There is a dearth of studies on the relationship between cognitive dissonance and academic achievement in Africa and worldwide. According to Festinger, the proponent of cognitive dissonance theory, Cognitive dissonance occurs as a result of cognitive inconsistency between attitudes, beliefs and...
Download PDF ↓Fathers and grandmothers are important in child development. They promote inner growth and strength among their children and grandchildren. This study sought to assess the fathers’ and grandmothers’ involvement in child-rearing activities and their influence on the cognitive development skills of...
Download PDF ↓The study aimed to investigate the benefits of Gestalt counselling techniques in assisting students in addressing peer relationship issues at a public university. Specifically, the study examined the use of the empty chair and body language Gestalt counselling techniques in assisting students...
Download PDF ↓The ability to read for meaning and pleasure is arguably the most important skill children learn in primary school. Zambia, like many other nations, experiences low reading levels due to the non comprehension of most learners. Oral reading fluency (ORF), defined as the ability to read text...
Download PDF ↓This study sought to establish the long-term effects of exposing preschool children to digital stories and rhymes on acquiring reading skills beyond alphabetic knowledge, phonological awareness, and vocabulary skills at the end of first grade. The objectives of this study were to find out the...
Download PDF ↓This study investigated how a digital intervention programme influenced the development of emergent literacy skills, including rhyme awareness, vocabulary, and story comprehension, in preschool children from resource-constrained environments in Lusaka province, Zambia. The study was quantitative...
Download PDF ↓The goal of this study was to evaluate how well the Primary Literacy Programme (PLP) was working to Improve the reading abilities ofGrade 3 pupils with Hearing Impairment (HI). This is in light of persistently poor reading among pupils with HI- The PLP is aimed at developing reading abilities of...
Download PDF ↓The study set out to validate the NIHTB-CB among Zambian Children and Adolescents in Lusaka Province. The objectives of the study were to: evaluate the standardised administration of the NIHTB-CB in assessing cognitive function of children and adolescents aged 8-17 years; identify challenges...
Download PDF ↓This study investigated the approaches to learning and influence of a metacognitive educational intervention on deep learning among undergraduate pharmacy students. The study was necessitated by contextually relevant recurring concerns about attrition rates due to poor academic performance that...
Download PDF ↓Psychometric measures of intelligence, which are grounded in early 20th century psychological investigations of intelligence in Europe and USA, are established means of assessing intelligence across many contemporary societies. In Zambia, schools, hospitals and employment opportunities use...