Faculty of Applied Sciences and Mathematics Education

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Cultural orientations and product innovation in the Ghanaian banking sector
(Routledge, 2019-01-22) Atarisigna Jenkins Asaah; Yunfei Shao; Ansong Kwame Wadei; Nkrumah Frimpong Adasa Kofi
The Ghanaian banking sector plays a major role in the socio- economic development of the country. However, the banks are faced with many challenges which include growing customers’ demands, inadequate innovation practices and poor financial performance. With the advent of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs), there are calls for the banks to be more innovative. The paper explores the influence of organizational cultural orientations on product innovation. It also examines the moderating effect of extrinsic motivators on such relationships. Hypotheses were formulated and tested using data collected from the banking sector in Ghana. The findings are that innovate- oriented and compete-oriented cultures have a direct positive influence on product innovation. Both Informational Extrinsic Motivators (IEMs) and Controlling Extrinsic Motivators (CEMs) moderate the relationship between innovate-oriented, compete- oriented cultures and product innovation such that they diminish the positive relationship that exists between such variables. The paper offers theoretical contribution and managerial implications which are discussed.
COVID-19: fear appeal favoring purchase behavior towards personal protective equipment
(Routledge, 2020-04-16) Prince Clement Addo; Fang Jiaming; Nora Bakabbey Kulbo; Li Liangqiang
The 2019 novel coronavirus is a non-segmented positive-sense RNA virus belonging to the Coronaviridae-Nidovirales family. We examined the swings in purchase behavior following the outbreak of the COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, and across the world based on the theory of fear appeal. We gathered published statistics (suspected, confirmed, and fatality) on the COVID-19 alongside the purchase of personal protective equipment to examine the swings in online purchase behavior. With a serial mediated analysis, we established that fear appeal is associated with the sharp dynamics in the online purchase as related to the COVID-19. The results confirmed that fear appeal promotes social presence in anticipation of seeking affection, acceptance, and social information. This feeling is a precondition for developing e-loyalty, which promotes purchase behavior. Even though our variables might not be conclusive enough, we believe the findings are fundamental to understanding the swings in the purchase trend in this and any similar situations.
Customer engagement and purchase intention in live-streaming digital marketing platforms
(Routledge, 2021-03-12) Prince Clement Addo; Jiaming Fang; Andy Ohemeng Asare; Nora Bakabbey Kulbo
The lack of human and social cues and customer engagement impedes traditional e-commerce until the birth of social commerce. This study investigates how customer engagement in live-streaming digital marketing affects purchase intentions. The results of 1726 datasets from two e-commerce platforms suggest that customer engagement is significantly associated with followership and purchase intention in live-streaming digital marketing. Whiles price is a significant moderator, its effects become insignificant on their purchase intentions once consumers become followers. The results highlight the positive impacts of social elements, including likes, chats, visits, and exposure time in social commerce towards transactional (purchase) and non-transactional (followership) benefits. Finally, the paper introduces a new perception of measuring customer engagement in live-streaming digital marketing and calls for further research into this new paradigm of social commerce to promote business and service provisions even with the restrictions of COVID-19.
Modeling students’ mathematics achievement and performance through teaching quality: SERVQUAL perspective
(Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2021-09-02) Arthur, Yarhands Dissou; Dogbe, Courage Simon Kofi; Asiedu-Addo, Samuel Kwesi
among undergraduate students, using the SERVQUAL model. Design/methodology/approach – The sample comprised of 320 first-year undergraduate students of a public university in Ghana. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was run in Amos (v.23) to test the various hypotheses. Findings – The study concluded that the tangible aspect of the SERVQUAL model (service quality), which is very instrument in some service industries such as the airline, had no significant effect on mathematics achievement. Mathematics teaching reliability, responsiveness, assurance and empathy, however, had significant positive effects on mathematics achievement among undergraduate students. Research limitations/implications – The study assessed the effects of the individual dimensions of SERVQUAL on mathematics achievement, and it was realized that the tangible dimension had no significant effect. Tangibles may however compliment the other dimensions and is therefore imperative to also assess the effect of service quality (as a higher/second order variable) with the five dimensions as its first-order variables. Practical implications – Human resources (lecturers) were seen as a strategic tool in enhancing students’ academic performance and mathematics performance to be specific. Management of universities is therefore expected to invest in building, training and developing their human resources for an enhanced academic performance of students, especially in mathematics. Originality/value – Although some past studies have applied SERVQUAL to teaching and learning researches, attention was largely focused on the measurement or assessment of teaching quality using SERVQUAL, with little attention on the effect of SERVQUAL on an outcome variable.
