The influence of demographic factors such as education, age and gender on neuropsychological test performance has received a great deal of attention in literature. Even if there is a general consensus with regard to the importance of education’s influence on cognitive functioning measured by the...
Download PDF ↓Aims: The nature of the relationship between moderate alcohol consumption and cognitive functioning has attracted a considerable amount of attention overtime. However, the pattern of the relationship remains uncertain. Some studies have reported a beneficial relationship between moderate alcohol...
Download PDF ↓The purpose of the study was to investigate the difference in reading Performance between the grade three hearing impaired pre- scholars and non Pre- scholars, in 2 selected basic schools of Lusaka Urban. Quantitative and qualitative methods were used. A sample of 20 hearing impaired children...
Download PDF ↓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...
Download PDF ↓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...
Download PDF ↓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...
Download PDF ↓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...
Download PDF ↓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...
Download PDF ↓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...
Download PDF ↓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...