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Using the Activity Method to Enhance Students’ Performance in Energy Transformation

Adu-Gyamfi, Kenneth (University of Cape Coast, 2014-01)

The study sought to investigate the effects of Activity Method (AM) on 53 Junior High School students’ performance in energy transformation at the Sekyere South District of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The study investigated ...
Trends in Performance of WASSCE Candidates in the Science and Mathematics in Ghana: Perceived Contributing Factors and the Way Forward

Abreh, Might Kojo; Owusu, Kofi Acheaw; Amedahe, Francis Kodzo (University of Cape Coast, 2018)

The trends in students’ performance in science and mathematics at secondary school level were examined within a decade-long interval in Ghana. Using West African Examinations Council (WAEC) data from approximately 20% of ...
Students’ Difficulties in IUPAC Naming of Organic Compounds

Adu-Gyamfi, Kenneth; Ampiah, Joseph Ghartey; Appiah, Joseph Yaw (University of Cape Coast, 2017-08)

This paper reports on a study that diagnosed the difficulties of chemistry students in using IUPAC nomenclature to name organic compounds. This was done by determining the knowledge level of students in IUPAC nomenclature ...
Students’ Alternative Conceptions Associated with Application of Redox Reactions in Everyday Life

Adu-Gyamfi, Kenneth; Ampiah, Joseph Ghartey (University of Cape Coast, 2019-06)

The study explored chemistry students’ alternative conceptions associated with application of the processes of oxidation and reduction in real life context. As part of a design-based research approach, a case-study design ...
Senior High School Students’ Difficulties in Writing Structural Formulae of Organic Compounds from IUPAC Names

Adu-Gyamfi, Kenneth; Ampiah, Joseph Ghartey; Appiah, Joseph Yaw (University of Cape Coast, 2012-10)

The difficulties of the Chemistry students from Kumasi Metropolis in writing structural formulae of organic compounds were studied using crosssectional survey design. The quantitative survey used percentages and graphs ...
Procedural Problem-Solving Approaches Employed by Students in Learning Extensive and Intensive Quantities of Change of State

Aboagye, Godwin Kwame; Graham, Emmanuel Osuae (University of Cape Coast, 2018-12)

The purpose of the study was to investigate the procedural problem-solving approaches students employ when solving computational problems that involve extensive and intensive quantities of change of state. A sample of 240 ...
Primary and Junior High School Mathematics and Science Teachers’ Views on Teaching in the Cape Coast Metropolis of Ghana

Davis, Ernest Kofi; Beccles, Christopher; Intsiful, Etheldreda C. (University of Cape Coast, 2019)

This paper draws on conceptualization of pupil-centred and teacher-centred methods to explore the views of primary school and junior high school (JHS) mathematics and science teachers on teaching. The purpose of the study ...
Pre-Service Teachers’ Conception of an Effective Science Teacher: The Case of Initial Teacher Training

Adu-Gyamfi, Kenneth (University of Cape Coast, 2019-09)

The purpose of this study was to find out pre-service teachers’ conceptual understanding of an effective science teacher. A total of 100 pre-service teachers from two unique colleges of education in a municipal assembly ...
Pre-Service Teachers’ Attitude Towards Application of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) as a Pedagogical Tool in Teacher Education

Oparah, Justina Stella; Ihechukwu, Nwoke Bright; Nwakaego, Nwoga Anayochi; Uchechukwu, Ugwu Donatus (University of Cape Coast, 2017-10)

The study investigated pre-service teachers’ attitude towards application of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) as a pedagogical tool in teacher education. A sample of 365 of pre-service teachers of Alvan ...
Physical Science Students’ Perceptions of Their Chemistry Classroom Environment and the Students’ Resultant Attitudes towards Chemistry

Amponsah, Kwaku Darko; Aboagye, Godwin Kwame; Kumassah, Elliot Kossi; Mensah, Alfred (University of Cape Coast, 2018-06)

This paper investigates physical sciences students’ perceptions of classroom environment and their attitude towards chemistry in South African High Schools’ in the Ximhungwe circuit of the Bohlabela district in the ...
Motivation to Become a Teacher among Preservice Teachers in Colleges of Education in Ghana

