iosr-JRME   Volume-12 ~ Issue-6 ~ Nov. – Dec. 2022

Abstract: In most secondary schools, the conventional approaches to learning are exclusively used for science education, though with mixed results. These conventional learning approaches do not arouse the learner's interest in science or improve learners' cognitive development. The rise in new pedagogical approaches has seen the adoption of flipped learning approaches take a focal point in improving cognitive development and achievement outcomes in science education in secondary schools and university levels alike. Thus, the study adopted the flipped learning approached and used the Solomon four non-equivalent.......

Key Words: Flipped learning approach, collaborative learning, Concept mapping, Mindtools,academic achievement.

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[2]. Aktamiş, H., Hiğde, E., &Özden, B. (2016). Effects of the Inquiry-Based Learning Method on Students' Achievement, Science Process Skills and Attitudes towards Science: A Meta-Analysis Science. Journal of Turkish Science Education (TUSED), 13(4), 248-261.
[3]. Allen, J., Gregory, A., Mikami, A., Lun, J., Hamre, B., &Pianta, R. (2013). Observations of effective teacher-student interactions in secondary school classrooms: Predicting student achievement with the classroom assessment scoring system—secondary. School psychology review, 42(1), 76-98.
[4]. Aquino, J. E., & Bautista, R. G. (2022). CHEMIKA and Students' Academic Achievement in Chemistry. American Journal of Educational Research, 10(8), 501-507.
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Abstract: Cybergogy is the online engagement of the educator and the educand. Both require prerequisites for successful engagement and the achievement of learning objectives with minimal wastage. Issues of low internet connectivity, lack of electric power, lack of funds to buy bundle to access the internet are common phenomena that the paper addresses critically and proposes that those responsible for the prerequisites arecompelled, through activism in a democratic society, to take up their responsibilities. The paper contends that success in education in a democratic society is premised on the individuals who have been mandated to lead and show direction. When leaders are inept then activism can be applied to impel them into action. More research is needed on the catalytic role of leaders in cybergogy.

Keywords: Activism, Critical, Cybergogy, Educand, Democratic society

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Abstract: The child is a product of bio-psycho-social. The most important and essential relation occur in the family where the parents have a major role in socializing and conditioning the child and also helping him to achieve a sense of reality, a sense of identify and in meeting his needs and affection (Udaya Kumar 1984). The term child rearing practices refers generally to all the interactions.

KEYNOTE: Child rearing, impact of primary education, knowledge of domestic science, etc.

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Abstract: Background:Academic institutions deal with curricular offerings for the enrolment and employment of graduates. The Central Bicol State University of Agriculture (CBSUA) is a higher education institution that provides curricular advances in agriculture. The University, by its name, takes the responsibility and the leadership in agricultureto undertake extension and development programs and provide the necessary instructional and research leadership in agricultural, environmental, and technological development in the Bicol Region........

KEYNOTE: organic agriculture, specialization, agri-related course, Bachelor of Science in Agriculture

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Abstract: Most secondary schools in Kiambu County are grappling with low achievement motivation for learning chemistry as evidenced by below average performance in the subject among majority of the students. There is limited research evidence on the predictors of achievement motivation for learning chemistry in this area that may be used to address this issue. This research was carried to examine the relationship between executive functioning and achievement motivation for learning chemistry among secondary school students. The study was informed by information processing theory by Siegler and achievement motivation theory by McClelland. The researcher used convergent parallel mixed research design to examine the relationship between the study variables. The target population was 10528 form three students taking chemistry in 284 public secondary schools in Kiambu County in the year 2020........

KEYNOTE: Executive Functioning, Achievement Motivation, Chemistry

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Abstract: Background: The Economic Stimulus Pragramme (ESP) is an intervention that aimed at mitigating challenges encountered in the Kenyan education through increased enrolment after the introduction of free primary Education and Free Day Secondary education. Increased, enrolment against the available teachers, digital gap between the Kenyan economy and the labour market requirements. Through the supply of ICT among other interventions, it was envisaged that, this intervention would increase access to the leaners in unserved regions, enhance capacity of students and teacher by provision of ICT skills........

KEYNOTE: Economic Stimulus Programme, Information Computer Technology, Infrastructure Support and ICT Integration.

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Abstract: It is a fact that many students find reading comprehension one of the most challenges when they learn a foreign language. This study attempts to investigate the demotivating factors in reading comprehension that learners at a high school may have. The study carried out among 85grade 11thstudents at a high school in Thai Nguyen. The main instrument employed for the data collection was questionnaires for both teachers and students. To identity the students' problems with vocabulary retention, a questionnaire or otherwised called Vocabulary Knowledge Scale (VKS) was administered to the students who were studying English as a compulsory minor subject. After the questionnaires were returned, the students' responses were analysed........

KEYNOTE: learning strategies, memory strategies, vocabulary retention, reading comprehension

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Abstract: Teaching is a profession that can be described as an occupation that provides high degree of creative thought and contributing to the development of a wide range of research specialists. Teaching is a very respectable profession but even then not all the teachers who are in this pious profession like it. They are disinterested towards teaching profession. Hence we must be very careful at the time of admission of prospective teachers and should select those individuals for training who adopt this profession as their best choice; taking it as a challenge and not as a last resort after losing in other fields of life. They must possess high level of teaching aptitude and favourable......

Keywords: Teaching aptitude , prospective teachers.

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Abstract: Background: The careers in STEM discipline are influenced largely by attitudinal component,which in turndetermines the achievementoutcomes. In Kenya, the performance in Biology subject in KCSE averages 55% and this has been attributed to the students' negative attitude towards science subjects. Thus, these performance level call for a review of the affective characteristics of the students. Extant literature revealed thatthe integration and use of ICT in teaching is postulated to lead to a rise in positive attitudes. Despite the increasing adoption of ICT in science education in schools in Kenya, evidence to support the application of collaborative mindtools in teaching and learning is limited and inconclusive. Therefore, due to the dearth of studies examining the application of collaborative mindtools, the research examined how computer-based collaborative concept mapping (CBCCM) influences students' attitudes towards biology in selected secondary schools in Uasin-Gishu County, Kenya........

Key Words: Mind Mapping; Mindtools; Concept mapping; Student Attitudes; Learning outcomes.

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[5]. Chebotib, N., & Kering, V. K.(2021). Students' Attitudes towards computer-assisted learning in Biology subject in a selected secondary school in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya.IOSR Journal of Research & Method in Education (IOSR-JRME),11( 2 Ser, III), 55-63

Abstract: Teacher education programmes in Africa have followed the same approaches adopted since the countries got their independence. Two models—consecutive/serial and concurrent—of teacher education have been adopted at the higher education level. Instruction has primarily been face-to-face interaction through either pre-service or in-service approaches. In Kenya, this is still the ongoing practice in the higher education sector which borrowed heavily from European and Canadian programmes. Generally, the programmes have been criticized as narrow, limited in scope, and rigid in nature, thus hampering creativity, innovation, and progress practice Yet the 21st century demands aligning manpower development to societal needs and use of soft skills by employing.....

Key Words: Teacher Education; Consecutive Model; Concurrent Model; Digital Learning; Blended/Hybrid Learning

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