Objectives: To examine bilingual code-switching across four languages in an experimental setting. To determine if the nature of a language or the linguistic background of the speakers influence laboratory induced code-switching. Study Design: Bilingual speakers of English and ei...
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Research Article10.9734/JESBS/2018/44400
Currently, for the Kenyan youth, the future seems further away than it used to be. “The journey to success feels a lot longer.” The familiar goals of a job, a home and a family now feel like a big ambition, and many are afraid that they will not achieve what their parents did. Th...
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Research Article10.9734/JESBS/2018/44132
This research was carried out to determine the effectiveness of imagination stretch teaching strategy in correcting misconceptions of students about the particulate nature of matter in Senior Secondary Schools in Rivers State. Quasi-experimental design pretest- posttest control...
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Research Article10.9734/JESBS/2018/43063
Violence cuts across generations. It affects every segment of the society and it is particularly common among school-going adolescents. Peer victimization is an important aspect of behavioural problem which makes students to be afraid of going to school and inhibits their learnin...
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Research Article10.9734/JESBS/2018/14134
Research findings in various first-language studies and cross-cultural studies have revealed that while the speech act of apology is universal, politeness values and types of linguistic forms vary across languages and cultures. While a bulk of studies has been done to examine the...
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Research Article10.9734/JESBS/2018/43915
Purpose: The study aims to examine the extent of environmental literacy, interest in environmental issues and engagement of environmental activities of the undergraduates in Sri Lanka believing that understanding the level of environmental literacy will lead to influence attitudi...
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Research Article10.9734/JESBS/2018/41700
Aims: Money management behaviour of undergraduates academically is a researchable area as their decisions relating to money management not only have an impact on their life itself but also it affects the long-term financial stability of an organisation, an industry and a nation....
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Research Article10.9734/JESBS/2018/44050
The background of the article is historical and cultural neuropsychology, which proposes analysis of learning activity from the level of its functional brain organization. Qualitative assessment of difficulties and functional analysis of syndromes permits to determine brain corti...
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Research Article10.9734/JESBS/2018/43737
This paper examines the indigenous healthcare practice in Southeast Nigeria and how this can be integrated into modern healthcare system using bone setting as a case study. Traditional bone setting continues to enjoy wide patronage despite the availability of modern orthopaedic m...
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Research Article10.9734/JESBS/2018/43114
Background: Reviews of previous research have identified factors which influence the well-being of international students studying away from home. One area that has received little attention is the extent to which these students adopt positive coping strategies that help their ad...
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Research Article10.9734/JESBS/2018/43377
This paper analyses some of the existing gaps between the current school curriculum and teacher education programme/s in India. While visualizing and planning for the future smart schools and centre of learning for professional excellence, the authors have suggested some steps to...
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Research Article10.9734/JESBS/2018/42619
The current global unemployment crises especially in Nigeria prompted the study’s assessment of parental acceptability of children’s involvement in skill acquisition activities in Ondo state. A multistage sampling technique was used to select 120 respondents (parents) in Akure So...
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Research Article10.9734/JESBS/2018/27171
This study examined the use of assessment techniques by secondary school teachers in Ethiopia. Little has been known about the classroom assessment strategies teachers use to assess their students in Ethiopian Secondary School contexts [1,2]. All participants (N=423, average teac...
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Research Article10.9734/JESBS/2018/43233
HIV/AIDS poses multidimensional and devastating problems. Thus, current study sought to investigate the association between perceived social support and the psychological wellbeing among HIV patients atTesfaBerhan Charity Association.Correlational research design with quantitativ...
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Research Article10.9734/JESBS/2018/38900
Use of humour, playfulness and creative learning seem to be unpopular in the Nigerian educational system. This study documents the perceptions of teachers and students of secondary schools in Ibadan, Nigeria on the role of humour, playfulness and creativity/creative learning in t...
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Research Article10.9734/JESBS/2018/42296