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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 ...
Assessment For Early Intervention And Evaluation of Child Development and Learning: A Challenge To African Psychologists
(Department of Teacher Education (DTE), University of Zimbabwe, 1997-09)
Assessment is a process in which various strategies are used to evaluate child learning and development. It is generally felt that assessment should also include evaluation of the cultural, social and physical contexts ...
An Evaluation Of The Mushrooming Of New 'Independent Colleges' in Zimbabwe With Special Emphasis On The Education Of The Urban Child, 2000-2009
(Human Resources Research Centre (HRRC); University of Zimbabwe, 2012-03)
Using Harare city centre and its respective high density suburbs as case studies, this paper is an attempt to uncover the complexities of the provision of education that were brought about by the unstable political and ...
Some Misconceptions On Cell Structure And Function Held By A-Level Biology Students: Implications For Curriculum Development
(Human Resources Research Centre (HRRC); University of Zimbabwe, 2003-07)
Knowledge about cell structure is vital in students' understanding of cell functions. It also plays a central role in their understanding of structure and function in organisms. This research is part of a bigger survey ...
Primary School Teachers’ Colleges’ Preparation of Student Teachers for the Teaching of Children’s Literature - The Case of Marymount, Masvingo, Mogernster and Bondolfi Teachers’ Colleges
(Department of Teacher Education (DTE) University of Zimbabwe (UZ), 2007-09)
The study was an investigation into the primary school teachers' colleges' preparation of student teachers for the teaching of children's literature. It was established that there is no systematic and deliberate preparation ...
An Investigation into Language Attitudes of Secondary-School Students in Zimbabwe
(University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Publications., 1990)
This article seeks to explore some of the contradictions in the language attitudes of school children in Zimbabwe that were discovered in the data collected for a study of language attitudes among secondary-school pupils.1 ...
Research on School Effectiveness on Pupils’ Achievement in Developing Countries with Special Reference to Malawi: Some Methodological Issues.
(Human Resource Research Centre (HRRC) , University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 2001-07)
Most previous research on the comparative effectiveness of schools in developing and developed countries, particularly the effect of school inputs and resources on academic achievement, have concluded that the effect of ...
An Investigation into Sleeping Patterns of Blind Children
(Human Resource Research Centre (HRRC) , University of Zimbabwe (UZ.), 2001-07)
Ten congenitally blind primary school children aged between 7 and 12 years were investigated and observed for a reduction or absence of photic input to the hypothalamus, which is required to entrain circadian rhythms which ...