Presentation Type: Oral Presentation
What Do We Know About Reading Aloud in Teacher Preparation Program: A Summary of Research
Read aloud activity can be found in many literacy classrooms. Enough body of knowledge describes benefits of reading aloud for literacy development. In teacher education, the extent to which student teachers are prepared to conduct read aloud activity has been a focus of examination. This presentation reports a research summary about reading aloud in a …
Principals’ Task Effectiveness and Student Achievement: Perceptions of Principals, Deputy Principals and Lead Teachers
Although the relations between general educational leadership practices and student achievement have been well-researched, little is known about the specific relations between principals’ effectiveness in specific tasks and student achievement. The purpose of this research was to explore principal task effectiveness, as perceived by principals themselves and their senior management teams (SMT). This study identifies …
Compensation Management as a Tool for Attraction and Retention of Teachers in International Secondary School (ISL)
Compensation Policy has been used by managers as a tool for motivating workers to achieve high performance and Productivity. The main objective of this study is to examines the influence of compensation policy on attraction and retention of quality teachers. The study adopted cross-sectional design and survey as research strategy. The population of the study …
An Examination of the Influence of ICT on Accomplishment of Task in the Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Lagos
Introduction of ICT in the workplace is generally perceived as effective but has never been examine in the area of accomplishment of task. Therefore, the aim of this study is to empirically examine the influence of ICT in the accomplishment of task in the Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Lagos. This study adopted a …
Factors Influencing the Likelihood to Fail a Master Dissertation Proposal: A Logit-probit Analysis and Propensity Score Matching Technique
This study is the first to explore key factors influencing the likelihood to fail the dissertation proposal among international taught postgraduate (PGT) students. We employ an empirical research design (i.e. the logit-probit analysis and the propensity score matching), which has not been applied yet in higher education. By initially utilising logit-probit regressions, we interestingly find …
Clean and Efficient Energy for Businesses
A fuel cell electric vehicle (FCV) is a type of electric vehicle that uses a fuel cell, instead of a battery, or in combination with a battery or supercapacitor, to power its on-board electric motor. FCV adoption is accelerating – FCVs replaced Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV) as this year’s #1 key trend until 2025, according …
Does Blended Learning System Boost Student’s Knowledge Sharing in General Education Course? The Indonesian Higher Education Challenge
The role of General Education is to equip students with basic knowledge, to understand the relationship between one science and another, to teach how to apply human knowledge and experience universally, so that it will enhance mutual understanding and respect for human beings. One of the challenges in General Education learning in higher education is …
Modelling the Effects of Variations in Corporate Tax Effort on Revenue Output in Zimbabwe
Corporate tax, has significantly become one of the major sources of revenue to the government. Whether the economy is shadow, enriched or booming, its government needs some revenue to promote and to lubricate its formal sector. Because of this, corporate tax at varying rates are being agreed and set by Zimbabwean government. However, less on …
Ugly Questions in Mathematics – Does Size Matter in Measuring Performance?
Measuring academic performance present a close to a necessity role within the educational forum. It is no secret that students’ performance differs from person to person and from subject to subject. With respect to mathematics, all level-schools are failing to achieve and to maximise the performance rates of students in mathematics, with the reason being …
Ankapin English: An Approach to Meeting IMO Standards for Communication at Sea Among the Seafarers in Indonesia
This paper reports on a current study of designing an English language curriculum based on the industry needs, especially in the field of Maritime and Fishing Technology. Data to be analyzed include the transcripts of interviews with the content lecturers and the Nautical Fishing (ANKAPIN) examination developers and documents of the ANKAPIN examination within the …