Davis, Ernest Kofi; Kwaah, Christopher Yaw; Beccles, Christopher; Ayebi-Arthur, Kofi (University of Cape Coast, 2019-12)

Ghana is among developing countries that use incentives to attract preservice teachers to train as early childhood, primary and junior high school teachers in Colleges of Education. This study sought to explore the ...
Mapping the Incidence of School Dropouts: A Case Study of Communities in Northern Ghana

Ampiah, Joseph Ghartey; Adu‐Yeboah, Christine (University of Cape Coast, 2009-03)

This paper examines the issue of school dropout in six communities in the Savelugu-Nanton District in the Northern Region of Ghana. The study focused on 89 children (64 boys and 25 girls) aged 7–16 years, who had dropped ...
Lack of Interest in School Science among Non-Science Students at the Senior High School Level

Adu-Gyamfi, Kenneth (University of Cape Coast, 2013)

This study investigated the factors that contribute to the non-science students’ lack of interest in school science through the use of a 27-item questionnaire. This assisted in comparing the male and female non-science ...
Integration of Practical Work into Teaching and Learning of Physics at the Senior High School Level

Asamoah, Donusem Yao; Aboagye, Godwin Kwame (University of Cape Coast, 2019-06)

Practical work forms an integral part of teaching and learning as enshrined in the teaching physics syllabus designed for senior high schools in Ghana. This presupposes that the final grade of students is influenced by ...
Influence of Perceptions and Preparedness of Senior High School Teachers based on their Qualifications towards Professional Teacher Licensing in Ghana

Amoah, Samuel Obed; Britwum, Francis; Adu-Gyamfi, Kenneth; Nyamekye, Francis; Anyagre, Palmas; Ahiatrogah, Paul Dela (University of Cape Coast, 2020-07)

The study sought to explore the influence of perceptions and preparedness of senior high school teachers based on their qualifications towards professional teacher licensing in Ghana. The study was motivated by three ...
Improving Students’ Performance in Naming and Writing Structural Formulae of Hydrocarbons Using the Ball-and-Stick Models

Sarkodie, Peter Abum; Adu-Gyamfi, Kenneth (University of Cape Coast, 2015-01)

Learning chemical concepts at the submicroscopic and symbolic levels has been identified as a difficult task for science students. Studies have shown that IUPAC nomenclature of organic compounds, which is at the symbolic ...
Implementation of the School Performance Improvement Plan in Ghana: What lessons can be learned?

Kwaah, Christopher Yaw; Ampiah, Joseph Ghartey (University of Cape Coast, 2018-06)

This study investigated the implementation of the School Performance Improvement Plan (SPIP) through the Capitation Grant (CG) scheme introduced by the Government of Ghana in the 2004/2005 academic year for basic schools. ...
Ghanaian Senior High School Science Students’ Conceptions about Change of State of Matter

Aboagye, Godwin Kwame; Amponsah, Kwaku Darko; Graham, Emmanuel Osuae (University of Cape Coast, 2019-10)

The article was based on the assertion that students’ conceptions greatly influence the extent to which they grasp concepts. Based on this claim, this study sought to examine students’ concepts and the reasons associated ...
Factors Influencing Elective Science Students’ Perception of their Biology Classroom Environment in Low and High Academic Achieving Schools in the Central Region of Ghana

Otami, Deodat Charles; Ampiah, Joseph Ghartey; Anthony-Krueger, Christian (University of Cape Coast, 2011-07)

The study investigated factors influencing elective science students’ perception of their Biology classroom environment in low and high academic achieving senior secondary schools in the Central Region of Ghana. The ...
Enhancing Access to Education for Out-of-School Children in Hard to Reach Communities in Ghana: The Ace Experience

Ampiah, Joseph Ghartey; Fletcher, Jonathan Arko; Davis, Ernest Kofi; Abreh, Might Kojo (University of Cape Coast, 2013-12)

Access to quality Basic Education for all school-age children has been the vision of governments of many developing countries, especially those in sub-Saharan Africa. However, the way to provide access to quality education ...

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