The aim of this study was to explore the substantive themes, values and practices underlying the Lozi children’s indigenous musical play games in order to understand their cognitive, socioemotional and educational implications. Conducted in seven districts of Western Province, the study was...
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...
Parental involvement is one of the important factors in pupil academic achievement. This study was conducted in Kalomo district, Southern Province, Zambia to assess whether an intervention to enhance the quality of interaction of parents with Grade four learners in homework would improve the...
This study was undertaken to assess environmental awareness towards sustainable development among selected grade twelve secondary school pupils in Lusaka District. The study used questionnaires, focus group schedules, and semi-structured interviews to collect data from the field. The main...
Download PDF ↓Reading is essential for children’s educational success and communication in a technologically advancing society. This position has provoked researchers to investigate the process of reading acquisition. Although a number of factors inhibit and facilitate the process of its acquisition, many...
Download PDF ↓Objective: To determine the effect of gender on accessing antiretroviral therapy and its link to neurocognitive impairment. Methods: The study was in two parts. Part 1 used the qualitative approach and 38 participants comprising 34 HIV infected adults, equal numbers of men and women and 4 health...
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 present study was designed to assess the role of indigenous music and games in the promotion of cognitive development in Zambian children with specific focus on Western Province of Zambia as the area of study. Using an ethnographic approach, the study involved 44 participants using purposive...
Download PDF ↓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 ↓Literature was reviewed which looked at the Educational Psycholinguistic, Psycho-social and Cultural effects of the use of heterogeneous student populations' foreign language as a medium of instruction. The study set out to deal with two basic issues:should English be the medium of instruction...
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