Faculty of Science: Recent submissions
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Can Governance in Revenue Sharing Be a Pathway for a Win-win Situation between People’s Livelihood Improvement and Conservation?
(Journal of Social Science Research, 2015)This paper establishes the importance of good governance in improving local livelihoods and support for conservation. The study uses empirical realities from Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, an afromontane Gorilla sanctuary ... -
A scientometric review of multimedia in teaching and learning of physics
(International Journal on Math, Science and Technology Education, 2022)A subject of physics includes various complex and sophisticated concepts that pose a challenge for both instructors to teach and students to grasp the clarity in the subject. Many researchers have discussed this challenge ... -
Exploring the impact of Stein et al.’s levels of cognitive demand in supporting students’ mathematics heuristic problem-solving abilities
(In Frontiers in Education, 2023)The present study explored the impact of Stein et al.’s levels of cognitive demand (LCD) on evaluation and instructional methods in applying the knowledge of equations and inequalities to learn the topic of linear programming ... -
Enhancing the Learning of Limits of Functions Using Multiple Representations
(Mathematics Teaching Research Journal, 2023)This is an exploratory study considering instructional methods in mathematics education. The study examined misconceptions arising from selected assignments undertaken by sixty-five students. The students were attending a ... -
Building on Students’ Prior Mathematical Thinking: Exploring Students’ Reasoning Interpretation of Preconceptions in Learning Mathematics
(Mathematics Teaching Research Journal, 2023)The present study explored 285 11th-grade students’ preconceptions, misconceptions, and errors in solving mathematics tasks by graphical method. A descriptive-explorative study design was adopted. Cluster sampling was used ... -
Students’ perceptions regarding interventions to reduce substance use and its concomitant impact on competence among adolescents in public secondary schools in Uganda
(Journal of Educational Sciences and Psychology, 2015)Background: Psychoactive substance use interventions have been well document to be more effective when participatory rather than prescriptive. Despite many calculable evidences examining PASU prevention, there was paucity ... -
Grit Predicts Academic Achievement among Undergraduate Science Teachers at a University of Science and Technolog
(Qeios, 2023)Background: Research shows that grit is one of the non-cognitive factors that affect academic achievement among college students. As a result, grit has of late attracted attention among academic circles. Methods: We used ... -
Ornate PhDs in Sub-Saharan Africa: Purpose and Quality Concerns
(Academia Letters, 2021)In academia, every maneuver follows, or should seem to have a purpose. In view of that, an earned doctoral degree is primarily purposed in training and educating new scholars in preparation for the development of knowledge ... -
Family Socioeconomic Status, Religiosity and Alcohol Use among Secondary School Adolescents in Bushenyi Ishaka Municipality, Uganda
(African Journal of Teacher Education, 2018)This paper reports research on levels of family socioeconomic status, religiosity and alcohol use among secondary school adolescents in Bushenyi Ishaka Municipality, Uganda (BIM). The study employed a cross- sectional ... -
Groupwork: effect of cooperative learning method on academic performance in English language among pupils in Universal Primary Education schools in Kashari, Uganda
(Cogent Education, 2022)As compared to traditional modes of delivery, cooperative learning (CL), as a teaching method, is said to be effective in improving learners’ academic achievement. A plethora of studies underscore CL as a strategy of ... -
Nexus between Family Socioeconomic Status and Alcohol Consumption Moderated by Religiosity among Secondary School Adolescents in Uganda
(Journal of Education Research and Rural Community Development,, 2020)This paper focuses on the relationship between family socioeconomic status and alcohol consumption. It further covers the moderation effect of religiosity on the relationship between family socioeconomic status and alcohol ... -
Association between Inspirational Leadership Traits and Job Commitment among Secondary School Teachers in a Remote District of Uganda
(Canadian Journal of Educational and Social Studies, 2021)Aim: Establishing the association between the dimensions of perceived inspirational leadership traits and job commitment among secondary school teachers. Methods: It was cross-sectional, with quantitative approach. A ... -
An Exploration of Learning Strategies Employed by Prisoners on Correctional Education in Luzira Prison
(International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), 2015)This study aimed at exploring learning strategies employed by prisoners on formal and vocational training in Luzira prisons, Uganda. It adopted across sectional survey design with a mixed methods approach to collect data, ... -
Institutional Policy Implementation and Uganda’s Mineral Resources Management
(American Journal of Public Policy and Administration, 2024)Purpose: This study examines the Mediating effect of Institutional Policy Implementation on Uganda’s Mineral Resource Management. Materials and Methods: The study uses a cross-sectional design suggested by Bell et al., ... -
Monitoring Operations and Uganda’s Mineral Resources Management
(International Journal of Poverty, Investment and Development, 2023)Purpose: This study investigates the moderating role of Monitoring Operations of Institutional Policy Implementation in Uganda's Mineral Resources Management. Methodology: A cross-sectional design has been used in this ... -
Bridging the Gap from Data to Evidence-Based HIV Prevention in Uganda
(Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2014)Uganda’s current HIV prevalence rate of 7.2 % shows an increase in the number of new HIV cases (UNAIDS, 2012), with 80% of new infections accounted for by heterosexual transmission (Uganda AIDS Commission, 2012). Risky ... -
Study Habits Among Students in Primary Teachers’ Colleges in SouthWestern Uganda
(East African Journal of Education Studies, 2022)The purpose of the study was to assess the study habits of students in primary teachers’ colleges in South Western Uganda. The research anchored on the Postpositivist philosophy adopted a cohort longitudinal survey research ... -
Entry Academic Scores as a Predictor of Terminal Academic Achievement among Students in Primary Teachers’ Colleges in South-Western Uganda
(East African Journal of Education Studies, 2022)The purpose of the research was to establish the influence of entry scores on students’ performance in final examinations in primary teachers’ colleges in South Western Uganda. The research anchored on postpositivist ... -
Determinants of Academic Performance of Primary Teachers’ College Students in South-Western Uganda
(East African Journal of Education Studies, 2022)The purpose of the research was to establish the perceived determinants of academic performance of primary teachers’ College (PTC) students in South Western Uganda. The researchers anchored on social constructivist philosophy ... -
Parental Engagement as a Predictor of Academic Performance among Secondary School Learners in Sheema District, Uganda
(American Journal of Psychology, 2023)Purpose: Globally, parents' engagement in their children's education has been found to result in improved academic success. This study investigated the prediction effect of parental engagement on students’ academic performance ...