The purpose of this study was to explore the perceptions of early childhood teachers and parents of children in early childhood institutions on the use of play activities to enhance children’s learning of literacy and numeracy skills. This study was guided by the following questions;1. What...
Download PDF ↓The intelligence of an African child has, with the emergence of Western civilization, been measured through Western lenses as civilization was equated to urban life-style, education to schooling and intelligence to aptitude for school subjects. On the contrary, recent research suggests that...
Download PDF ↓The purpose of this study was to ascertain what challenges grade twelve learners faced in reading comprehension. Another aim was to examine the reading strategies that grade twelve learners used to aid them comprehend text. Finally, the study sought to ascertain the strategies that teachers used...
Download PDF ↓The study was carried out to find out what type of skills, knowledge and attitudes found in children’s play or games can be characterised as foundations of reading, writing (literacy)and numeracy or those that aid their development.The sample included 30 children (16 girls and 14 boys) and their...
Download PDF ↓The definition of reading adopted for this research is that it is a deliberate process of looking at and understanding written language. The focus of the research was to find out factors that affect reading levels in Chitonga among Grade 3 pupils in selected schools from Livingstone and Kazungula...
Download PDF ↓This study sought to establish the factors that contribute to low literacy achievement among grade seven (7) learners with hearing impairment. The study was driven by four (4) objectives. These are: to find out the factors that could be responsible for low achievement in reading among grade seven...
Download PDF ↓Reading is one of the basic skills that a child should master during their first school years to be able to assimilate new knowledge and skills in future. The aim of the study was to explore factors that contribute to causes of reading difficulties among grade six learners and challenges faced by...
Download PDF ↓Motivation is a fundamental factor that reinforces and regulates the learners’ interest to engage in learning. However, motivation of the learners in a classroom has different perceptions from both teachers’ and pupils’ perspective. Although there is a general view that a teacher is the source of...
Download PDF ↓No parent anticipates having a child with a developmental disability such as autism. The purpose of the study was to investigate and explore the impact on parents of discovering that their child has been diagnosed with autism. A phenomenological approach was used to investigate parents' lived...
Download PDF ↓This study sought to compare reading performance of pupils with and without preschool background in relation to the New Break Through to Literacy (NBTL). The following were the objectives. To establish whether there is a difference in reading between preschool and non-preschool pupils; to...
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