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Academic Plagiarism: Yielding to Temptation

Maria João Ferro & Hélder Fanha Martins · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2015

Scope: Everybody lies. Plagiarism is pervasive because people are used to lying to succeed. While bringing up someone else’s ideas may be an inadvertent case of cryptomnesia, or unintentional plagiarism, academic plagiarism is hardly ever that case. Building on the existing liter...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2016/20535

Goal Orientation, Adaptive Learning Strategies and Academic Achievement of Community Health Students in Primary Health Care

I. M. Asuquo & I. M. Kalu · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2015

This study examines individual goal orientation and learning strategies used in achieving academic success among Community Health Students in Primary Health Care Examinations. The study suggests that teachers do influence the n goals students pursue through instructional practice...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2016/22043

Mental Health Care for Cancer Patients, Their Families and Nurses in China: A Review

Hatsumi Yoshii, Fumiko Kikuchi, Kang Lin, li Jingge, Kouhei Akazawa & Hidemitsu Saito · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2015

The aim of this study was to understand the characteristics of mental health care for cancer patients, their families, and nurses in China. We searched for relevant studies published in English since 2004 using PubMed, PsycINFO, and Cinahl, finding 14 studies that examined mental...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2016/21647

Facilitators and Impediments to Research at the University of Ghana Medical School: A Survey of Faculty Members’ Views

Edem M. A. Tette, Samuel A. Oppong, George O. Adjei, Eric S. Donkor, Isaac Andam, Bernard Asante & Andrew A. Adjei · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2015

Background: There are more opportunities for research in Africa now than ever however several factors still militate against research among academics. We identified the major barriers to research and the factors that enhance research at the University of Ghana Medical School in o...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2016/19133

“We listen to them”: A Qualitative Study of HIV Provider-Patient Relationship in the Management of Care

Agnes Ebotabe Arrey, Johan Bilsen, Patrick Lacor & Reginald Deschepper · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2015

Background: Although previous research that considered a variety of chronic diseases have shown that quality of provider-patient relationship is related to health outcomes, key issues defining HIV care provider-patient relationship has not been well studied in Belgium. It is impo...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2016/20582

Adolescents’ Problem Solving Ability in Mathematics and Medium of Instruction

Prangya Paramita Priyadarshini Das & Biswabandita Panda · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2015

Background: Today’s world considers English as a global language because there has never been a language so widely spread or spoken by so many people as English [1]. The main idea of English medium instruction (EMI) is to combine the conventional instruction of content-area subje...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2016/19976

Relation between Moral Maturity Perceptions and Information Literacy Skills of Undergraduates

Abdullah Adıgüzel · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2015

Aims: The objective of this research is to specify relation between moral maturity perceptions and information literacy skills of undergraduates. Methodology: The research in a screening model was carried out with the participation of 508 senior undergraduates. Data in the resear...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2016/19708

Influence of Design Thinking Performance on Children's Creative Problem-solving Skills: An Estimation through Regression Analysis

Göksu Gözen · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2015

This study examined the interaction of design thinking performance and creative problem-solving skills, with 89 pre-school and primary school children who attended the Architectural Design Education Program in Ankara, Turkey in the academic year 2011-2012. After each teaching ses...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2016/22153

Teachers’ Capacity Building and Students’ Academic Performance among Public Junior Secondary Schools in Kwara State

Adebayo, Florence Aduke & Sagaya, Abiodun Amudalatu · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2015

The study investigated the influence of teacher capacity building on students’ academic performance among public junior secondary school in Kwara State. The study adopted descriptive survey research design to find out the existing relationship among the variables and drew inferen...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2016/19759

The Effect of Psychological Support and Mental Training on Anxiety Regulation of Injured Tunisian Athletes

Sabeur Hamrouni, Jaouad Alem, Ines Bouguerra, Wafa Dhweyeb & Sylvain Baert · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2015

The aim of our study consisted in testing the importance of psychological support and mental training for Tunisian injured athletes on the enhancement of their emotional and behavioral reactions to anxiety to be reinjured. A total of N= 48 Tunisian male and female athletes, most...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2016/19977

Local Content, Universal Applicability: Domesticating the Pedagogy of English for Global Relevance

Dare Owolabi · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2015

In recent times, English, as a second language as well as official language in developing multilingual and multicultural nations of the world, has suffered a setback in its teaching/learning process. Given the research findings so far, the traditional General Purpose (GP) approac...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2016/7947

Exploring Sexual Behaviour of Women in Zambia: A Qualitative Study

Catherine M. Ngoma, Janetta Roos & Seta Siziya · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2015

Aim: The aim of the study was to explore sexual behaviour among women aged 15 -25 years. Study Design: Qualitative study. Place and Duration of the Study: Nangoma mission hospital catchment area in Central province, and Chikankata Hospital catchment area in Chikankata district of...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2016/20387

Grammar and Pragmatic Interrelations in the Construction of Popular Science Texts for Children

Patricia Vallejos · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2015

Aims: To study in popular science books for children the stylistic selections that facilitate the passage from common sense to scientific knowledge. To provide a pragmatic explanation of the syntactic restrictions that characterises the scientific language of the texts. Methodolo...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2016/20634

Quasi-Experts’ Assessments of Creative Products: An Evaluation Using a Sample of Design Students

Kuan Chen Tsai · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2015

The current study was designed to examine the possible use of quasi-experts (design-college students) to assess creative products (four-frame comic strips). The research questions we sought to answer were: (a) Can the consensual assessment technique (CAT) yield reliable ratings w...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJESBS/2016/21057