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 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...
By Bethany A. Bell-Ellison ABSTRACT Grounded in Bronfenbrenner’s (1979) Ecological Systems Theory and through the application of cross-classified random effects models, the goal of this study was to examine simultaneously neighborhood and school influences on adolescent academic achievement and risk of obesity, as well as the moderating effects of schools on these outcomes. By examining concurrently neighborhood and school influences on achievement and risk of obesity, this study aimed to ...