Unemployment is one the major challenges facing Nigeria’s process of development. Various attempts had been made to improve the employment situation especially among the youths with little or no result. This paper therefore discusses how Nigeria can adopt, restructure and improve...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2013/4292
The study presented here was conducted first, to classify speech based on functional effects by using the theory of speech act [1] as well as Brown and Levinson`s politeness theory [2], and to see the effects of social class, power, and solidarity on variations observed within Pe...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2013/3521
This study investigated the influence of self-esteem, gender and age on work ethical behaviour of police officers. 200 Police Officers comprising of one hundred and six (106) males (53%) and ninety four (94) females (47%) with their ages ranging from 18-51 from the Imo State Poli...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2013/4469
Aims: Teacher’s role in multimedia integration is not only a user but also a designer and producer, by which teachers can manipulate more appropriate multimedia aids and fulfill teacher’s essential needs. In order for a teacher to promote the efficiency and effectiveness of the t...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2013/4197
Aim: The purpose of this study was to develop and validate the psychometric properties of the Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA) performance task diagnostic instrument. The CLA is currently used to assess the effectiveness of student learning at colleges and universities in the...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2013/5005
Aims: To investigate which simple past forms are learnt first, regular or irregular forms, under two different methods of teaching writing, in the context of foreign language learning. Study Design: Quantitative analysis for all the simple past forms produced by the participants...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2013/3443
Aims: The present study exposes that meaningful learning experiences in Israeli schools take place in noisy and highly active classrooms. In contrast to common assumptions, we show that significant learning takes place in “active” classrooms, where “activity” reflects students' e...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2013/3770
Aims: Values are listed as motivational factors that determine an individual’s lifestyle. This paper presents a study, which aims to compare value priorities in Estonian, Lithuanian and Finnish students. More than 3,000 teenagers (about 1,000 per country) ranked 16 values accordi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2013/2176
This paper aims at advocating the integration of green chemistry principles for sustainability into the existing senior secondary or high school chemistry curriculum. Researches and training in this all important area had been targeted towards university level education and resea...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2013/3606
Aims: The aim of the study was to find out whether there is any difference in the opinions of teachers from high- and low-performing schools concerning the application of different aspects of the evaluation of teachers in determining performance-related pay. In addition, the stud...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2013/2510