its inputs and achievements during three years (2009-2012) project on “student-centered and inquiry-based (SCIB) learning” sponsored by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The activities...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/8002
This paper explores the impact of political changes on an older Polish generation, which has led to their migratory journey to the UK. The study was conducted with 35 participants throughout the UK using an oral history approach. Thirty were over the age of 45 when they migrated,...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/8151
Early seeds of language variation studies were planted near the beginning of the 1960s under the influence of William Labov who is generally regarded as the founder of the discipline of variationist sociolinguistics which deals with language variations caused by linguistic and no...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/7767
Distance education and the use of digital information technologies are growing rapidly throughout the world, in cities as well as in remote areas. Distance education and distance learning refer to a variety of different learning methods. However, communication can be conducted on...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/6997
Aims: This study investigated the awareness of Nigerian students and those of Nigerian teachers about potential use of cell phone as a teaching aid. Study Design: A survey research design. Place of study: Kogi State College of Education (KSCOE), Ankpa, a state owned higher instit...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/7754
Currently there are two divergent views about the role of common sense in science learning. Educators who side with the notion of restructuring view science learning as an incremental process based upon the student’s prior knowledge of everyday physical phenomena. On the other ha...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/6995
Aims: The study aim was to develop the perceived support for innovation scale, and compare the students from only child and multiple children families in a Chinese university on this scale. Study design: This was a cross sectional survey design. Place and Duration of Study: Schoo...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/7219
The achievement goal framework has undergone a number of evolutions over the past three decades. The 2x2 model of achievement goals [1,2] in particular, has been researched extensively, with a recent articulation and revision of measurements that emphasize four different goal typ...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/7564
Aims: This study investigated purpose in life among seminarians. This was motivated by the evident and apparent dearth of literature on research on seminarians and particularly their purpose in life. The present study therefore extended what is known in existential psychology lit...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/6393