iosr-JRME   Volume-10 ~ Issue-3 ~ may - June 2020

Abstract: with the rapid development of China's economy and the acceleration of the urbanization process, the families in the urban-rural fringe neglect the education or improper education of their children, which directly affects the smooth realization of Chinese school education and the mental health and life development of middle school students in the urban-rural fringe. Through the investigation, it is found that the most obvious mental health problem of junior middle school students in the urban-rural fringe is learning anxiety, and the others are allergic tendency, self accusation tendency and physical symptoms in turn; the score of loneliness tendency is very low; the score of anxiety, impulse tendency and terror tendency is general. The overall score of mental health status was lower than that of urban middle school students, and that of male students was lower than that of female students. Bullying....

Key words: urban Rural Integration middle School Students mental health Informatization

[1]. Thoughts on school construction in urban-rural fringe [J]. Fang Yan. Journal of Zhengzhou Railway Vocational and technical college. 2011 (04)
[2]. An analysis of the mental health status of middle school students and its countermeasures [J]. Liu sheqin, examination weekly, 2011 (29)
[3]. Measures to improve the effectiveness of moral education of middle school students in the network environment [J]. Weng Zongcong. Educational information technology. 2013 (06)
[4]. A survey report on the mental health of middle school students in urban and rural areas [J]. Li Xiaofeng. Jilin education. 2007 (03)
[5]. The current situation and problems of mental health counseling services for foreign adolescent students [J]. Yan Jianwen, Chen Chuanfeng, Zhang Hong. Research on education development. 2007 (24)

Abstract: Background: Coronavirus is one of the major pathogens which targets primarily the human respiratory system. Earlier coronaviral outbreaks (CoVs) include Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS)-CoV and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)- CoV which have significantly caused great threat to human beings.The outbreak of coronavirus in Puducherry was officially confirmed to be in Mahe on March17, 2020. Method: This study was designed as a cross-sectional web-based survey, conducted during April 2020 to May 2020 among the general population of in and around Puducherry, questions asked regarding the knowledge of the population about the disease COVID- 19.Collected data was entered in Microsoft excel and analyzed by using SPSS-24.0......

Keywords Covid- 19, Knowledge, Population

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Abstract: This study investigated the impact ofprincipal'sleadership style and student's academic achievement in Daura education zone Katsina State. The descriptive survey design was adopted to the study ten (10) Secondary Schoos., six hundreds and ninety two (692) teachers Secondary School teachers formed the population of the study. The sample of the study consisted of two hundred and forty eight (248) teachers. The instrument used for data collection was a four Likertscale questionnaire design by the researcher. To test the reliability of the instrument of pilot study was carried out in neighboring local government Mani using fifty (50) respondents. The data collected were analyzed using frequency count and percentage score. Based on the finding the recommendations were made, the government should organize training and workshops for principals intermittently to improve their skills and competences.

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Abstract: Background :It has been stated that malocclusion is the third most common oral health problem, which is caused due to various environmental and genetic factors. The lifestyle of a person is adversely impacted by malocclusion due to its psychological as well as other disturbances in eating, talking, and aesthetics. So the present study aims to assess the awareness towards orthodontic treatment among Nursing Students. Materials and Methods: A total of 200 female Nursing Students of age group between 18 - 24 years were included in the study. A pre-structured self-administered questionnaire consisting of 12 questions were given to the Nursing students to assess their knowledge and attitude towards Orthodontic treatment.Statistical Analysis: The survey data was collected and organized into Microsoft....

