Aims: To examine the influence of computer anxiety and computer knowledge on candidates’ performance in Computer-Based Test. Study Design: The study used descriptive survey and ex-post facto designs. Place and Duration: Prospective candidates for 2013 Unified Tertiary Matriculati...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/6632
Aims: Situating within the 2 x 2 model of achievement goals, we explored the antecedents (emotional and physiological states, academic buoyancy, task values) and consequences (academic engagement, intrinsic motivation) of both mastery-approach and mastery-avoidance goals. Our hyp...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/6720
Aims: Using propensity-score matching, we matched students with similar prior-school achievement and demographical data who attended either an academic or vocational track during the first two years of secondary school. Methodology: In a two-factorial between-subject analysis of...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/7255
The paper is a perception survey of poor construction supervision and building failures in six major cities in Nigeria. This was informed by several reported cases of building failure and collapse with its concomitant losses of life and properties. While the paper examined relati...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2014/6816
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