Mathematics Interest and Self-Efficacy: Exploring the Relationship between the History of Mathematics and Mathematics Performance
(Star Scholars Press, 2024) Asare, Bright; Arthur, Yarhands Dissou; Obeng, Benjamin Adu
This study investigates the mediating role of mathematics interest and self-efficacy in the relationship between the history of mathematics and mathematics performance. The study adopted a descriptive-correlational design utilizing a structured questionnaire. The sample size comprised 318 university students. The data obtained was analyzed using Structure Equation Modeling (SEM) run by Amos (ver. 23). The findings revealed that HST positively affected mathematics interest and self-efficacy. Self-efficacy and mathematics interest partially mediate the relationships between HIST and mathematics performance. Future studies may consider students in other mathematics-related disciplines in other universities within or outside Ghana to increase generalization.
Effects Of Mother Tongue Instruction On Students’ Mathematical Achievement In The Bekwai Municipal
(Education & Learning in Developing Nations (ELDN), 2024-04-08) Abdul-Ganiyu, Fuseini; Obeng, Benjamin Adu; Asare, Bright; Arthur, Yarhands Dissou
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.
Application of Machine Learning and Predictive Models in Healthcare – A Review
(MECS Press, 2024-06-08) Agbesi Benjamin Eli; Addo Prince Clement; Oliver Kufuor Boansi
The use of predictive analytics or models in healthcare has the potential to revolutionize patient care by identifying high-risk patients and intervening with targeted preventative measures to improve health outcomes. This makes the application of analytics in healthcare a concept of utmost interest, which has been explored in various fashions by several scholars. From predicting patients’ ailments to prescribing appropriate drugs, predictive models have seen massive interest. This work studied published works on predictive models in healthcare and observed that the implementation of predictive models in healthcare is experiencing a notable upswing, with a particular focus on research in the United States, where a majority of the top publications originated. Surprisingly, all of the leading nations in this sector have affiliations spanning many continents, with the exception of Africa and South America, together producing a substantially larger volume of research than other countries. The United States also shone out, accounting for 60% of the top five researchers. Notably, although it was published in 2017 (relatively later), Jiang et al. had the most citations (1,346). These studies' core themes were clinical standards, machine learning terminology, and model accuracy. The Journal of Biomedical Informatics topped among journals, with 54 articles, while Luo Gang emerged as the top-performing author, with 12 publications.
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) Akendita, Paul Agmabire; Boateng, Francis Ohene; Arthur, Yarhands Dissou; Banson, Gideon Mensah; 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.
Enhancing TVET students’ interest in mathematics through the history of mathematics and self-efficacy
(Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2024-12-01) Arthur, Yarhands Dissou; Vittori, Thomas De; Welcome, B. Natalie; Dogbe, Courage Simon Kofi; Asare, Bright
he history of mathematics (HIST) and the interest in mathematics. Design/methodology/approach – A survey research design was adopted, with a quantitative research approach. The study adopted a convenience sampling technique to select 219 Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) students (level 100 to 400) from a public university in Ghana. Structural equation modelling (SEM) and a bias-corrected percentile method of bootstrapping were run in AMOS (v. 23), to estimate the path coefficients. Findings – The study found that the HISTsignificantly influences both the student’sinterest in mathematics and their mathematics self-efficacy. Furthermore, mathematics self-efficacy was found to significantly affect students’ interest in mathematics and partially mediate the relationship between the HISTand students’ interest. Research limitations/implications – The study was confined to TVETstudents in a single public university in Ghana. Future studies may consider TVET students in other disciplines in other universities within or outside Ghana to increase generalization. Originality/value – There is a shortage of empirical studies that specifically examine how self-efficacy mediatesthe relationship between the HISTas a teaching tool and students’ interest in mathematics. Also, while previous studies have examined the role of pedagogical approaches in mathematics education, there is a lack of research focusing on the impact of historical context on students’ interest, particularly within TVET settings.
