• What is Happening in Ghanaian Junior High School Mathematics Classrooms?: A Look at Students’ Perception 

  Asomah, K. R.; Wilmot, Eric Magnus; Ntow, Forster Danso (University of Cape Coast, 2018-06)

  In recent times, there has been public outcry about students’ poor performance in mathematics in Ghana. Since available literature is replete with the fact that students’ perception of their mathematics classroom environment ...
• Unpacking Instructional Strategies of Early Childhood Teachers: Insights from Teachers’ Perspectives 

  Mumuni, Thompson (University of Cape Coast, 2017-11)

  Even though previous research points to the significance of early childhood teachers’ practices that take into consideration the nature of children and how they learn, there is limited research regarding how instructional ...
• Unpacking Activities-Based Learning in Kindergarten Classrooms: Insights from Teachers’ Perspectives 

  Annobil, Charles Nyarko; Thompson, Mumuni (University of Cape Coast, 2018-01)

  Even though previous research points to the significance of kindergarten teachers’ practices which consider the nature of children and how they learn, there is still limited research regarding how learning activities ...
• TIMSS 2011 Science Assessment Results: A Review of Ghana’s Performance 

  Buabeng, Isaac; Owusu, Kofi Acheaw; Ntow, Forster Danso (University of Cape Coast, 2014-07)

  This paper reviews Ghana’s performance in the TIMSS 2011 survey in comparison with other African and some high performing countries which participated in the TIMSS assessment. Students’ achievement in the science ...
• The Power of Meaningful Gestures in Teaching and Learning Literacy in Early Childhood Education Centres in the Cape Coast Metropolis 

  Bosiwah, Lawrence; Bronteng, Joyce Esi (University of Cape Coast, 2015-05)

  Children come to school with emergent literacy which teachers need to build on to enhance early literacy acquisition in both the first language (L1) and the target language (L2) which in the case of Ghana is English ...
• The Implementation of the Basic School English Curriculum: The Case of the Cape Coast Metropolis in Ghana 

  Torto, Gertrude Afiba (University of Cape Coast, 2017)

  The English language curriculum for primary schools in Ghana spells out the various aspects, topics and sub topics that teachers must teach the child within a specified time. The syllabus again specifies the various ...
• Teachers’ Perception of their Initial Preparation in Teaching Senior High School Physics 

  Buabeng, Isaac (University of Cape Coast, 2018-11)

  This study investigated New Zealand (NZ) physics teachers’ and physics educators’ views about their Initial Teacher Education (ITE). Specifically, the study explored how well the ITE prepared physics teachers for ...
• Teachers' Practices in Kindergarten Classrooms: Cognitive Constructivist Theory of Learning and Sociocultural Theory of Learning to the Rescue 

  Mumuni, Thompson; Boro, Eric Bayi Kandeme (University of Cape Coast, 2015-07)

  The concern for how young children learn has been an issue that has agitated the minds of theories and researchers for a very long time. However, currently early childhood educators are becoming increasing aware of the ...
• Teacher Education in Ghana: Policies and Practices 

  Buabeng, Isaac; Ntow, Forster Danso; Otami, Charles Deodat (University of Cape Coast, 2020-02)

  This article focuses on teacher education in Ghana. It examines a number of reforms involving curricular changes and restructuring of teacher education institutions tasked with the responsibility of preparing teachers for ...
• Sex Differences in Integrated Science Achievement at BECE in Cape Coast Metropolis 

  Buabeng, Isaac (University of Cape Coast, 2020-06)

  Science allows students to explore their world and discover new things, hence, it is an important part of the foundation for education for all children. The purpose of the study was to determine differences in performance ...
• Senior High School Female Students' Interest in Physics as a Course of Study at the University Level in Ghana 

  Buabeng, Isaac; Ampiah, Joseph Ghartey; Quarcoo-Nelson, Richmond (University of Cape Coast, 2012-06)

  The study of females‘ interest in physics is an issue of international concern. Of the sciences, physics is the subject in which the increase in the number of females involved has been particularly low. The term ...
• Public Perception of Early Childhood Language Policy in Ghana: An Exploratory Study 

  Bronteng, Joyce Esi; Berson, Ilene R.; Berson, Michael J. (University of Cape Coast, 2019-06)

  This article explores current public perceptions in Ghana about the National Literacy Acceleration Programme (NALAP), a mother tonguebased bilingual medium of instruction (MTB-BMoI) policy for early childhood education. ...
• Practices, Challenges and Perceived Influence of Classroom Assessment on Mathematics Instruction 

  Buabeng, Isaac; Atingane, Amoah Barnabas; Amoako, Isaac (University of Cape Coast, 2019-08)

  Assessment is a powerful tool for raising the standards of teaching and learning of mathematics at the junior high school level. This study therefore explored the perceived influence of assessment on the teaching and ...
• Physics Teachers’ Views on their Initial Teacher Education 

