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Author: search.filters.author.Gegbe, BrimaEnd date: 2019

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    The Impact of Motivation on Pupils’ Academic Achievement and Learning Outcomes in Mathematics among Secondary Schools in Sierra Leone: A Case Study Kori Chiefdom, Moyamba District Southern Sierra Leone
    (Global Society of Scientific Research and Researchers, 2015-09-20) Gegbe, Brima
    Motivation can be viewed as an internal state arouses, direct, and maintains behavior. This simply means motivation is a reason of students’ thinking in a given situation . Mathematics teachers should wisely utilize available learning resources to enhance positive motivation, reinforce neutral motivation, if any, and neutralize any negative attitudes towards learning and performance in mathematics. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of motivation on pupils’ academic achievement and learning outcomes in mathematics among secondary school pupils in Njala and Taiama kori chiefdoms Moyamba district. A total of 100 questionnaires were administered in the four schools and twenty five questionnaires from each school. Data was collected using Mathematics academic performance Questionnaires (MAPQ) for students and analyzed using Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS). The findings show the major problem face by students in learning mathematics is the language used by the teachers and inadequate mathematics textbooks and learning resources.
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    The Impact of Motivation on Pupils
    (Global Society of Scientific Research and Researchers, 2015-09-20) Gegbe, Brima
    Motivation can be viewed as an internal state arouses, direct, and maintains behavior. This simply means motivation is a reason of students
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    Motivational Reasons of Consumers Behind Green Tea (Ataya) Consumption in Sierra Leone.
    (Global Society of Scientific Research and Researchers, 2015-05-17) Gegbe, Brima
    In Sierra Leone, Ataya bases have rapidly replacing Ghettos as most youths now prefer to spend time at the Ataya base than the ghetto, is easy to get the statistics of unemployed youths in the country, it is an ideal place to counsel youths alongside their diverse interests, easy also for government to access and interact with youths. The purpose of the research is to find out the motivational reasons of consumers behind Green tea (Ataya) consumption in Sierra Leone. A total of Three hundred and seventy (370) questionnaires were administered in the western area of Sierra Leone. Base on the structure of the questionnaires and the sampling frame being selected in each of the three areas, a simple random sampling was used to carry out the study. A model of a chi square analysis was used to test that: there is no strong motivational reason of consumers behind ataya consumption. Nearly(21%) of the respondents often drink Ataya, (31%)