iosr-jmca   Volume-8 ~ Issue-3 ~ May - Jun. 2021

ABSTRACT: The objectives of the research were to investigate whether learning strategies had correlation on students' listening comprehension and also to see which learning strategy used by students the most to achieve good listening comprehension. The research approach is quantitative. Researcher used the Ex Post Facto design. Listening comprehension tests were used to determine whether learning strategies had the correlation on students' listening comprehension and questionnaire was also used to see which learning strategy used the most by students to achieve good listening comprehension. The subjects were 33 students of the twelve grade of SMK. The result indicated that there was a significant correlation of learning strategy on students' listening comprehension and metacognitive strategy was used the most by students to achieve good listening comprehension.

Key wards: listening, listening comprehension, learning strategies.

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ABSTRACT: Background: The study investigates the Appraisal of Students' Performance in Information Communication Technology/Computer Studies (A case study of Upper Basic 7-9 Schools of Logo Local Government Area of Benue State, Nigeria). The purpose of the study was to investigate the factors contributing to the poor academic performance of students in Information Communication Technology/Computer studies at Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in the upper basic (Junior Secondary Schools) in Logo Local Government Area of Benue State, Nigeria and recommend solutions based on the findings for necessary actions. Materials and Methods: Five hypothesis were postulated and tested in the study with 5-item questionnaire administered for response of a four point Likert rating of (Strongly Agreed, Agreed, Disagreed, Strongly Disagreed and Strongly Available, Available, Not Available and Strongly Not Available) which represents (4,3,2and1) was adopted. A total 45 secondary schools in both government, private and faith-based............

Key wards: Information Communication Technology; Computer Studies; BECE; Appraisal; Infrastructure.

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ABSTRACT: Human needs may be difficult to attain when there are no means of communication among them. Languages, therefore, have been age long means of communicating among human beings. They are used to easily send messages to persons who are physically present and understand these languages. Where a person to whom a message is to be passed is not physically present, the message is sent through another person who takes the message and delivers the same to him physically. The delay and inefficiency associated with primordial ways of communicating with a person at a distance necessitated the need to devise a means by which the person in the distant place can be instantly communicated with as if he is present. One of such newly devised ways is known as Telecommunication (Telecom). Telecom makes use of radiofrequencies and microwaves to enable people at different places communicate easily. To ensure clearer reception of signal from one end to another, mast stations are installed and put in place. This equipment causes some health and environmental challenge; this paper therefore recommends some steps to avoid these challenges.

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ABSTRACT: Background: Chronic leg ulcers are a significant cause of morbidity in developing countries like India, leading to excessive health care expenses and loss of effective work hours. Various novel methods are available, like split thickness skin grafting (STSG), vacuum-assisted closure, offloading technique nano silver dressings, etc. in order to facilitate earlier recovery with a varied response among the patients. Split thickness skin grafting is one of the main surgical procedures to repair soft tissue loss in patients with non-healing chronic wounds. Even when the prerequisites for successful grafting are met, the graft may fail because of bacterial infections in the site of ulcers. Hence in this present study, a quantitative bacteriological profile of granulating wound beds that were prepared for grafting was done pre-operatively to analyse the influence of bacterial bio-burden on the success rate of STSG........

Key wards: Chronic Lower Limb Ulcers, Debridement and Dressing, Healthy Granulation Tissue, Skin Grafting.

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ABSTRACT: English learning in Nigeria has become imperative and its continuous learning cannot be waved, since it is the official language in Nigeria and an international language for communication. Despite the importance of English language, student's performance in English language in Nigerian secondary institutions has been discouraging. Research has shown that vocabulary is the most important element of any language learning including English language. This paper implemented a mobile gamification learning system for motivating learners to continue learning English vocabularies effectively on mobile devices. The system was evaluated, through an online survey, which was completed by 71 participants with different English vocabulary level abilities. Experimental results revealed that the developed system significantly improve learner's English vocabulary abilities and learning interests.

Key wards: English, Motivation, Gamification, Experience point gap, Mobile learning, Vocabulary, Badges, Rewards.

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