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In Search of Universal Health Coverage – Highlighting the Accessibility of Health Care to Students with Disabilities in Ghana: A Qualitative Study

Abodey, Eric; Vanderpuye, Irene; Mensah, Isaac; Badu, Eric (University of Cape Coast, 2020)

Background: Accessibility of health care to students with disabilities is a global concern. This is no less important in Ghana, however, to date, no study has been undertaken regarding access to health care to students ...
Impact of Socio-Demographic Factors on Job Satisfaction among Academic Staff of Universities in Ghana

Milledzi, Eugene Yaw; Amponsah, Mark Owusu; Asamani, Lebbaeus (University of Cape Coast, 2017-04)

The study examined the effect of age, rank, marital status and gender on job satisfaction among academic staff of universities in Ghana. The descriptive survey design was employed for the study. A proportional stratified ...
Impact of School Feeding Programme on Access to Basic Education: The Case of South Tongu District of the Volta Region, Ghana

Milledzi, Eugene Yaw; Keney, Gabriel; Amponsah, Mark Owusu (University of Cape Coast, 2017)

The study examined the impact of the school feeding programme on access to basic education in the South Tongu district in the Volta Region, Ghana. A convergent parallel mixed method research design was employed to conduct ...
Impact of Quality Improvement in Primary Schools (QUIPS) Programme on the Academic Performance of Pupils in New Edubiase Methodist Primary School in the Adansi East District of Ghana

Osafo-Acquah, Aaron; Asamoah-Gyimah, Kenneth (University of Cape Coast, 2009)

Since the inception of Ghana’s Educational Reform Programme in 1987, so many interventions have been put in place by the government and various donor organizations. Among them is the Quality Improvement in Primary ...
Impact of Learner Behaviours on Junior High School Students’ Academic Performance

Amponsah, Mark Owusu; Gyimah, Emmanuel Kofi; Asamani, Lebbaeus (University of Cape Coast, 2019-05)

The study examined the impact effective learner behaviours had on learner academic performance among Junior High School students in urban, peri-urban and rural schools in the Central Region of Ghana. In a cross sectional ...
Ghanaian Perspectives on the Present Day Dynamics of Homosexuality

Dai-Kosi, Alfred D.; Asamani, Lebbaeus; Adomako, Buruwaa (University of Cape Coast, 2016-09)

Homosexuality has been an issue of controversy since time immemorial, and it elicits various reactions and attitude which are influenced by the type of societies, cultural and moral development or political situation. In ...
Gender-Related Differential Item Functioning of 2015 Wassce Core Mathematics Results in Southern Ghana Using Logistic Regression Procedure

Annan-Brew, Ruth; Cobbinah, Andrews (University of Cape Coast, 2020-07)

Differential item functioning (DIF) occurs when individuals of the same ability level from separate groups have a different probability of answering an item correctly. This study was conducted in two parts: in the ...
Gender-Based Domestic Violence against Children: Experiences of Girl-Children in Nigeria.

Esere, Mary O.; Idowu, Adeyemi I.; Omotosho, Joshua A. (University of Cape Coast, 2014-05)

This study investigated the dynamics of gender-based domestic violence against children in Nigeria. This qualitative study explored the experiences of 20 purposively selected girl-children (age range = 12 to 15 years) ...
Factors Accounting for Pupils’ Pattern of Errors in English Language Written Expression: Implication for Teaching and Learning

Gyimah, Emmanuel Kofi; Amponsah, Mark Owusu; Pin, Cao; Ofosuhene-Mensah, Kwarteng (University of Cape Coast, 2014)

Effective written language expression is generally conceived as an important tool in communication. Using the work samples of sixty eight primary six pupils drawn from public primary schools in Cape Coast and Twifo Breman ...
Excitatory and Inhibitory Priming by Attended and Ignored Non-Recycled Words with Monolinguals and Bilinguals

Neumann, Ewald; Nkrumah, Ivy K.; Chen, Zhe (University of Cape Coast, 2018-09)

