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ATTITUDES OF STUDENTS TOWARDS LEARNING NATURAL SCIENCE SUBJECTS IN ETHIOPIA PRIMARY SCHOOLS

This study examines attitudes to school science classes amongst primary school students based on the assumption that these will influence their attitudes and choices later in life. 980 primary school students in grades 4-6 were given a Likert-type questionnaire and asked to provide verbal explanations for their agreement/disagreement with each item.

DEVELOPMENT OF CAI PACKAGE AND ITS EFFECTIVENESS ON GEOMETRY TEACHING AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

The present study concentrates on the effectiveness of cai package on teaching geometry among high school students. The main objective of the study is to find out the effectiveness of cai  package on geometry teaching among standard ix students. It was proved using Pretest-posttest Equivalent group design – an experiment study. The result of this study reveals that the students of the experimental group show greater achievement not only in the gain scores but also in the attainment of knowledge, understanding and application level.

AN EXPLORATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF 'COMPREHENSIONAL SKILLS' IN ENGLISH THROUGH MULTIMEDIA STRATEGY

Global trend obviously is the increasing use of modern scientific and communication technology in education. The area of curriculum construction, selection of audio-visual material, determination of educational objectives and area of feed-back will become more effective and the process will be faster too with the use of Information Technology. Nowadays, Information Technology and computers have enriched the teaching-learning process. They have a great potential for teaching at all levels. They have brought a sea change and innovativeness in teaching and learning.

JOB SATISFACTION OF TEACHER EDUCATORS AT THE D.T.ED. LEVEL : ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH ORGANISATIONAL HEALTH

The present study is an attempt to find out whether the job satisfaction of  teacher educators is related to the organizational health as it is expected that a teacher educator who is satisfied in his job will have better teacher performance.  For this purpose, organizational health is conceptualised as having seven dimensions, namely, institutional integrity, principal influence, consideration, initiating structure, resource support, morale and academic emphasis. The sample was selected from 14 D.T.Ed colleges situated in Greater Mumbai including 90 teacher educators.

EFFECTS OF % OF POLYPROPYLENE FIBER AND % OF ACRYLIC ON COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF POLYMER MODIFIED MORTAR

The concept of utililizing polymer modified mortar is well known in repair industry, which includes various % of styrene butadiene rubber, acrylic and other materials. The concern should not be solely with repair materials but with the uses to which they are being to put and  lack of attention  during application, Material, it, does not perform; the end product made from a material, the repair work performs less durable.

A JOURNEY TOWARDS IMPLEMENTING DIRECTIVE PRINCIPLES OF STATE POLICY AN ANALYSIS OF LANDMARK CASES

Directive Principles are essential in the governance of the country and the state must and is bound to take positive actions in the implementation of the same in order to secure the concept of “Welfare State” as laid down by the founding fathers of the Constitution. These principles as rightly pointed out by Amartya Sen can be coined as “social rights” which are very indispensable to achieve the socio economic needs of the society. Hence, such principles should and must be implemented under every circumstance and the obligation to secure the same lies on the State.

DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, STRESS AND SELF ESTEEM AMONG PHYSIOTHERAPY STUDENTS AND THE RELATIONSHIP TO ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE- A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to improve understanding of the psychological variables level on  recent performance of physiotherapy students. METHOD: The self reported measures Rosenberg self esteem scale and depression, anxiety and stress scale were used.  Data Analysis was done using SPSS v. 15. RESULT: A moderate relationship was observed between the scores of anxiety and depression, anxiety and stress(r=.45, r=.55, p<.05) of participants.

AGEING- NATURE AND INTERVENTION STRATEGIES: AN INTRODUCTION

Ageing is an individual process and a universal phenomenon that occurs at different rates in different people. Although the biological causes of development are similar in all cultures, the social experience varies among countries, and even within countries. Adulthood is the period in which a human being reaches the peak of his/her powers. Generally there have three dimensions of ageing: physiological, psychological, and social.

THE MYTHICAL STRUCTURE, FOLKLORE AND SUBJECTIVITY IN GIRISH KARNAD'S NAGA MANDALA

“The real function of literature in human affairs is to continue myths’ ancient and basic endeavor to create a meaningful place for man in a world oblivious to his presence” says Vincent B. Leitch. In that context, Girish Karnad’s plays reflect upon contemporary Indian cultural, religious, psychological and social life through the use of myths, folktales and historic legends. His ‘Naga-Mandala’ revolves round the tale of Rani who is treated as a dumb member by her father and her husband, with neither voice nor choice.

CLIMATE AND LAND USE/ LAND COVER CHANGE STUDIES IN SURANGI DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI (U.T)

The climate and Land Use/Land Cover maps have the capacity to illustrate the interaction between humans and the surroundings and are also available to see different conditions in the same or similar environments. Surangi village of Dadra & Nagar Haveli (UT) study is used to produce Land Use/Land Cover maps, which show environmental and geological characteristics. The major objective of this research was to produce and compares climate and Land Use/Land Cover specific maps for the land around 5 km radial distance.