Keywords: Malocclusion, Orthodontic Treatment, Behaviour, Nursing student

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Abstract: In South Africa and internationally, numerous studies provide evidence of an incessant global pattern of boys' underachievement in literacy relative to girls. These studies focus more on the Intermediate Phase (Grade 4 to 6) and have sparked substantial attention among researchers and policy makers but little is known about the gender gap in literacy achievement in the Foundation Phase (Grade 1 to 3) in South Africa. This study aims to determine educators' views on gender differences in literacy achievement of South African Foundation Phase learners in selected primary schools. Thirteen Foundation Phase educators from five English medium primary schools in Port Shepstone, KwaZulu-Natal were interviewed. The results suggest that in the Foundation Phase girls significantly outperform boys on literacy tasks and that the most critical determinants of girls' superiority in literacy achievement are greater motivation, higher levels of reading enjoyment, greater self-confidence, completion of homework, positive attitudes towards reading and writing, and greater effort and thought when writing. The findings of this study amplify the exigency for the improvement of boys' literacy achievement in the early years of schooling.

Key Words: Foundation Phase, literacy, gender differences, ANA, EGRA, PISA, SACMEQ, PIRLS

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Abstract: Although early research on bilingualism warned it as detrimental to cognitive development, several subsequent studies reported on the positive cognitive consequences of bilingualism. Such studies included participants from children to adults from diverse language and cultural contexts. In many of those studies English is found to be mentioned as second language. To bring out a clear understanding about the cognitive benefits for second language English learners, a meta-analysis was carried on 32 studies involving 4161 participants. Data from the studies were extracted and analyzed using Hedge's 'g' as a standardized metric of effect size for group comparisons. Results indicate that bilingualism with English as second language, irrespective of the first language and participant's age / grade status, is positively associated with several cognitive outcomes. Cognitive skills found to have a progressive growth among the bilinguals from early to later grades are attentional control, working memory, metalinguistic awareness, and problem solving. However, evidence is not obtained about progressive growth in metacognitive skills and in symbolic representation and divergent thinking. Finally, the overall results point to the facts that bilingualism strongly influences attentional control, metalinguistic awareness, symbolic representation and divergent thinking and but has minimal influence on metacognitive and problem solving skills.

Keywords: Cognitive benefits, Effect size, Hedge's 'g', Meta-analysis, Bilingualism

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Abstract: Career decision making stands out as a very significant milestone college students have to make. This has been made difficult by the rapid growth of information technology, industrial growth and job competition. Research has shown that about 50% of post-secondary learners encounter career indecision problems and has become a major issue presented by students for counselling in institutions of higher learning. The objectives of the study were to; identify the career personality types and to investigate the relationship between career personality type and career indecision. The sample size was 250 college students derived using purposive and simple random sampling methods from Machakos University, Machakos Teachers Training College and Machakos Medical Training College. Career personality...

Keywords: Career Indecision, Career Personality Type

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Abstract: Virtual education has exploded during the past few years and become even more centric to the life of university and school worldwide during the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic. Together with the expansion of virtual courses is the increasing concerns about the quality of education it provides and the challenges faced by the teacher and the learner. This article aims to look at the advantages and disadvantages of virtual learning experienced by the faculty and the student. The study took place at the Department of English Languages of Hong Bang International University during Semester 2 of the academic year 2019-2020, based on the survey with 205 students and 16 lecturers. Deriving as a contingent solution to provide the instruction to students during the pandemic time, virtual courses have been recognized by more than 82% participants for their positive impacts on the student's learning experience. The two most critical issues that raise concerns are digital division and the lack of social skills among students in virtual learning environment

Keywords: Online Learning, Virtual Classrooms, Virtual Learning, Virtual Education

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Abstract: The purpose of the study was to experimentally determine the effect of two educational technologies (Google classroom and YouTube videos) on Economics students` achievement in two states (Lagos and Ogun State) colleges of education. The study adopted quasi experimental research design. Four research questions and four hypotheses guided the study. The population of the study was 468 National Certification of Education One (NCE I) Economics students in all government owned colleges of education in Lagos and Ogun state (2019/2020 session). The sample size for the study was 65 NCE I Economics students. The sampling technique adopted was purposive sampling techniques. The instrument for the study was a 50 items multiple choice objective questions of Mathematics.......

Keywords: Educational technology, Google classroom, YouTube videos, Economics, Achievement and Gender.

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