ABSTRACT The study sought to examine the nutritional practices and the health of the elderly in Ateitu and Winneba Zongo Communities in the Effutu Municipality. A sample of 100 elderly persons was selected for the study using the snowball sampling technique. Questionnaire, focus group discussion and observations were the instruments used in data collection. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) for windows, version 16 was used in the data analysis. Responses from respondents were c...
ABSTRACT Studies on Space Utilization in our educational institutions are not new but this is the first time a study on Space Utilization has been conducted in a privately owned tertiary institution in Ghana. This study, The Utilization of Teaching Space at Central University College was conducted specifically to find out the key challenges private universities face in the use of space and time in the day to day administration of their facilities and to provide information on Time Utilization...
ABSTRACT The main objective of this study was to assess availability and utilization of ICT facilities in teaching of social studies in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis. The descriptive research design was adopted for the study. A census technique was used for the 100 social studies teachers. The questionnaire was used to gather the requisite data for the study. The data were analysed through the computation of descriptive and inferential statistics such as frequencies, percentages, mean of me...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to understand the factors that militate against the Reading Comprehension Skills of Basic six (BS6) pupils of the State School for the Deaf at Adjei Kojo, Accra. A sample of 40, which included 19 teachers and 21 pupils who were selected using the simple random sampling and the purposive sampling techniques respectively, participated in the study. Questionnaires were used to collect data from the teachers, while actual intervention strategies in the form ...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the effect of STAD as a learning technique on Senior High School students‟ conceptual understanding, their abilities to solve quantitative problems based on their qualitative understanding in some topics in chemistry and their attitude towards STAD. The study involves Forms I and II elective chemistry students of Datus International Senior High School of Community Seven of the Tema District of the Greater Accra Region. Convenience sampling technique was use...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to explore the influence of Parent-Teacher Association members towards the enhancement of the academic performance of students who record lower attainment in Badu in Tain District. The study employed both quantitative and qualitative research approaches where cross-sectional survey design was combined with phenomenology. Through purposive, stratified and simple random sampling techniques, 81 respondents (48 students, 18 parents, 12 class teachers and 3...
ABSTRACT Off-site construction methods have played an important role in the construction sector the world over in the past few decades, having been touted as offering a more sustainable solution to the building industry especially in areas of cost, safety, meeting time lines, and waste reduction. But developing countries still rely on vernacular practices for design and construction. In the Ghanaian construction industry, most contractors are still used to the traditional system of building ...
ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to determine factors affecting milk yield, lactation length and milk composition of smallholders’ dual-purpose cattle in the Ashanti Region. Specifically it was intended to assess the effect of breed and non-genetic factors on (1) average value of milk yield, (2) lactation length of cows and (3) percentage milk components of various breeds of local cows. The study was conducted in four Districts of the Ashanti Region from 2012 to 2014. The cattle u...
ABSTRACT This study assessed the works of female sculptors in Ghana with particular emphasis on the philosophical significance and implications of their works. The first objective of the study sought to identify the works of contemporary sculptresses in Ghana. The second objective examined the philosophical implications of the works of contemporary sculptresses in Ghana while the third objective explored the forms of documentation of the works of contemporary sculptresses in Ghana. The stud...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of Endorphin Release Therapy (ERT) on pain and Range of Motion (ROM) of joints among injured Senior High School (SHS) athletes in the Central Region of Ghana. A purposive sample of 62 SHS injured athletes from the Central Region participated in the quasi-experimental study. Quantitative data were collected by the use of an orthopedic mobility scanner; a standard goniometer and 0-10 Numerical Rating Scale. The reported intra examiner...
ABSTRACT The main aim of this study was to determine how SSS3 students perceive their core mathematics classroom environment and their attitude towards core mathematics as well as investigate possible association(s) between learning environment instrument subscales and attitude. A sample of 342 SSS3 students was used for the study comprising 159 students from single-sex male schools, 117 from single-sex female school and 66 students from co-educational school. These students were selected fro...
ABSTRACT Despite the good intentions of why the boarding school system was introduced into the Ghanaian Education system, present day parents and even students think that boarding facilities and services are not adequate and are of poor quality and therefore, will affect the health of students. The purpose of the study was to find out any differences in the healthrelated physical fitness levels of day and boarding girls in the SHS in Cape Coast, Ghana. One hundred and sixty SHS girls from Agg...
ABSTRACT This thesis researched into the Creative Processes, Structures and Performance of Shrine Music of the Northern Ewes. I focused on three shrines at the Awudome Traditional Area in Ghana as a case study. As its methodological approaches, I combined focus groups discussion and one-on-one interviews. The overriding objectives of this study are to move the history of Awudome from the realm of oral tradition into a written document; and to investigate the creative processes in composition ...
ABSTRACT Counselling plays a central role in reforming prisoners to re-live their lives in society with minimum problems. However, in many occasions, this essential service is relegated to the background. This study, therefore, examined the background characteristics of the prisoners, their perceptions on counselling services, their counselling needs, counselling programmes designed to meet the needs of inmates, and the roles of stakeholders in meeting such counselling needs. The study was un...
ABSTRACT The cost of building materials poses a significant threat to the construction industry and construction professionals. This research set out to study the rate of price increase of building materials on the Ghanaian construction market by examining the trend of price increase, developing price indices for some selected building materials, determining the causes of price increase of building materials and identifying the factors that influence pricing decisions when determining the fi...