scholarly journals Reliability and Efficiency of Computerized Systems for Admission into Colleges of Education Affiliated with the University of Cape Coast

2021 ◽  
pp. 84-96
Author(s):  
Solomon Ofori Jnr Gyane ◽  
Richard Essah ◽  
Isaac Ampofo Atta Senior ◽  
Abraham Tetteh
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Total Population ◽  
Internet Access ◽  
Colleges Of Education ◽  
Selection System ◽  
Cape Coast ◽  
The University ◽  
Computerized System ◽  
Selection Of

The automated selection system used by colleges of education affiliated to the University of Cape Coast is a multiuser computerized system which students can access and apply to universities at any place with internet access, and can be admitted, rejected, or included in a waiting list for further assessment. The study sought to investigate the extent to which the computerized selection system at educational colleges affiliated with the Cape Coast University has impacted the efficiency and credibility of the process, by evaluating the step by step stages in admission processes that are handled electronically. The study contribute to literature since there is no studies on the reliability and efficiency of Ghanaian colleges of education affiliated to the universities. The type of research design for the study was descriptive design with a quantitative research method. The total population comprises of all admission officers, quality assurance staff, and Heads of departments at the colleges of education affiliated with the University of Cape Coast. The researchers' sample size for the study was one hundred and ninety-two (192). The questionnaire survey was carried out to collect data for the study. Quantitative analysis was done with the use of Statistical Package for Social Sciences. The results show that electronic sorting and selection of applications is efficient in checking the application forms, testing duplicate files, verifying college requirements, and verifying seat availability. The study revealed that there was a positive and high relationship between the efficiency of electronic sorting and selection of admission applications and the reliability of the computerized system.

Planning for Knowledge Management Implementation in Academic Libraries: Empirical Evidence From Federal University Libraries in Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (04) ◽  
pp. 1850039 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cyprian. I. Ugwu ◽  
I. J. Ezema
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Implementation Process ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
The Social ◽  
The University ◽  
Descriptive Survey

The main reason for the failure of many knowledge management (KM) projects is the absence of a well-defined framework or strategy to guide KM implementation. This paper is an attempt to determine the planning needs of the KM deployment process and propose a framework that could be used specifically by the federal university libraries in Nigeria to guide the KM implementation process. Quantitative research approach was adopted in this study and the design was a descriptive survey. A total of 300 librarians responded to the survey that sought their opinions on the planning needs for KM implementation process. The survey instrument was a questionnaire, and it was used to collect data from the respondents. Data collected were analysed using mean, standard deviation, ranks and percentages obtained with the aid of the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). The results of the study revealed the planning needs for KM implementation as consisting of the goals which the university library intends to achieve through KM, the KM process, skills and tools required as well as the type of partnerships needed. Based on these needs, this study proposes a KM framework made up of strategies and tactical moves to guide the KM implementation process.

scholarly journals Personal Information Management Practices and Behaviors of Social Sciences’ Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kanwal Ameen
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Information Management ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Online Information ◽  
Personal Information Management ◽  
Technology Infrastructure ◽  
Google Docs ◽  
The University

This study reports the personal information management (PIM) behavior of university students under the backdrop of development of information and digital technology infrastructure in Pakistan. The PIM field has been explored through various perspectives in the developed world, but hardly any studies from the developing countries, specifically from the South Asian Region were found. The present, first study from Pakistan , adopted quantitative research design based on a pretested questionnaire to collect data from a sample of 221 students of master programs who were studying in their final semesters in five social sciences disciplines under Faculty of Economics and Management Sciences at the University of the Punjab (PU), Pakistan. The key findings revealed that most frequently used tools for relocating information once found are downloads on personal computers, self-created digital document (e.g. MSWord, Excel, Google Docs, etc.), URLs and hyperlinks. URLs are the most commonly used elements to save online information for future use. The revelation of their practices establishes that they need appropriate training regarding their personal information management.

scholarly journals An examination of the placement of adverbials in the academic writing of fresh undergraduate students in the University of Cape Coast, Ghana

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 110-128
Author(s):  
Philip Arthur Gborsong ◽  
Anita B. Appartaim
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Academic Writing ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
The Other ◽  
Cape Coast ◽  
The University

Rules have been formulated on how adverbials are used. Such rules as stated by Quirk and Greenbaum (1973), Hornby (1975) and Swan (1995) are silent on how a few adverbials that have no restrictions regarding their position and order in sentences should be used. This paper, relying on language variation in the second language setting as a theoretical framework, explored how undergraduate students used these kinds of mobile adverbials. The quantitative research design and a simple random sampling were applied to select a total of 100 essays and exercises from fresh undergraduates of the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. Analysing these essays and exercises, we concluded that although the adverbial is an optional clausal element, the undergraduate students used it in providing further information on the other clausal elements. In addition, the undergraduate students often placed the adverbials in the mid position of their sentences. Keywords: Adverbials, GE, Undergraduate students, Clausal elements, Effective communication

