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Peer reviewedDzama, Emmanuel N. N.; Osborne, Jonathan F. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1999
Literature reviews and a study conducted in Malawi suggest that poor performance in science among students in developing African countries is caused by the absence of vocational incentives rather than by evidence of a conflict between traditional beliefs and science. Explains that science-performance improvement for students in developing…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Context, Developing Nations, Development
