November 2011
Teaching conflict management skills in schools: Prerequisite for peace and achievement of millennium development goals in Kenya
The Kenyan society is experiencing a lot of conflicts, some with devastating effects such as deaths, starvation, disease and destruction. These normally arise out of difference between people. Secondary schools being part of the society have not been left out of this challenge as evidenced by mass media reports on strikes, demonstrations and resulting closures. This being the formative age of the youth who are the...
November 2011
Selection and resolution of function problems and their effects on student learning
This paper examines two experienced Turkish teachers’, Ahmet and Burak, selection and implementation of function problems and relates this to the quality of their students’ understanding of this notion. The research findings indicate that regardless of the task quality Ahmet engages, through process-oriented teaching, his students with the notion of function and this encourages them to develop a process...
November 2011
Research on the learning effects of multimedia assisted instruction on Mandarin vocabulary for Vietnamese students: A preliminary study involving e- learning system
As Mandarin gains popularity in the whole world, Mandarin education becomes valued by the countries all over the world. The United Nations classifies Mandarin as one of the six major languages, and the number of people who learn Mandarin in the whole world grows with each passing day as the mainland China market grows. This study discusses the learning effects of using multimedia assisted instruction on Mandarin...
November 2011
Examining teachers' motivation level according to school principals' humor styles
The purpose of this research is to examine the motivation level of teachers according to school principals' humor styles. The humor styles survey and job motivation scale were used to gather data from 305 randomly selected teachers employed in primary schools in Karabük. Results indicated that 141 of the teachers claimed school principal had producer style of humor, 76 of them said that the principal had...
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