  Buabeng, Isaac; Conner, Lindsey; Winter, David (University of Cape Coast, 2016)

  This paper explores New Zealand (NZ) physics teachers’ and physics educators’ views about Initial Teacher Education (ITE). Perspectives of physics teachers nationally indicated that in general, teachers considered themselves ...
• Physics Classroom Interactions: Teaching Strategies and Practices 

  Buabeng, Isaac (University of Cape Coast, 2018-09)

  This study investigated the interactions that occurred as part of the learning from a national survey of high school physics teachers in New Zealand (NZ) in relation to decile ranking. Specifically, the study investigated ...
• Making Physics Appealing to Female Students: Perspectives of Female Students and Physics Lecturers 

  Buabeng, Isaac (University of Cape Coast, 2012-04)

  This paper describes a qualitative study of how to improve females’ involvement in the learning of physics at the tertiary level. The study was conducted at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) and some select Senior High ...
• Juggling between two languages in kindergarten classrooms: A multi-case study 

  Mumuni, Thompson (University of Cape Coast, 2017-11)

  Although, earlier research points to the significance of bilingual medium of instruction in early childhood settings, there is limited multicase research that explores mediums of instruction used in Kindergarten classrooms ...
• Introducing Teachers to PowerPoint Presentation in a Technologically Challenging Environment: Action Research 

  Boakye, Cecilia; Buabeng, Isaac (University of Cape Coast, 2016-01)

  We tried to equip teachers with PowerPoint skills in the face of inadequate internet communication and technology (ICT) facilities through modeling and cooperative learning. The participants consisted of 20 part-time ...
• Interpersonal Hardiness as a Critical Contributing Factor to Persistence among International Women in Doctoral Programs: A Trioethnographic Study 

  Williams-Shakespeare, Eraldine S.; Bronteng, Joyce E.; Alahmari, Adhwaa (University of Cape Coast, 2018)

  Women in PhD programs, in particular minority and international women, are especially at risk for drop-out (Castro, Garcia, Cavazos, & Castro, 2011; Haynes et al., 2012). This initial part of a longitudinal trioethnography ...
• Instructional Decision-Making Processes of Teachers in Kindergarten Classrooms within the Cape Coast Metropolis: A Multi-Case Study 

  Mumuni, Thompson; Asare-Danso, Seth (University of Cape Coast, 2018-06)

  The study contributes to the ongoing debate with respect to the significance of early childhood teachers’ instructional decision-making that take into consideration their theoretical knowledge (explicit theories) and ...

• What is Happening in Ghanaian Junior High School Mathematics Classrooms?: A Look at Students’ Perception 

  Asomah, K. R.; Wilmot, Eric Magnus; Ntow, Forster Danso (University of Cape Coast, 2018-06)

  In recent times, there has been public outcry about students’ poor performance in mathematics in Ghana. Since available literature is replete with the fact that students’ perception of their mathematics classroom environment ...
• Unpacking Instructional Strategies of Early Childhood Teachers: Insights from Teachers’ Perspectives 

  Mumuni, Thompson (University of Cape Coast, 2017-11)

  Even though previous research points to the significance of early childhood teachers’ practices that take into consideration the nature of children and how they learn, there is limited research regarding how instructional ...
• Unpacking Activities-Based Learning in Kindergarten Classrooms: Insights from Teachers’ Perspectives 

  Annobil, Charles Nyarko; Thompson, Mumuni (University of Cape Coast, 2018-01)

  Even though previous research points to the significance of kindergarten teachers’ practices which consider the nature of children and how they learn, there is still limited research regarding how learning activities ...
• TIMSS 2011 Science Assessment Results: A Review of Ghana’s Performance 

  Buabeng, Isaac; Owusu, Kofi Acheaw; Ntow, Forster Danso (University of Cape Coast, 2014-07)

  This paper reviews Ghana’s performance in the TIMSS 2011 survey in comparison with other African and some high performing countries which participated in the TIMSS assessment. Students’ achievement in the science ...
• The Power of Meaningful Gestures in Teaching and Learning Literacy in Early Childhood Education Centres in the Cape Coast Metropolis 

  Bosiwah, Lawrence; Bronteng, Joyce Esi (University of Cape Coast, 2015-05)

  Children come to school with emergent literacy which teachers need to build on to enhance early literacy acquisition in both the first language (L1) and the target language (L2) which in the case of Ghana is English ...
• The Implementation of the Basic School English Curriculum: The Case of the Cape Coast Metropolis in Ghana 

  Torto, Gertrude Afiba (University of Cape Coast, 2017)

  The English language curriculum for primary schools in Ghana spells out the various aspects, topics and sub topics that teachers must teach the child within a specified time. The syllabus again specifies the various ...
• Teachers’ Perception of their Initial Preparation in Teaching Senior High School Physics 

  Buabeng, Isaac (University of Cape Coast, 2018-11)

