Attitude Survey on Current Governance System at Tarakeshwar and Tokhain Kathmandu

This study aims to examinecomponents of local government's development for improving local governance in Nepal. Descriptive and analytical research design was used in this study. The data collected through a questionnaire from 150 respondents were used for analysis. The component of local government for improving local governance in Nepal was found satisfactory, but its implementation was found poor.The findings from this study provide information about Federalismpolicy in Nepal. It could be helpful to provide some particular guidelines to the policymakers for improving local governance. It suggests that appropriate policy must be adopted, and proper communication and information system should be developed.

Hubungan Antara Personaliti Jenama dan Keinginan Untuk Membeli Produk Berjenama Mewah Tiruan dalam Kalangan Pelajar Universiti

This study aimed to examine the relationship between the brand personality and the intention to buy counterfeit luxury branded products among University ‘X’ students. Researchers have used the Brand Personality Scale introduced by Aaker (1997) to measure brand personality. Meanwhile, the Attitude Survey, Buy Genuine Luxury Fashion Products or Counterfeits introduced by Yoo and Lee (2009) was used to measure the buying intention of counterfeit luxury branded products. This study involved 118 respondents from University ‘X’ students. The data collected was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 20. The findings showed that there is no significant relationship between the brand personality and the intention to buy counterfiet luxury branded products among University ‘X’ students.

Педагогическа мултикултурна осъзнатост. Апробиране на скала за изследване на учителски нагласи спрямо етнически различните деца в образованието

Изследването има за цел да проучи връзката между мултикултурната осъзнатост на учителите и демографските фактори и факторите на професионалната им среда. За целта е апробирана скала за измерване на педагогическа мултикултурна осъзнатост и нагласи спрямо етнически различните деца в образованието (Teacher Multicultural Attitude Survey (TMAS), Ponterotto, Baluch, Greig & Rivera). В проучването взимат участие 146 педагози от цялата страна. Статистическият анализ на данните показва добро ниво на вътрешна консистентност на скалата (Cronbach`s alfa = 0,77).

Cooperative Learning Approach as Innovation to Improve Students’ Academic Achievement and Attitude in Teaching Biology

The quality of education that teachers provide to student is highly dependent upon what teachers do in the classroom. Thus, in preparing the students of today to become successful individuals of tomorrow, science teachers need to ensure that their teaching is effective. This study aimed to compares the application of Cooperative learning approach on the students’ academic achievement and attitudes in teaching biology. The study sought to determine the effectiveness of cooperative learning approach against conventional teaching. The study employed the experimental type of research. The design compared the result obtained from researcher – made - achievement test and attitude survey in biology in experimental sample which is cooperative learning approach with the control sample exposed to Direct Instruction. The study revealed that the gained scores of the experimental group gained 41.86 % from the pre- and post-achievement test greater than the controlled group gained score of 36.49 %. Furthermore, in the attitude survey showed that the experimental group gained 81.90 % from the pre- and post-attitude survey which greater than the control group gained 81.69%. Using t- test of significance in both control group and experimental group showed that there is no significance difference between pre – achievement test and post – achievement test at probability level of greater than 0.05. In F -test revealed that there is no significant difference between the mean scores of pre-attitude score and post- attitude score of the control and experimental groups.

Létezik olyan, hogy nőies, férfias és semleges emotikon? : 12 emotikon minősíthetőségének vizsgálata egy kérdőíves attitűdvizsgálat alapján

This paper is related to research on language use on the Internet and gender linguistics. It briefly describes an online questionnaire attitude survey conducted in November 2020. In this questionnaire, it was examined whether women and men communicate differently in the discourse-type called chat, in the opinions of informants who filled in the questionnaire. This main research question was addressed by the overall research in several different ways. One focal area was the use of emoticons. In the study I present the results of one task from the questionnaire that asked informants to classify twelve emoticons as feminine, masculine, or neutral without any context. Therefore, classification had to be performed based on the way the emoticons were represented. The twelve emoticons were shown to the informants in a picture attached to the task. According to the results some tendencies can be identified in the visual appearance of emoticons which can imply feminine, masculine, or neutral qualification even without context. But these are only general statements whose contextual validity is shaped by certain factors. For instance, the nature of the relationship between two communicating parties can affect what emoticons are used, regardless of the gender of the parties.