Essumang, D.K.; Adokoh, C.K.; Boamponsem, L.(The Scientific World JOURNAL, 2010-09-17)
The use of some biota as bioindicators of heavy metal pollution has been demonstrated as particularly adequate due to their capacity of bioconcentration. This study evaluated the levels of platinum group metals (PGMs) in ...
Asabre-Ameyaw, A.; Dei, G.J.S.; Raheem, K.(The Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2009-12)
This article presents the preliminary findings of a pilot study of the practice, uses, and
effectiveness of traditional medicine in Ghana. Based on in-depth interviews with local key
practitioners and users of traditional ...
Assafuah-Drakow, A.(International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology, 2018-06)
This study investigated the senior high school (SHS) chemistry teachers’ perception of the use of simulation games (SGs) in chemical equations balancing (CEB). The study employed a type 1 developmental research design in ...
Grey water has been discharged onto this wetland for more than thirty years
without any measurement of the quality of the influent and effluent. The
effluent eventually joins a stream (Kakum River) which is a source of ...
Ayin, C.T.; Gbagbo, F.Y.; Oppog, E.K.(ARC Journal of Public Health and Community Medicine, 2018-06)
Background: The study reviewed background characteristics of patients being treated for Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Ghana. The review indicated that the disease was endemic in deprived regions. Gomoa West District in the ...
Asemani, E.; Aseidu-Addo, S.K.; oppong, R.A(Published by European Centre for Research Training and Development UK, 2017-06)
This study was to measure the Van Hiele’s levels of geometric thinking attained
by Ghanaian final year (SHS 3) students before leaving School. A quantitative research
approach was employed in the study and sample of 200 ...
Gbagbo, F.Y.; Gbagbo, J.A.(Journal of Contraceptive Studies, 2019-05-06)
The Ghanaian abortion law was amended in 1985 to ensure more availability and
accessibility of safe abortion services as permitted by law. Contrary to the legal
provision for abortion in Ghana, anecdotal evidence suggest ...
Background : The Ghanaian culture expects women of reproductive age to reproduce. This makes pregnancy an acceptable occurrence in most tertiary institutions in Ghana. Although Ghanaian Universities allow pregnancy in ...
Gbagbo, F.Y.(Journal of Family Medicine, 2018-05-11)
Background: Despite liberal abortion laws and wide availability of contraceptives in Ghana, declining Post Abortion Contraception remains a public health challenge due to early unplanned pregnancies and recurrent abortions. ...
Dennis, H.; Mereku, D.K.; Alhassan, M.N(African Journal of Educational Studies in Mathematics and Sciences, 2018)
This study was conducted in the Agona West Municipality, covering a total of nine-nine (99)
junior high schools. The objective was to determine the relationship between the proportions of
syllabus covered by teachers to ...
Mak-Mensah, E.; Sam, A.; Hanson, R.(European Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 2018)
Cooperative learning is the instructional use of small groups of learners so that they work together to maximize their own and each other’s learning. This study investigated the use of cooperative learning to enhance the ...
Safo-Adu, G.; Hanson, R.(European Journal of Earth and Environment, 2019)
This study assessed the practices and knowledge about environmental sanitation and hygiene among urban dwellers in Gomoa East District in the Central Region of Ghana. A cross sectional survey research design was adopted ...
Hanson, R.; Twumasi, A.K.; Boi-Doku, A.(European Journal of Earth and Environment, 2019)
This research work analysed the quality of some important physico-chemical parameters of industrial effluents collected from two soap factories (A and B) in the Tema industrial area. In the study, PO4-, NH3, BOD, COD, TSS ...
Asante, J.N; Hanson, R.(Journal of Information Technologies and Lifelong Learning (JITLL), 2018-12)
The study was based on Piaget’s theory of
Cognitive development and the main aim of the study
was to find out if Piaget’s theory on children’s
number conservation at the concrete stage holds for
Ghanaian early children. ...
Teachers’ geometrical competencies are very critical to the effective teaching of the subject. This study focused
on the van Hiele Levels of geometric thinking reached by Ghanaian pre-service teachers before leaving for ...
Wilson, K.B; Ayebi-Arthur, K(Published in Ghana Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2011)
This paper generally sought to investigate the integration level of ICT in the
training of teacher trainees at University of Education, Winneba. All level 100 students
were purposive targeted in particular since they ...
Mereku, D. K(Published in Mathematics Connection, 2010)
In this paper, an attempt had been made to provide a historical background to the
development of school mathematics in Ghana since the nation’s independence from British
rule in 1957 and how these have influenced current ...
Hanson, R; Taale, K.D; Antwi, V(Published in International Journal of Educational Administration, 2011)
This research was to be a baseline study to unearth Ghanaian elective science
students’ alternative conceptions at the start of their chemistry course at the
SHS so that they could be corrected early enough. The study ...
Hanson, R; Amedeker, M.K; Oppong, E; Antwi, V(Published in International Journal of Educational Administration, 2011)
The study tried to improve on students’ conceptions in an introductory
chemistry course, Introduction to Inorganic Chemistry, through the
constructivists’ instruction. This was effected through micro practical
activities ...
Eminah, J.K(Published in Journal of Education and Policy Review, 2010)
Kerr’s (1972) model of the curriculum was an improvement over Tyler’s (1949) model. It is,
however, known that new concepts, knowledge and methods of teaching invariably influence
the curriculum and hence its development. ...