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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"national examination"”.
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Religion, Electoral Rules and Women's Representation: A Cross National Examination
… why women are underrepresented and/or varied in national parliaments. The study examines women's representation variation and deficit in national parliaments in 67 countries worldwide. Women's representation is explained through the lenses of both political culture (religion and sub-religious …
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An assessment of the contribution of Form Two National examination to academic performance in Form Four National examination: The case of Community Secondary Schools in Mara Region
… assessed the contribution of Form Two National examination to academic performance in Form Four National examination in Community Secondary Schools in Mara Region. Seven community secondary schools were involved, namely; Kukirango, Makongoro, Mogabiri, Morembe, Mugango, Serengeti, and …
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Political corruption: A cross-national examination of public, judicial and legislative responses (Canada, Germany).
This thesis is a cross-national comparison of corrupt acts by members of the executive in Canada and West Germany. The paper is divided into three distinct sections. The introduction contains a discussion of the method of study that is utilized. An analysis of the definitions of corruption that are …
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Grade twelve national examination assessments practices for learners with visual impairments in selected schools in Mwense and Lusaka districts, Zambia
… the current practices of the grade twelve national examination assessment for learners with visual impairments in selected schools of Mwense and Lusaka districts, Zambia, to ascertain the factors that affected the current practices in the grade twelve national examination assessment for …
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Factors influencing the performance of female headteachers in relation to national examination results: a case of Sinda district of Eastern province, Zambia.
This was a cross-sectional descriptive study on factors influencing the performance of female headteachers in Sinda District of Zambia. The study sought to explore the school and community-based challenges facing female headteachers. The study used a sample of thirteen female headteachers who were …
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Factors influencing the performance of female headteachers in relation to national examination results: a case of Sinda district of Eastern province, Zambia.
This was a cross-sectional descriptive study on factors influencing the performance of female headteachers in Sinda District of Zambia. The study sought to explore the school and community-based challenges facing female headteachers. The study used a sample of thirteen female headteachers who were …
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Handcuffs or Stethoscopes: A Cross-National Examination of the Influence that Political Institutions and Bureaucracy have on Public Policies Concerning Illegal Drugs
This dissertation attempts to explain why cross-national variation exists in government approaches to dealing with illegal drugs. As other scholars have shown, several domestic and international political factors do account for some of this variance. However less is known of the effect that …
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School Certificate Examinations in England, 1918-1950 A historical investigation of the formation and maintenance of a national examination system: Examination Boards, teachers and the state
… of the place of the School Certificate Examinations (SCE) in the history of the examination system in England. The SCE scheme has been portrayed as the inevitable successor to the independently run “Local Examinations” of the nineteenth century and as a recommendation of the Acland …
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History of the Baccalaureat: A Study of the Interaction Between Educational Legislation, Government Policy, and Language Theory in the National Language Examination
… Baccalaureat, established in 1808, is the French national examination to complete secondary education and determine admission to higher education. In my dissertation I will discuss the development of the Baccalaureat and use the methodology of ""reverse engineering"" to analyze how the language …
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Education in England : A Study of Cardinal Pole School
… were philosophy, educational structure, the national examination system, the Cardinal Pole School structure of staffing, students, curriculum, and finance. Conclusion: Following the historical evolution of education in England, competency based testing is a logical development. The present …
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The Influence of Home and School on Students’ Academic Performance:A Case Study of Wangingómbe District,Tanzania.
… on students’ academic performance in Form IV national examination results in 2007-2014 in community built secondary schools. The study adopted a cross sectional study design in which teachers and students were selected randomly while HOS and DSEO members were purposively selected. A total of …
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Contributions of Subject Teachers Towards the Performance of Students in Tanzania: The Case of Geography Teachers in Ilala Municipality
… data and secondary data were obtained from The National Examination Council of Tanzania for the study. Three hypotheses were tested at the 0.05 level of significance using chi-square test and percentage analysis was used for description. The results showed that teachers' working experience …
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An investigation of the assessment of the continuous assessment portfolio component of art, craft and designs in Botswana junior secondary schools
… and summative assessment at the level of the national examinations. These choices result in teachers undertaking activities which emphasize doing well in the national examinations rather than developing the students' skills for future use. This practice results from teachers' efforts to gain …
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Assessing Grit and Conscientiousness to Predict Medical Student Success on the National USMLE Step 2 Clinical Knowledge Exam
… and grit, on the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 2 Clinical Knowledge (CK) national examination. The assessment used to measure conscientiousness was Costa and McCrae’s (1992) NEO-FFI-3 and the assessment used to measure grit was Duckworth and Quinn’s (2009) Grit S scale. …
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An exploratory study of the relationship between in-training examination percentiles of anesthesiology residents and the vermunt inventory of learning styles
… between anesthesiology residents' In Training Examination (ITE) percentile ranks and learning styles and domains with the variables of gender, ethnicity, and postgraduate year (PGY). The ITE is a national examination given annually as a measure of cognitive achievement. The learning style …
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Financial Analysis and Fiscal Viability of Secondary Schools in Mukono District, Uganda
… corporate financial statements. Survey data and national examination (UNEB) scores were also utilized. This research explored standard business financial analysis tools, including financial statement ratio analysis, and evaluated the applicability of each to this LDC educational environment. A …
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Socioeconomic Characteristics as Factors of Academic Success on the Exame Nacional de Cursos Among Undergraduate Students of Selected Study Programs in Brazil
… by the 2002 <em>Exame Nacional de Cursos</em> [National Examination of Study Programs], or <em>ENC</em> , in five <em>cursos</em> . For this study, the following programs, representing three levels of prestige, were selected: low (Modern Letters and History), middle (Law), and high (Medicine and …
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The development of scientific thinking with senior school physics students
… in physics was constructed and used and the national examination marks for these students in the three sciences and mathematics were considered. It was found that the test of scientific thinking, the test of understanding physics and the national examination marks measured very different …
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EFL students' English language knowledge, strategy use and multiple-choice reading test performance: a structural equation modeling approach
… English test of the Senior High Academic Ability Examination (SHAAE) – a national examination which can be regarded as a university entrance examination for students in their final year of senior high. This reading subtest consists of a multiple-choice format. Studies on language assessment, L2 …
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Critiquing the teaching of history in Zambian secondary schools through Basil Bernstein's lens: a study of selected schools in Lusaka district.
… also included one curriculum specialist, one examination specialist and one standards officer, giving us three. Data were collected using questionnaires, interviews, lesson observations and document study. Thus, the first part of the study comprised 177 respondents. In order to answer the …
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