iosr-JRME   Volume-11 ~ Issue-5 ~ Sep. – Oct. 2021

Abstract: Performance of candidates in Kenya Certificate of Secondary EducationMathematics in Meru County of Kenya from 2012 to 2016 has consistently been deteriorating. This has called for this study so as to establish whether this trend has anything to do with organization or otherwise of external Mathematics contests in secondary schools of Meru County of Kenya. The study adopted ex post facto design because the effects of independent variable on dependent variable had already occurred. Research instruments were Mathematics teachers' questionnaire, and Principals' interview guide. The target population was 299 principals and 836 Mathematics teachers in the County. This study used stratified random sampling with proportional allocation. The sample size was 30% of the total target population.It was established that most principals did not organize Mathematics contests, to the detriment of performance of their KCSE candidates.

Key Word: Principals' organization, Mathematics contests, Kenya, Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education

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Abstract: Online teaching method is an important solution to improve the quality of education from pre-school to university, especially in the time of Covid-19. To improve online teaching methods, it is necessary to improve digital skills in online teaching for pedagogical students while still studying and researching at university. This paper discusses the documents on the concepts of e-teaching, online teaching; the purposes, meanings and benefits of solutions to support teachers and pedagogical students to improve their digital skills in online teaching. The aim of this study is to survey on the current situation of digital skills in online teaching of pedagogical students at TNUE (Thai Nguyen University of Education). The participants of the study were 4th year students majoring in English at TNUE......

Keywords: online teaching methods, digital skills, pedagogical students, online teaching software, teaching tools.

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Abstract: Background: One of the language skills is writing skills. Writing skills including skills that important to learn even compared with the three other skills (Iskandar Wassid, 2011: 291). This is because the level of proficiency in writing requires proficiency in other skills. In fact, this activity must always be faced, especially by academics such as writing short stories, writing essays, writing articles, and others. The problem that is often raised in teaching coral-writing is the inability of students or students to use good and correct Indonesian grammar. This can be seen from the choice of words that are not appropriate, sentences that are less effective, it is difficult to express ideas because of the difficulty in choosing words or making sentences, even the lack of ability to develop ideas regularly and systematically, and spelling errors are often encountered.....

Keywords: Project Based Learning, writing, short stories, srudent worksheets.

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Abstract: This study focused on predisposing factors of females to STEM education, expected career choice for females, and strategies for change. Random sampling was used, and (10) 10tertiary institutions were selected among the eleven (10) tertiary institutions within the area of study. All the students within the selected tertiary institutions constituted the population of the study. A total ofthree Hundred (3000) students were selected from ten tertiary institutions in the Port-Harcourt metropolis,which constituted the sample of the study. The instrument for data collection wasa quantitative-structured questionnaire. The questionnaire consists of (24) twenty-four items with (3) three sections to reflect the.....

Keywords: Career choice, Gender discrimination, predisposing factors and strategies, STEM

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Abstract: The most pivotal objective of the developing economy is to ensure education for all and a deep promise to confirm quality of education. This study explored the different issues of quality education in Bangladesh and the role of higher education as a driver for development through different perspectives. The key objective of this study is to evaluate the current status of higher education in Sylhet. It also assesses the issues and challenges of quality higher education in the same locality. To explore the objectives, methodological triangulation was used along with a comprehensive literature study. A survey was conducted in both public and private universities (among teachers, students, officials and practitioners) to get a strong data for assessing this objective in details. We found in the study that respondents....

Keywords: Quality Higher Education, Public and Private Universities, Bangladesh.

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Abstract: Physics is a course or discipline studied at the university level of Education, it has a wide and profound impute in the field of present day digital devices. Modern day technological innovations requires the use of scientific software for design and simulations. Achieving this, an experimental research was carried in a higher institution to investigate the level of students competency in application of these software in Ambrose Alli University. A total of 120 students were selected for the exercise which pretested before they will undergo treatment and will be post tested as the experimental group and 120 students for the control group. The experimental group in this research is the group that was taught by the use of software (student-centered) by experts after been pretested without....

Keywords: Software, Physics, Technology &Scientific

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