Optimizing High School Mathematics Achievement through the Lens of Realistic Mathematics Education: The Mediating Role of Teacher Self-Efficacy
(International Journal of Studies in Education and Science (IJSES), 2025) Akosah, Ernest Frimpong; Arthur, Yarhands Dissou; Obeng, Benjamin Adu
This study examines the relationship between teaching quality, teacher self efficacy, and students' mathematics achievement among junior high school students in Ghana, utilizing Realistic Mathematics Education and Self Determination Theory as frameworks. A stratified purposive sample of 507 junior high school mathematics teachers from eight regions was selected, employing a correlational cross-sectional survey design. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) tested the hypotheses that teaching quality positively affects mathematics achievement, teacher self-efficacy influences teaching quality, and self-efficacy mediates the relationship between teaching quality and achievement. Results confirmed that high-quality teaching significantly improves mathematics achievement, especially when contextualized with RME principles. Teacher self efficacy emerged as a critical factor in enhancing teaching quality and directly influencing student outcomes. Mediation analysis showed that teacher self efficacy strengthens the effect of teaching quality on achievement. These findings highlight the need for educational policies to focus on professional development that boosts teachers' efficacy and promotes realistic, student-centered instructional strategies.
Exploring the Link between Teaching Variables and Ghanaian Junior High School Mathematics Achievement: The Mediating Role of Teachers’ Self – Efficacy
(Star Scholars Press, 2025) Akosah, Ernest Frimpong; Arthur, Yarhands Dissou; Obeng, Benjamin Adu
This study investigates the mediating role of teachers' self-efficacy in the relationship between teacher knowledge, teaching quality, teaching experience, and students' mathematics achievement. Utilizing a quantitative research design, the study employs structural equation modeling (SEM) to analyze data collected from 507 junior high school mathematics teachers and their 5070 students across eight regions in Ghana. Participants were selected using a stratified purposive sampling technique. The data were analyzed using SPSS and AMOS version 23. The findings reveal that teacher knowledge significantly impacts students' mathematics achievement, while teaching quality and teaching experience also exhibit positive effects. Furthermore, teacher self-efficacy was found to partially mediate the relationships between teacher knowledge and mathematics achievement, as well as between teaching quality and mathematics achievement. These results highlight the critical role of teacher self-efficacy in enhancing mathematics education. The study underscores the importance of professional development programs that focus on improving teacher self-efficacy to boost students' performance in mathematics.
Inclusive Pedagogies in Mathematics Education: Experiential Learning for Deaf Learners in Specialized Settings
(American Journal of STEM Education: Issues and Perspectives Star Scholars Press, 2025) Hatsu, Edo; Boateng, Francis Ohene; Arthur, D. Yarhands; Akosah, Ernest Frimpong
In this paper, we examined the effects of experiential learning combined with collaborative teaching on the mathematics achievement of deaf learners in specialized classrooms. A quasi-experimental design was employed, comparing pre-test and post-test scores of a control group that received traditional instruction with those of an experimental group taught through experiential learning using collaborative methods. Both groups showed improvement, but the experimental group demonstrated significantly greater gains. Findings confirm the effectiveness of learner-centered approaches in enhancing engagement and understanding among deaf students. The study aligns with global education reform efforts that advocate for inclusive, adaptive teaching practices. It highlights the importance of 98 innovative pedagogies in addressing diverse learner needs and promoting equitable outcomes, particularly in specialized and cross-cultural educational settings.
How ICT and Teacher Attitudes Shape Math Achievement: A Structural Equation Model from Ghana’s Secondary Education
(2025) Arhin, Jacob; Arthur, Yarhands Dissour; Gordon, Joseph Frank
In this study, we examine the impact of ICT integration on high school students’ mathematics achievement, with a focus on the moderating role of teachers’ attitudes toward technology. Data were gathered from 500 mathematics teachers using a multi-stage sampling method and analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). Findings reveal a positive relationship between ICT use and mathematics performance. Notably, teachers' positive attitudes toward ICT significantly strengthen this effect, highlighting the importance of teacher disposition in effective technology integration. The study highlights the importance of professional development that enhances both technical ICT competencies and positive attitudes. These results provide key insights for educational policy and instructional strategies aimed at improving learning outcomes through technology

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