Innovation in the library: Adoption of smartphones in accessing electronic resources in a Ghanaian university

2020 ◽  
pp. 096100062094964 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Adzobu ◽  
Stephen Okyere ◽  
George Tesilimi Banji
Keyword(s):  
Diffusion Of Innovation ◽  
Significant Influence ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Electronic Resources ◽  
Cape Coast ◽  
Diffusion Of Innovation Theory ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Perceived Characteristics Of Innovation ◽  
The University

This paper examines the influence of innovation on the adoption of smartphones for accessing electronic resources in the library by postgraduate students at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. The theoretical model that underpinned this study was the diffusion of innovation theory. Based on a quantitative research approach, a survey research design was used. Questionnaire was employed in the collection of data from 278 postgraduate students. The responses were coded, captured and analysed using IBM’s Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, version 22. The findings of the study show that postgraduate students’ gender and faculty influenced their adoption of smartphones for accessing e-resources at the University of Cape Coast. However, the age of the students did not have any significant influence on the adoption of smartphones. The findings further show that only two of the perceived characteristics of innovation, complexity and compatibility, had a significant influence on the adoption of smartphones among the postgraduate students.

Editorial: Taste of City, transnational food and place marketing

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-61
Author(s):  
Evinc Dogan ◽  
Ibrahim Sirkeci
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Place Marketing ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
Migration Studies ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
Culinary Traditions ◽  
The University ◽  
Selection Of

In this special issue of Transnational Marketing Journal, we brought together a selection of articles drawn from presentations at the Taste of City Conference 2016: Food and Place Marketing which was held at the University of Belgrade, Serbia on 1st September 2016. We have supported the event along with Transnational Press London. We thank to Goran Petkovic, the Faculty of Economics at the University of Belgrade, and Goran’s volunteer students team who helped with the conference organisation. Mobilities are often addressed within social sciences varying across a wide range of disciplines including geography, migration studies, cultural studies, tourism, sociology and anthropology. Food mobilities capture eating, tasting, producing and consuming practices as well as traveling and transferring. Food and tastes are carried around the world, along the routes of mobility through out the history. As people take their own culture to the places, they take their food too. Food meets and mingles with other cultures on the way. Fusion food is born when food transcends the borders and mix with different ingredients from different culinary traditions. Although certain places are associated and branded with food, it is a challenging job to understand the role of food and taste in forming and reformulating the identity of places. 

scholarly journals The Challenges of Undergraduate Married Female Students in Higher Education: A case study of Takhar University

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 09-18
Author(s):  
Abdul Qawi Noori ◽  
Sayeed Naqibullah Orfan
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Higher Education ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Educational Leaders ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Residential Areas ◽  
The University ◽  
Married Female

The study aimed at investigating the challenges of undergraduate married female students in higher education of Afghanistan. It also explored whether the participants’ demographic variables such as class, age and residential areas had any effect on their responses. The study employed a quantitative research design. A survey questionnaire with 29 items was used to collect the data from 100 purposefully selected respondents at Takhar University. The population of the study was undergraduate married female students who were majoring in different fields at Takhar University. 117 copies of questionnaires were administered to the respondents and only 100 useable ones were returned to the researchers. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS version 25.0) was used in analyzing the data. The study found that Afghan married female students faced different problems during their studies at the university and the challenges had a significant effect on them. It also revealed that there were statistically significant differences in the responses of the students by their class, age and residential areas. The study suggests that educational leaders should develop counselling programs at the universities to tackle the challenges of married female students and involve various stakeholders to improve their achievement.

scholarly journals Motivasi Pemilihan Lintas Minat Sains pada Siswa Jurusan Ilmu Sosial

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-27
Author(s):  
Yendrita Yendrita
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Intrinsic Motivation ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Extrinsic Motivation ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
The Social ◽  
Student Interests ◽  
Selection Of

