ABSTRACT The study evaluated the quality of Junior High School (JHS) education in the Central Region of Ghana using context, input, process and product (CIPP) model by Stufflebeam (1971). Descriptive survey design was employed in the conduct of the study. The target population for this study was made up of public and private JHSs in all the 20 Metropolitan/Municipal/District Assemblies in the Central Region. Proportionate stratified random sampling was employed. In all, the participants for ...
ABSTRACT The views of mentees, mentors, and University supervisors about the one year internship programme of the University of Education, Winneba were examined. The views of a total of 333 respondents made up of 177 mentees, 91 mentors and 65 University supervisors in the Ashanti region were gathered by means of a self- designed questionnaire consisting largely of the likert-type items. The data was then subjected to frequency, percentage and chi-square analysis to address the 6 research que...
ABSTRACT The study examined teachers’ test construction skills, commitment to work, and attitude towards test construction as predictors of adherence to test construction principles among SHS teachers in the Sekondi/Takoradi Metropolis. The study was carried out employing the descriptive cross-sectional survey design. The study targeted teachers who teach mathematics, integrated science, and English language, numbering 346. The census method was used to engage all the 346 teachers in the st...
ABSTRACT The study sought to investigate achievement test practices of teachers in Junior High Schools in the Sissala East Municipality. Descriptive survey was used to investigate the practice of achievement testing of teachers in Junior High Schools in Sissala East Municipality. The study employed the multistage sampling techniques (purposive, stratified and simple random sampling technique). Questionnaire was used to collect data from 248 Junior High School teachers in the Sissala East Muni...
ABSTRACT The assessment practices of tutors affect the performance of their students. There are different categories of tutors teaching in the nursing schools and this may affect their way of student assessment. This study was conducted to examine the assessment practices of tutors in the nurses’ training schools in the Western and Central regions of Ghana. The study sought to find the knowledge of tutors in assessment, the effect of tutor academic qualification and the number of years of t...
ABSTRACT The study explored the perceived causes of low academic performance of Senior High School students in core mathematics in the Kumasi Metropolis. The study used the descriptive survey design with quantitative approach. Multi-stage sampling procedures were used to select a sample of 439 respondents which included 381 students and 58 core mathematics teachers. Students and teachers’ questionnaires were used to collect data for the study. Means and standard deviations were used to anal...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to identify factors responsible for the poor academic performance of pupils in Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa district. Descriptive design was used. The target population for this study consisted of school children and teachers. The study population was made up of pupils, and teachers of Asikuma Circuit Junior High Schools. Simple random sampling was used to select four public Junior High Schools, namely Asikuma Presby JHS, Col Baidoo JHS, Asikuma Catholic Boys J...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to investigate whether tutors in the teacher training colleges follow the basic laid down principles of testing practices, especially, test construction, administration and scoring of classroom or teachermade tests in the teacher training colleges. The study adopted the descriptive design and covered 20 public teacher training colleges in Ghana comprising 230 male and 80 female teacher training college tutors. The main instrument used for the study was th...
ABSTRACT The study was conducted to compare the effects of using the local language (L1) and English (L2) on achievement in Mathematics at the lower Primary. The study, which was conducted in the Suhum Kraboa Coaltar District in the Eastern Region of Ghana adopted a quasi experimental design. Primary 3 pupils were used in the study. Convenient and purposive sampling techniques were used to select four primary schools for the sample. Two of the schools were selected from Suhum (urban town) an...
ABSTRACT The study assessed the extent to which lecturers applied principles of test construction and administration in the University of Cape Coast. The descriptive survey design was used for the study. The census sampling procedure was used to include 131 lecturers in four faculties/schools and 40 Examinations Unit staff in the University of Cape Coast for the study. Seven research questions guided the study. A 67-item and 14-item questionnaires for lecturers and Examinations Units were use...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the impact of item position in multiple-choice test on student performance at the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) level. The sample consisted of 810 JSS 3 students selected from 12 different schools. A quasi-experimental design was used. Students for the project were drawn from schools representing public and private schools in urban and rural areas. The instrument for the project was a multiple-choice test consisting of 40 items in each of Engli...
ABSTRACT This study aimed at comparing the types of learning strategies Junior and Senior High School students adopt when they are assessed with different item formats in English Language, Core Mathematics and Integrated Science examinations. The population for the study was students from the Junior and Senior High Schools in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abirem (KEEA) District. A sample size of 600 students (300 from each level) were selected for the study. The Lotter...
ABSTRACT The study examined the implementation of School Based Assessment in KEEA district in Central Region. The quota sampling procedure was used to select 200 basic school teachers in ten basic schools for the study. Five research questions and three hypotheses guided the study. Questionnaire was used for data collection for the study. The Cronbach’s coefficient alpha for the questionnaire was 0.85. The results showed that to...
The study sought to investigate SHS mathematics teachers' knowledge in formative assessment practices in the cape coast metropolis. Among several others, the findings of the study showed that SHS teachers had low knowledge in their formative assessment practices.
The study investigated gender difference in formative assessment knowledge of SHS teachers. The finding of the study revealed a significant difference in formative assessment knowledge in favour of male SHS teachers.