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The problem of readmissions of the mentally ill adults is widespread and it has continued over many years. It occurs in the people of all racial background and social economic groups.Chainama Hills Hospital in Zambia has not been spared from this phenomenon. Readmission of the mentally ill adults...

There have been some concerns on the poor performance of pupils in reading comprehension from people in different fora. For instance during School Programme for In-Service for the Term (SPRINT) Meetings in schools, and Grade Twelve Marking Centers. Examiners and teachers have expressed this...

This study set out to assess the effectiveness of concept mapping as a learning strategy in a secondary school environment under conditions that had extremely high external validity without significantly sacrificing experimental control. The study also investigated the extent to which knowledge...

This study set out to analyze the psychometric properties of the Reading Recognition part of the Zambia Achievement Test. This test was developed by a team of researchers at the Yale University and was adapted to the Zambian situation by the University of Zambia Researchers. The test was then...

The effects of birth order (ordinal position) on psychological functioning, as the, • relate to an individual's personality, were investigated in a matrilineal society - the Nsenga - of Petauke District in the Eastern— Province: of Zambia. The main purpose of the study was to establish whether...

The effects of birth order (ordinal position) on psychological functioning, as the, • relate to an individual's personality, were investigated in a matrilineal society - the Nsenga - of Petauke District in the Eastern— Province: of Zambia. The main purpose of the study was to establish whether...

The aim of the present study was to investigate and compare the social behaviours of children with mild mental retardation with that of their ordinary class - peers. The study also sought views of teachers on how they perceived social behaviours of children with mild mental retardation as well as...

This study investigated effects of laboratory experiments on the learning of science subjects by visually impaired pupils for grade nine (9) and twelve (12)pupils in the two selected schools (Magwero school for the Blind and Katete integrated Boarding school) in Eastern Province of Zambia. Data...

The purpose of this study was to investigate factors contributing to bully behaviour among Academic Production Unit (APU) pupils in some selected high schools in Lusaka district. The study also attempted to establish whether selfconcept is a mediating factor between social competence and bully...

In the recent years, the problem of child sexual abuse has accelerated at an alarming rate in Zambia and the world over. Meanwhile, disabled children have been reported by the American National Resource Centre on sexual abuse (2002) as being additionally vulnerable to sexual abuse than their non...