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Direct linkNurudeen, Mohammed; Abdul-Samad, Siddique; Owusu-Oware, Emmanuel; Koi-Akrofi, Godfred Yaw; Tanye, Hannah Ayaba – Education and Information Technologies, 2023
With the advent of smartphones and fourth generation mobile technologies, the effect of social media on society has stirred up some debate and researchers across various disciplines have drawn different conclusions. Social media provides university students with a convenient platform to create and share educational content. However, social media…
Descriptors: Social Media, Grade Point Average, Academic Achievement, Prediction
Afful, Benedict; Akrong, Rexford – Journal of Education for Business, 2020
With the current debate on the effect of WhatsApp on academic performance, there is little rigorous econometric research backing each side of the argument. Applying a seemingly unrelated regression model to a primary data, it was found that the use of WhatsApp has a positive effect on the academic performance of students so long as the dominant…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Software, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
Stoffelsma, Lieke; Spooren, Wilbert – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2019
This study reports on a conceptual model that provides insight into the relationship between English reading proficiency and academic performance of first-year science and mathematics university students in Ghana, and an empirical test of that model. Longitudinal data were acquired from a sample of 133 students. Using three different mediation…
Descriptors: Multilingualism, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Correlation
Download full textDoe, Patience Fakornam; Oppong, Elizabeth Agyeiwaa; Sarfo, Jacob Owusu – European Journal of Contemporary Education, 2018
The decreasing performance of student nurses in the professional licensure examinations (LE) in Ghana is a major concern to stakeholders, especially at a time when the nurse-patient ratio stands at 1: 1500. The study sought to determine the effect of students' demographic and academic characteristics on performance in the Registered General…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Nursing Education, Grade Point Average, Sampling
Owusu, Georgina Asi; Tawiah, Millan Ahema; Sena-Kpeglo, Cynthia; Onyame, Jeff Teye – International Journal of Educational Administration and Policy Studies, 2014
Orientation is widely conceived to encompass activities that support the transition into educational institutions. The University of Cape Coast, Ghana places a premium on orientation for freshman year students and yet the impact of such programmes on students' performance remains a difficult thing to determine. This study, therefore, focuses on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, School Orientation, College Freshmen