This study aims to find out how intrinsic and extrinsic motivation affects students of the Social Sciences Department of SMA N I Suliki District in choosing cross-interest of Science. This type of research is quantitative research with descriptive methods. The research instrument is a set of questionnaire. Samples were taken with a total sampling technique, then the subjects of this study were all students of class X majoring in Social Sciences who chose cross interest of Science, amounting to 126 people, data analysis technique is a percentage technique. Based on the results of data analysis, intrinsic motivation that influences the selection of cross-student interests is as follows: based on ideals of 70.58%, based on student abilities of 69.44%, based on student conditions of 70.33%, based on interests of 66.93 %, based on the attitude of 75.06%, while extrinsic motivation that influences the selection of students' cross-interest is as follows; based on family encouragement of 62.56%, encouragement of friends 59.32%, employment opportunities of 69.57% and opportunities to continue study 61.50%. Whereas based on sub-variables, intrinsic motivation was found to influence the cross-selection of scientific interest by 70.48% (in the good category) and extrinsic motivation by 62.75% (in the good category). The conclusions of this study are: intrinsic motivation influences students more in crossing scientific interests than extrinsic motivation Keywords: Motivation, SAINS Cross-Interest Selection,

scholarly journals Factors Affecting Pupils’ Absenteeism at Felicormfort Junior High School (JHS) in Cape Coast, Ghana

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 138
Author(s):  
Felix Senyametor ◽  
Emmanuel Kofi Gyimah ◽  
Vincent Mensah Minadzi
Keyword(s):  
Junior High School ◽  
Total Population ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Cape Coast ◽  
Mean Values ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Case Study Design ◽  
The University ◽  
District Assemblies

This study aimed at finding out factors affecting pupils’ absenteeism at Felicomfort JHS at Amamoma within the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. The total population was 145 covering the JHS1, JHS2, JHS3 pupils and teachers of the school. Purposive sampling technique was used to select 34 respondents. These were made up of 10 out of 15 teachers, 10 parents out of 53 and 14 pupils out of their accessible population of 56. Pretest, posttest, questionnaires and interviews were used to collect data from respondents. Case study design was used for the study and data analysis was done, using mean values, frequency and percentage counts with the Predictive Analytical Software (PASW) version 21. Key findings of the study indicated that 71.4 percent of absenteeism was due to teachers’ inability to care and find out from pupils the cause of their absenteeism, while 70 percent of respondents indicated that parental lack of care was the major cause of their absenteeism. However, majority (10) of respondents (71%) disagreed that pupils’ attitudes were part of the contributory factors to their habitual absenteeism. The overall percentage mean (58%) representing 8 of the pupils discounted teacher factor as responsible for their absenteeism. It was recommended that government through the District Assemblies offer some financial assistance to poor and single parents to enable them to adequately cater for their wards at school.

scholarly journals Research Capacity of the Faculty Members at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Ho Chi Minh City

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Tran Thanh Huong ◽  
Thi Thuy Loan
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Research Capacity ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Ho Chi Minh City ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Social Sciences And Humanities ◽  
National University ◽  
The University ◽  
Personal Interests

This paper described the motivation and research capacity of the faculty members at the University of Social Sciences and Humanities – Viet Nam National University Ho Chi Minh City (HCMUSSH-VNU). A quantitative research technique was employed based on information provided from 169 permanent faculty members, it reflected that the factors of curiosity, personal interests, responsibility, self-assert affect their research competence, and professional development were the main research motivators of the respondents. They also assessed themselves to have the capability to do research and make their inquiry scientific. From the results, implications are drawn to promote the research productivity of the faculty members at the HCMUSSH-VNU.

scholarly journals Revenue And Marketing Channel Of Oyster Mushroom In Probolinggo District

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-38
Author(s):  
Novita Lidyana ◽  
Dyah Ayu Perwitasari ◽  
Mutimmah Rustianawati
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Total Population ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Marketing Channel ◽  
Oyster Mushroom ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Channel Pattern ◽  
Oyster Mushrooms ◽  
Final Consumer ◽  
Selection Of

This research is a quantitative research. Primary data is the result of filling out questionnaires by all respondents, namely all mushroom farmers in Probolinggo. And secondary data in the form of all mushroom farmer data in Probolinggo with a total population of 60 mushroom farmers in Probolinggo. The selection of oyster mushroom farmer respondents was carried out using the census method. The samples in this study were all farmers who cultivated oyster mushrooms in Probolinggo Regency. The results of this study indicate that oyster mushroom farmers in Probolinggo use logs. By using this tool, it can increase the income of mushroom farmers. So that the oyster mushroom in Probolinggo is suitable to be used as a business / developed field. The marketing channel pattern of oyster mushrooms in Probolinggo uses two patterns. Namely the first pattern, mushroom farmers sell mushrooms to resellers, resellers will resell to retailers and retailers will sell again to end consumers. For the second pattern, mushroom farmers sell resellers, and resellers will sell directly to the final consumer. From the above analysis it can be concluded that the second channel is more profitable for farmers in terms of income.  

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