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    Effects Of Mother Tongue Instruction On Students’ Mathematical Achievement In The Bekwai Municipal
    (Education & Learning in Developing Nations, 2024-04-04) Abdul-Ganiyu, Fuseini; Obeng, Adu Benjamin; Asare, Bright; Arthur, Dissou Yarhands
    The study examined the effect of the mother tongue teaching on students' mathematical achievement. From St. Joseph Senior High Technical School, two experimental classes and one control class were chosen. While the control group was instructed only in English, the first experimental group was instructed exclusively in their native language (Twi), whereas the second experimental class was instructed using mother tongue (Twi) as an additional medium of instruction. The results of the pre-test and post-test were statistically examined using the t-test. The findings showed that using Twi as the sole teaching language and using English as the only training language were equally unsuccessful, while mother tongue (Twi) was found to be statistically significant in improving students’ mathematics achievement.
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    The Mediating Role of Teacher Effective Communication on the Relationship between Students’ Mathematics Interest and their Mathematics Performance
    (International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematics Education, 2024-12-30) Akendita, Agmabire Paul; Boateng, Ohene Francis; Arthur, Yarhands Dissou; Banson, Mensah Gideon; Abil, Maccarthy; Ahenkorah, Marfo
    The study investigated how teacher-effective communication mediated the relationship between students’ mathematics interest and performance. The descriptive survey design, which is anchored on the quantitative research approach of the positivism paradigm, was used, and 200 second-year students of a Senior High School in the Talensi district of the Upper East Region were selected through the means of stratified sampling procedures as well as random selections from the strata. A structural equation model (SEM) with bootstrap samples was used to analyze the gathered data, and it was discovered that students' performance in mathematics was positively and statistically impacted significantly on their interest in the subject. In addition, teacher-effective communication was found to have a significant direct positive statistical effect on students’ mathematics performance. Furthermore, students’ mathematics interests correlated positively with the teacher's effective communication. The findings indicated that there existed a partial mediation effect of teacher-effective communication on the relationship between students’ mathematics interest and students’ mathematics performance. Teachers should be allowed to grow professionally in teaching mathematics to communicate vividly and efficiently in mathematical concepts. This will strengthen their mathematical communication skills and also imbibe in them the abilities to incorporate different kinds of collaborative learning techniques to aid students in making faster progress in their mathematical proficiency
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    Effect of Microfinance Products on Small Business Growth: Emerging Economy Perspective
    (Journal of Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation, 2018-06-02) Gyimah, Prince; Boachie, Kwasi Williams
    Small businesses play a significant role in the economic stability and development of emerging economies, and access to financial services is crucial to their growth and performance. This study seeks to ascertain whether microfinance products such as loans, savings, insurance, and education affect small business growth in Ghana. The study uses descriptive and inferential statistics on responses of 248 small business owners for data analysis. Using multiple linear regression analysis, the study found that all the microfinance product or services positively affects small business growth, and the greatest influence is microloans. This study contributes massively to exact literature to the growth of microfinance institutions (MFIs) and small businesses in an emerging economy, Ghana. The study can assist MFIs to assess the effectiveness of their product or services, and can also serve as a guide to effective utilization of available scarce resources leading to the growth of small businesses in emerging economies.
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    Does gender affect loan default?
    (EuroMed J. Management, 2019) Jalloh, Bernadette Marie Yamorloh; Appiah, Opoku Kingsley; Gyimah, Prince
    We examine the effects of gender on loan default in an emerging market context. Specifically, we investigate whether female borrowers are less risky to loan default than male counterparts. Using logit and 3,717 loan clients’ dataset from a big financial institution in Sierra Leone over the period 2007 to 2014, we find that female is positively related to loan default but not statistically significant. This finding has implication on theory, practice and policy on loan default in emerging market context. This study’s finding does not only contribute to an important but neglected area of research, but also practice and policy, due to the size, growth and impact of loan default in emerging markets.
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    Corporate Governance and Firm Performance: An Empirical Analysis of Manufacturing Listed Firms in Ghana
    (Accounting and Finance Research, 2018-06-07) Sarpong-Danquah, Beatrice; Gyimah, Prince; Owusu Afriyie, Richard; Asiamah, Albert
    This paper assesses the effect of corporate governance on the financial performance of manufacturing firms in a developing country. Specifically, the paper investigates whether gender diversity, board independence, and board size affects return on asset (ROA) and return on equity (ROE) of manufacturing listed firms in Ghana. We use the generalized least squares (GLS) panel regression model to analyze the dataset of 11 listed manufacturing firms from 2009-2013. Our result reveals an insignificant representation of women on boards. Also, the empirical result shows that board independence and board gender diversity have significant positive effect on ROE and ROA. However, there is no statistical significant relationship between board size and firm performance (ROE and ROA). We suggest that manufacturing firms should appoint female board members as well as outside directors on their boards as this can make significant contribution to firm’s performance. Our study provides the first comprehensive explicit exposition of corporate governance-performance nexus using data from the manufacturing sector in Ghana.