ABSTRACT Variation orders are an inevitable occurrence in construction projects execution. It is common in all types of construction projects and plays an important role in determining the final cost and time of completion of projects. The study examined cost trend of variation orders in Jasikan District Assembly construction projects. The study used a descriptive research design. Data was collected using structured questionnaire and in-depth interviews. Simple random sampling was used to dra...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to examine the effect of employees’ job satisfaction on job performance in the construction industry in Accra and Tema in the Greater Accra Region. Convenient sampling was used to select the 400 respondents to participate in the study. Data for the study were elicited from primary source. Structured questionnaire was the main instrument used in gathering primary data. Field Data were analyzed with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of Problem-Based Learning (PBL) on students’ achievement in mole concept. The study was quasi-experimental research and nonrandomized control group pre-test – post-test design. The target population consisted of students in the four public Colleges of Education in the Northern Region of Ghana. The accessible population was level hundred students in Tamale College of Education. Purposive sampling was used to obtain a sample of e...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to assess the influence that planning have on some selected instructional behaviours of student-interns within two different teaching episodes, one planned and the second unplanned. Eight physical education studentinterns from the Department of Health, Physical education, Recreation and Sports of University of Education, Winneba taught two 30-minutes lesson to Senior High School and College of Education students. Teacher planning, including lesson note p...
ABSTRACT This study was designed to enhance EPC Mawuko Girls‟ SHS 2 Home Economics students‟ understanding of the classification, naming and writing of the structures of aliphatic organic compounds using molecular models. It was also intended to find out the students‟ views on the use of molecular models in teaching the structural formulae and naming of aliphatic organic compounds. The study was a case study design using the action research approach. The sample for the study was forty-f...
ABSTRACT This research was primarily designed to help improve students’ academic performance in naming organic compounds using molecular model set in Effiduase Senior High School in the Sekyere East district of the Ashanti Region. Experimental design was used for this study where the form three science classes were put into two groups. Science one students formed the control group and were taught using traditional approach while the science two students comprised the experimental group and ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to investigate the learning style preferences and study habits and how they affect the academic achievement among students in public junior high schools in the Effutu Municipality Central Region. The study was grounded in Fleming‟s (1995) VAK learning style theory and the Bakare‟s (1977) study habits inventory. The descriptive survey design was used and was aligned with positivist paradigm where 532 public junior high school pupils were chosen through...
ABSTRACT Disposal of bauxite tailings in Ghana and globally is not properly managed and leads to environmental degradation. There is possibility for their recycle to facilitate proper disposal, one way is to partially replace sand with bauxite tailings in building blocks. A study was carried out on cement composite blocks made from sand and bauxite tailings/residue, a mining by-product at varying levels from 10% to 50% with incremental level of 10%. Composite blocks were produced to dimension...
ABSTRACT The study interrogated factors that influenced academic performance in Music at the senior high school among General Arts and Visual Arts students in the Ho West District of Volta Region, Ghana. The objectives of the study were to examine attitudes of music teachers and students towards the subject, analyse methods and materials used in teaching music and how prospective students were selected to study music at these schools. The work was done using descriptive method of qualitative ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate the amount of teacher feedback and its influence on students skill acquisition with regards to Kwahu East and South Districts in the Eastern Region. Secondly, this was to provide an intervention on feedback to ascertain improvement in amount of feedback given by the teachers. Purposive sampling was used to select four P.E. teachers. A simple random sampling was used to choose a sample for students population numbered 160, 40 from each scho...
ABSTRACT In our traditional setup a trait of identifying most societies is by their music, hence, the degree of value placed on traditional music. The project was an attempt to explore and analyse the elements of adowa music of the people of Asante Mampong. The researcher as a creative ethnomusicologist collected data using observation, oral interview and audio-video recording. The study discusses the provenance of the Asante Mampong adowa genre; its role and significance to the people, the e...
ABSTRACT This study was an attempt to Compare the Categories of mathematical tasks in two SHS mathematics textbooks namely AKIOLA core mathematics series (ACM) and the Enriched mathematics (ECM) textbooks for SHS. It specifically sought to find out the categories of exercises in mathematical tasks as well as the categories of steps in mathematical tasks and whether or not there were differences between the categories of exercises and steps in the ACM textbooks and ECM textbooks. In all, eight...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the effect of extensive reading on the readability of children with reading difficulties. The research design adopted for the study was experimental design specifically the quasi experimental design. A sample of 90 children was sampled using simple random sampling and purposive techniques. The experimental group consisted of 40 children and the control group consisted of 50 children. The major instrument used for data collection was reading tests. The study re...
ABSTRACT This study evaluated the relevance of biblical counselling in contemporary society of Pentecostal churches in the Kumasi Metropolis of Ashanti Region. The study sought to provide an insight into the effectiveness of biblical counselling. The methodology used to select participants for the study consisted of stratified random sampling, proportional ratio, simple random sampling and selection of the table of random numbers methods. The Population of the study consisted of thirty-four ...
ABSTRACT The study aimed at finding out students’ perception of sources of conflict in senior high schools. The study was a descriptive survey involving a sample size of 300 participants. This included 100 first year students, 100 second year students and 100 third year students in the two public senior high schools in the Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa District of the Central Region in Ghana. Besides the literature search, a 43-item questionnaire was used to collect data for the study. The questio...