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Within the context of almost nine million children with hearing disabilities in Sub-Saharan Africa, their education is an important topic. The problem was the lack of conclusive research about the effects of digital assistive technologies for educating deaf learners in Sub-Saharan African countries, such as Namibia. The question was could a digital assistive technology improve the mathematics achievement of deaf children? The research objective was to gather scientific evidence by conducting...
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The use of dynamic geometry computer software (DGCS) is important in educational environment, and it is more advantageous for learning mathematics comprehensively. This study examined the importance of dynamic geometry computer software on learners’ performance in geometry. A quasi experimental, non-equivalent control group was used. The instrument used in this study was geometry achievement mathematics test (GMAT) that comprised 15 multiple choices items. The GMAT was administered to 87...
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Critics, including the local government minister, had said the official violated the students’ human rights because they had not been given a fair trial, and only teachers or headmasters are authori
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In the current situation, teachers are encouraged to use interactive, student-centered approaches than using traditional approaches that mainly focus on ‘chalk and talk’. Student-centered approaches, also learner-centered, involve methods of teaching that shift the focus of instruction from the teacher to the student. When these approaches are powered by technology, they can doubly enhance teaching and learning. The most current technology that gains popularity in Africa in teaching and...
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Achieving some absolute standard of learning for all children is a key element of global equity in education. Using the Annual Status of Education Report (ASER) data from India and Pakistan, and Uwezo data from Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda that test all children of given ages, whether in school or not, on simple measures of learning in math, reading (local language), and English, we quantify the role of achieving equality between the richest 20% and the poorest 40% in terms of grade...
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Samer Al-Samarrai, Marie Evane Tamagnan1 Introduced in 2016, the Fee-Free Basic Education Program (FBEP) is the government’s flagship policy to expand equitable access to basic education. Evidence shows that policies of this kind increase educational access and lead to significant economic and social benefits. In Ghana, children that received fee-free education were much more likely to complete secondary school and had much higher earnings than children that were not part of the program. In...
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Samer Al-Samarrai, Marie Evane Tamagnan1 Introduced in 2016, the Fee-Free Basic Education Program (FBEP) is the government’s flagship policy to expand equitable access to basic education. Evidence shows that policies of this kind increase educational access and lead to significant economic and social benefits. In Ghana, children that received fee-free education were much more likely to complete secondary school and had much higher earnings than children that were not part of the program. In...
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Gamification is one of the most significant modern trends in educational technology. The present study aims to identify the effectiveness of gamification of web-based learning on academic achievement and creative thinking among primary school students. A learning environment was designed based on gamification of web-based learning. A quasi-experimental approach was utilized to identify the effect of the independent variable, gamification, on the dependent variables, academic achievement and...
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