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Critical Thinking Skills of Higher Secondary Students in relation to Achievement in Physics

Critical thinking is a higher order cognitive skill which helps in processing the information. The focus of the study is to examine the relationship between critical thinking skills and achievement in the physics of the higher secondary students in which the sample consisted of 300 higher secondary students from Villupuram District of Tamil Nadu by using the stratified sample technique. Murthy critical thinking scale (2015) was used to collect the data.

TEACHING STRATEGY PREFERENCES OF ENGLISH MAJOR STUDENTS: A CASE OF ISABELA STATE UNIVERSITY

This study was conducted to determine the students’ preferred teaching strategies used by English teachers at the College of Arts and Sciences, Isabela State University Echague Campus this 2nd Semester of the Academic Year 2015-2016. It used the descriptive method to describe the attributes of the respondents and was correlated to the students’ preferred teaching strategies used by English teachers and inferential method of research to test the hypothesis of the study.

PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS OF TASKS IN THE EXERCISE BLOCKS OF MATHEMATICS TEXTBOOK OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF UGANDA

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the tasks included in the exercise blocks of a mathematics textbook of secondary school of Uganda for performance expectations. The tasks in the textbook (Secondary School Mathematic Students’ Book 2) were analysed using a framework developed from TIMSS mathematics framework 2011.

A STUDYTO EXAMINE THE EXTENT EXISTING POLICIES IN UGANDA FACILITATE EDUCATION AND LEARNING OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS IN INCLUSIVE PRIMARY SCHOOLS

The study examinedthe extent existing Policies in Uganda Facilitate Education and Learning of Children with Special Needs In Inclusive Primary Schools.The objectives of this study were: to find out the level of awareness of the policies in Uganda that support education among the respondent, to study the extent to which the existing policies’ has facilitated learning of children with special needs and to identify how policies has supported education of children with special needs in Uganda.

WIRELESS PATIENT MONITORING SYSTEM USING MICROCONTROLLER FOR HEARTBEAT AND RESPIRATION MEASUREMENT

This Project is to study demonstrate different solution alternatives to the remote monitoring system. Care of critically ill patient requires prompt & accurate decisions so that life-protecting & lifesaving therapy can be properly applied. Because of these requirements, ICUs have become widely established in hospitals. Difficulty found in most hospitals is that Expert has to frequently visit the patient & asses his/her condition by measuring different parameters. These systems works when there is any emergency by using different wireless technologies.

Factors associated with increased body mass index and its impact on health related quality of life of pre obese and obese subjects

Introduction: Being overweight or obese has become a major global health problem. The impact of excess weight on physical, psychological and social wellbeing is increasingly acknowledged. The main aim of the study was to evaluate the factors associated with the increased body mass index and its impact on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of pre-obese and obese subjects.

A Reading of Samanth Subramanian’s Following Fish: Travels around the Indian Coast: Indian Context and Culture

Fishing is a major industry in coastal states of India that provides employment to over 14 million people in recent times. According to the statistics, India has 8,118 kilometres of marine coastline, 3,827 fishing villages, and 1,914 traditional fish landing centres. India's fresh water rivers and canals, minor and major reservoirs, ponds and lakes, flood plain wetlands and water bodies makes India a major supplier of fish in the global market. In such country, fish is the centre of not only food but also of memory, culture, economy, history and society for some people.

Variation in Soil organic carbon within Highland Grasslands of Langtang National Park, Nepal

Grasslands are areas where the vegetation is dominated by grasses and supports indigenous or introduced vegetation and has potential to be grazed (Adams et al. 2009). Grasslands occupy approximately 51% of terrestrial surface of the earth (Prentice et al. 1992) and the important source of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration. During photosynthesis the vegetation in grassland assimilate atmosphere carbon into its tissues and part of it is added to soil as soil organic carbon (SOC).

The presidential election in USA: An Astrological point of view

The month of November will be the most auspicious day for the citizen of United State of America in the year of 2016. Major developing countries will look after and worried for the event of the election. The country like America is following the presidential ruling. The process of election is in the Nation is very much complicated and undergoes many stages. One fine morning, I being Astrologer, thought that why the prediction should not be made on the topic of the Presidential election in USA. Who will win the prestigious election? Mr. Donald Trump or Mrs. Hillary Clinton?

The Impact of Mergers and Acquisition Transaction on the Stock Performance in India

Every economy has their strength and weakness. Three major economies in the world namely US economy, Russian economy and Asian economy had also seen recession problems. some economy recover with some systematic strategy but some are not. due to this the company operating within the country and oversea companies need to face the trouble. in this dilemma some manage their operation but some failed. some enter into mergers and acquisitions to survive in the market. recently in India. the economy has witnessed outstanding activity in mergers and acquisition.