Experiments examining identity priming from attended and ignored novel words (words that are used only once except when repetition is required due to experimental manipulation) in a lexical decision task are reported. ...
Entrepreneurial Inclination among Ghanaian University Students: The Case of University of Cape Coast, Ghana

Asamani, Lebbaeus; Mensah, Abigail Opoku (University of Cape Coast, 2013)

This study examined the level of entrepreneurial inclination among Ghanaian university students. It explored whether the academic programmes read by students and certain personal characteristics have any influence ...
Determining Thinking Levels Required in West African Senior Secondary School Certificate on Core Mathematics Multiple Choice Items

Daramola, Dorcas S.; Olutola, Adekunle T.; Owolabi, Henry O.; Cobbinah, Andrews (University of Cape Coast, 2017-08)

There have been many criticisms with regard to the low performance of students in the examinations conducted by the West African Examination Council (WAEC) especially in core mathematics which is one of the perquisites ...
Effect of Peer Assessment Skills on Ghanaian Senior High School Students' Achievement in Mathematics

Cobbinah, Andrews (University of Cape Coast, 2019-07)

The study investigated the effect of peer-assessment skill training on students’ achievement in Mathematics. The non-equivalent pre-test and post-test control group 2x2x2 factorial quasi-experimental design was adopted for ...
Effect of Cognitive Modelling on Impulsive Behaviour Among Primary School Children

Nkrumah, Ivy Kesewaa; Olawuyi, Bolanle Olabisi; Torto-Seidu, Eunice (University of Cape Coast, 2015-09)

Restlessness has been associated with childhood developmental behaviour. Some children outlive this behaviour while in others, it persist and becomes a problem that prevents them from fulfilling their potentials. If such ...
The Assessment of the Performance of Public Basic Schools and Private Basic Schools, Ghana

Atuahene, Sampson; Yusheng, Kong; Bentum-Micah, Geoffery; Owusu-Ansah, Patrick (University of Cape Coast, 2019)

The findings of the study gave evidence that there were disparities in the academic performance of pupils in public and private basic schools in the Berekum Municipality. From the study it was established that both ...
Competence in Expanded Core Curriculum Skills: Does the Level Taught Matter to the Visually Impaired?

Ntim, Edward Kofi; Gyimah, Emmanuel K. (University of Cape Coast, 2020-08)

Educating the visually impaired requires unique consideration in which they would be provided with the tools, skills, and strategies they need to develop alternative means of obtaining information. The alternative means ...
Cross-Language Negative Priming Remains Intact, while Positive Priming Disappears: Evidence for Two Sources of Selective Inhibition

Nkrumah, Ivy K.; Neumann, Ewald (University of Cape Coast, 2017-12)

In the current experiments, within- and between-language primed lexical decision tasks with Twi-English bilinguals were used. The aim was to explore the priming effects produced by attended and ignored words, in an effort ...
Concerns of Teachers about the Implementation of Information and Communication Technology Curriculum in Basic Education in Ghana

Sarfo, Frederick Kwaku; Amankwah, Francis; Baafi-Frimpong, Stephen; Asomani, Joseph (University of Cape Coast, 2017)

Research findings in the literature show that teachers’ concern about change process is extremely personal and it influences the implementation of innovation. This study aimed at assessing information and communication ...
College Climate and Teacher-Trainee’s Academic Work in Selected Colleges of Education in the Ashanti Region of Ghana

Adjei, Augustine; Dontoh, Samuel; Baafi- Frimpong, Stephen (University of Cape Coast, 2017)

The study aimed at investigating the extent to which College climate (Leadership roles/practices and Class size) impact on academic work of Teacher-trainees. A survey research design was used for the study because ...
Challenges of, and Coping Strategies Employed by, Students with Visual Impairments in South Eastern States of Nigeria

Esere, Mary O.; Okonkwo, Hyginius C.; Omotosho, Joshua A.; Olawuyi, Bolanle O.; Ojiah, Patricia O. (University of Cape Coast, 2016)

The aim of this research was to identify the major challenges and preferred coping strategies of students with visual impairment in regular secondary schools in the South-Eastern States of Nigeria. The descriptive survey ...

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