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Background to the study
(University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Publications., 2000)
This is the Zimbabwe National Report of the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) Reading Literacy Research Study which was undertaken between 1989 and 1992. Zimbabwe tested the ...
Cultism And Violent Behaviours In Tertiary Institutions In Nigeria
(Human Resources Research Centre (HRRC); University of Zimbabwe, 2005-03)
Youth violence on campuses of tertiary institutions has increasingly become a worrisome scenario for University administrators, governments and members of the civil society. Our tertiary institutions are subsets of the ...
Levels of Difficulty of English Texts Used by Second Language English Speaking Children
(Department of Teacher Education (DTE), University of Zimbabwe., 2000-03)
The purpose of this study was to assess the level of difficulty of English texts used by grade two primary school pupils whose first language is not English. The study targeted 98 government high density primary schools ...
Secondary School Pupils’ And Teachers’ Perceptions Of Context-Led Teaching And Learning Of Science
(Department of Teacher Education (DTE), University of Zimbabwe, 2000-03)
The study looked at some Zimbabwean students and teachers’ perceptions about the use of context based teaching / leaming. Questionnaires, teacher reflections and interviews were used to collect data from ten teachers and ...
Teachers’ Perception of Giftedness and Talent Among Primary School Children
(Human Resources Research Centre (HRRC); University of Zimbabwe, 2002-11)
The study was undertaken to explore teachers' perceptions of giftedness among primary school children with a view to improve the identification and education of gifted and talented children: Using a sample of 74 primary ...
Re-Examining the Source of Morality in Citizenship Education : A Brief Response to Aristotle
(Human Resources Research Centre (HRRC); University of Zimbabwe (UZ)., 2009-03)
The work has established that the teaching of moral virtue (as providing a rationale for authoritative appeals to morality) has been woefully lacking in African schools today and so there is need to revisit it if children ...
Early Adolescents’ Self-esteem and Achievement
(Human Resources Research Centre (HRRC); University of Zimbabwe, 2002-11)
This study examined the relationship between self esteem and academic achievement in early adolescents in randomly selected primary school classes. Self-esteem was measured by a self report questionnaire while school ...
Factors In The Career Choices Of Zimbabwean Sixth Form Students
(Department of Teacher Education (DTE), University of Zimbabwe, 2000-03)
This paper discusses the factors that influence career choices of Sixth form students in Zimbabwe. The study considers factors such as family influence, peer pressure and school influence in making career choices. Although ...
Generative Thinking Among Young Zimbabwean Children: A Case Of The Third Eye
(Human Resources Research Centre (HRRC); University of Zimbabwe, 2003-11)
The present investigation compared the generative thinking of second-graders (7-8-year-olds) and fifth-graders (10-11-year-olds) in order to see the extent of generative thinking among children of different ages. Precisely, ...
The Impending Crisis: The Case of the Transition to the Secondary School.
(Department of Teacher Education (DTE), University of Zimbabwe (UZ)., 2007-09)
This study set out to investigate and analyze the perceptions of Seventh Graders towards their transition to the secondary school. Precisely, Grade 7 pupils were asked to appraise the transition from primary to secondary ...