iosr-JRME   Volume-6 ~ Issue-4 ~ July-August 2016

Abstract: This paper deals with the analysis of diagnostic test items made by the researcher in English Language Skills at secondary level. English Language Skills include items related to Writing Skill, Reading Skill and Grammar. This analysis involves difficulty value and index of discrimination. The test consists of multiple choice questions to collect the data. Three hundred seventy students of secondary schools of CBSE and UP Board were selected randomly for the sample. The sample includes both male and female students of secondary schools. The finding shows that 54 items, out of 86, were selected, after item analysis............

Keywords: Item Analysis, Item Difficulty, Index of Discrimination, Central Board of Secondary Education (C.B.S.E.), Board of High School and Intermediate Education (U.P. Board) ,Uttar Pradesh.

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Abstract: This study sought to examine the effects of principles of corporate governance onmanagement of early childhood education (ECE) in Bahati Division Nakuru County, Kenya. These were necessitated by the desire to establish whether schools are applying principles of corporate governance in managing school affairs. Proper application of corporate principals enables achievement of stated goals in management of ECE. The study draws a correlation between adoption of principals of corporate governance and performance of the ECE sector........

Keywords: Early Childhood Education, Corporate Governance

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Abstract: Students' lowreading skill and learning outcomes in Bahasa Indonesia in SDN Tamansari Banyumasoccur due to the fact that: (1) Bahasa Indonesia is better known as subjects that are considered trivial, boring and uninteresting for the students, (2) the students have not been taught to understand the content of reading, (3) students have difficulty in assembling in their own words, (4) the use of local languages for students is still very strong. This study aims to improve reading skills and student learning outcomes for Bahasa Indonesia by applying the learning model Paired Story Telling with Rally Coach..........

Keywords: Cooperative Learning, Paired Story Telling, Rally Coach, Students' Reading Skills, Learning Outcomes, Classroom Action Research, Primary School

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Abstract: Aims: The present study was carried out to evaluate the relationship between the grades of pre-clinical and clinical courses of endodontics, fixed prosthodontics and restorative dentistry achieved by dental students entering Tabriz Faculty of Dentistry in 2009, 2010 and 2011. Materials and methods: The subjects in this retrospective cross-sectional study consisted of dental students entering Tabriz Faculty of Dentistry in 2009, 2010 and 2011 (n=48 students each year). The grades of the students in restorative dentistry, fixed prosthodontists, endodontics I (pre-clinic) and endodontics II (clinic) courses were recorded by referring to the Archives of the Education Office of the Faculty. The means and standard deviations of the grades were calculated. T-test was used to compare the means and standard deviations with SPSS. Statistical significance was set at P<0.05..........

Keywords: Endodontics, restorative dentistry, fixed prosthodontics, pre-clinic, clinic.

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