August 2006
An investigation of the effectiveness of the school-based workshops approach to staff development in secondary schools in Botswana
The development of staff in any organization in order to attain quality results is a sine qua non. The human resource of any organization, including schools and colleges is central to its effectiveness. What matters is the model that is used to enable the development of staff, in this case the development of teachers in secondary schools. This article argues that the school-based workshops as a component of...
August 2006
False teeth still a public health problem among children in Kanungu district - South Western Uganda 2006
False teeth among children are a Public Health problem which has not received adequate attention in Uganda. This study was therefore developed as a community-based descriptive cross-sectional carried out in Kanungu District using qualitative methods of data collection among caregivers of children, Community Owned Resource Persons and Service providers . The objectives of the study were to examine...
August 2006
The Relationship between the Need for Cognition, Metacognition, and Intellectual Task Performance
This study examined the relationship between the need for cognition, defined as the tendency to engage in effortful cognitive activity, and metacognition which is one’s thinking about thinking and how these variables relate to intellectual task performance. Participants completed measures of need for cognition, metacognition, and problem-solved GRE analytical items. There was a significant correlation...
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