Developing Hands-on Activities Using the Kasetsu Jikken Jugyou Approach to Generate Interest and Improve Student Achievement in Sciences in the Marshall Islands

This research aimed to investigate and discuss the effectiveness of the recently introduced Japanese conceptual approach (Kasetsu Jikken Jugyou also known as Hypothesis-Experiment Class) through hands-on activities on 10th-grade students\u27 interest and academic achievement in science. The study was conducted at two public high schools in Majuro, the capital of the Marshall Islands. There were 128 students (37 male, 91 female), of which 67 were assigned as experimental groups and instructed by hands-on activities using the Kasetsu Jikken Jugyou approach, while the remaining 61 were assigned as control groups and instructed by the traditional method. For this investigation, the Students\u27 Interest Questionnaire adapted from the Trends in the International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) was used to collect the data. For the students\u27 achievement performance, Pre-test, Post-test, and students\u27 reflection were given. 　　The data was analyzed using the Independent Sample t-test through SPSS. The results indicated a significant difference between the means of the students\u27 science achievement in favor of the experimental group. This study\u27s results are significant, especially to the Marshall Islands since the Public School System (PSS) cannot afford to provide expensive science equipment to make the students physically active and engaged in learning science

Language endangerment and language documentation in Africa

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Isolation of hydrocarbon-degrading microorganisms from the waters of Manila Bay

The use of petroleum and other oil products causes severe oil spills and damages to our aquatic environment. This study involved the isolation and screening of oil-degrading bacteria from sea water polluted with oil products. A docking area in Manila Bay was the chosen study site. Samples from six sites were plated in oil salts medium. All water samples yielded negative results for oil-degrading microorganisms

Unilever RFM Ice Cream Inc.: A marketing plan for the Selecta Fun Tub Ice Cream

Ice cream is classified into two types: bulk and novelties. Bulk ice creams are those that come in one gallon, half gallon, tubs and print. Meanwhile, novelties and impulse products are those in sticks, cups, sandwiches and cones. The primary target market of Selecta being the market leader of ice cream in the Philippines is that of families, more importantly the mothers of each household since they are the frequent buyers of ice cream. The secondary target market of Selecta would be that of the kids o4f the family since they garner a significant amount of influence and pestering over the primary target market of Selecta. (personal communication, October 3, 2005). Increasing competition in the market has led manufacturers to develop and launch new production techniques, flavors and products. New opportunities are such as the rise of health consciousness, new joint ventures forming, the consumption of ice cream during occasions, and the lack of take-home ice cream for kids. With the said, the primary goal of the new Selecta Fun Tub ice cream is to be the number 1 provider of take-home ice cream for the young market in the Philippines followed by its secondary goal to create a new image for ice cream as being nutritionally beneficial and to maximize the fun index of ice cream in the take-home category that has not been exploited for a long time through various promotions. The fun Tubs short-term objectives would be to create and establish a sustainable product line for take home ice cream that would fully penetrate the largely untapped young market in the National Capital Region and further increase in products awareness and sales volume in the future ahead through various marketing efforts and promotions. The annual quantitative measurements will check and evaluate variables such as, desired product awareness over increase in sales in per SKU purchase, targeted in actual purchase per year. Surveys, interviews, and other forms like such would check how each strategy have affected the purchasing decision of the Fun tub consumers