  This study investigated New Zealand (NZ) physics teachers’ and physics educators’ views about their Initial Teacher Education (ITE). Specifically, the study explored how well the ITE prepared physics teachers for ...
• Teachers' Practices in Kindergarten Classrooms: Cognitive Constructivist Theory of Learning and Sociocultural Theory of Learning to the Rescue 

  Mumuni, Thompson; Boro, Eric Bayi Kandeme (University of Cape Coast, 2015-07)

  The concern for how young children learn has been an issue that has agitated the minds of theories and researchers for a very long time. However, currently early childhood educators are becoming increasing aware of the ...
• Teacher Education in Ghana: Policies and Practices 

  Buabeng, Isaac; Ntow, Forster Danso; Otami, Charles Deodat (University of Cape Coast, 2020-02)

  This article focuses on teacher education in Ghana. It examines a number of reforms involving curricular changes and restructuring of teacher education institutions tasked with the responsibility of preparing teachers for ...
• Sex Differences in Integrated Science Achievement at BECE in Cape Coast Metropolis 

  Buabeng, Isaac (University of Cape Coast, 2020-06)

  Science allows students to explore their world and discover new things, hence, it is an important part of the foundation for education for all children. The purpose of the study was to determine differences in performance ...
• Senior High School Female Students' Interest in Physics as a Course of Study at the University Level in Ghana 

  Buabeng, Isaac; Ampiah, Joseph Ghartey; Quarcoo-Nelson, Richmond (University of Cape Coast, 2012-06)

  The study of females‘ interest in physics is an issue of international concern. Of the sciences, physics is the subject in which the increase in the number of females involved has been particularly low. The term ...
• Public Perception of Early Childhood Language Policy in Ghana: An Exploratory Study 

  Bronteng, Joyce Esi; Berson, Ilene R.; Berson, Michael J. (University of Cape Coast, 2019-06)

  This article explores current public perceptions in Ghana about the National Literacy Acceleration Programme (NALAP), a mother tonguebased bilingual medium of instruction (MTB-BMoI) policy for early childhood education. ...
• Practices, Challenges and Perceived Influence of Classroom Assessment on Mathematics Instruction 

  Buabeng, Isaac; Atingane, Amoah Barnabas; Amoako, Isaac (University of Cape Coast, 2019-08)

  Assessment is a powerful tool for raising the standards of teaching and learning of mathematics at the junior high school level. This study therefore explored the perceived influence of assessment on the teaching and ...
• Physics Teachers’ Views on their Initial Teacher Education 

  Buabeng, Isaac; Conner, Lindsey; Winter, David (University of Cape Coast, 2016)

  This paper explores New Zealand (NZ) physics teachers’ and physics educators’ views about Initial Teacher Education (ITE). Perspectives of physics teachers nationally indicated that in general, teachers considered themselves ...
• Physics Classroom Interactions: Teaching Strategies and Practices 

  Buabeng, Isaac (University of Cape Coast, 2018-09)

  This study investigated the interactions that occurred as part of the learning from a national survey of high school physics teachers in New Zealand (NZ) in relation to decile ranking. Specifically, the study investigated ...
• Making Physics Appealing to Female Students: Perspectives of Female Students and Physics Lecturers 

  Buabeng, Isaac (University of Cape Coast, 2012-04)

  This paper describes a qualitative study of how to improve females’ involvement in the learning of physics at the tertiary level. The study was conducted at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) and some select Senior High ...
• Juggling between two languages in kindergarten classrooms: A multi-case study 

  Mumuni, Thompson (University of Cape Coast, 2017-11)

  Although, earlier research points to the significance of bilingual medium of instruction in early childhood settings, there is limited multicase research that explores mediums of instruction used in Kindergarten classrooms ...
• Introducing Teachers to PowerPoint Presentation in a Technologically Challenging Environment: Action Research 

  Boakye, Cecilia; Buabeng, Isaac (University of Cape Coast, 2016-01)

  We tried to equip teachers with PowerPoint skills in the face of inadequate internet communication and technology (ICT) facilities through modeling and cooperative learning. The participants consisted of 20 part-time ...
• Interpersonal Hardiness as a Critical Contributing Factor to Persistence among International Women in Doctoral Programs: A Trioethnographic Study 

  Williams-Shakespeare, Eraldine S.; Bronteng, Joyce E.; Alahmari, Adhwaa (University of Cape Coast, 2018)

  Women in PhD programs, in particular minority and international women, are especially at risk for drop-out (Castro, Garcia, Cavazos, & Castro, 2011; Haynes et al., 2012). This initial part of a longitudinal trioethnography ...
• Instructional Decision-Making Processes of Teachers in Kindergarten Classrooms within the Cape Coast Metropolis: A Multi-Case Study 

  Mumuni, Thompson; Asare-Danso, Seth (University of Cape Coast, 2018-06)

  The study contributes to the ongoing debate with respect to the significance of early childhood teachers’ instructional decision-making that take into consideration their theoretical knowledge (explicit theories) and ...

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