https://journal.ucc.edu.gh/index.php/jed-p <p style="text-align: justify;">The Journal of Educational Development and Practice (JED-P) is a journal of the Institute of Education, University of Cape Coast, Ghana. The Journal focuses on contemporary issues in educational development in Ghana and other countries, particularly, in the context of a developing world. It also seeks to stimulate extensive dialogue and discussion on educational policy and practice. It equally promotes innovative and creative research-based approaches to solving educational issues. In view of this, articles that feature on the following issues are welcome:</p> <ol> <li style="text-align: justify;">Review of curricula practice.</li> <li style="text-align: justify;">Evaluation of educational policies and practices.</li> <li style="text-align: justify;">Evaluation of various educational programmes such as interventions by NGOs and governmental agencies and</li> <li style="text-align: justify;">Studies examining alternative models of educational delivery.</li> </ol> en-US ioejedp@ucc.edu.gh (Dr. Christopher Yaw Kwaah) francisca.hackman@ucc.edu.gh (Francisca Hackaman) Thu, 06 Feb 2025 12:17:10 +0000 OJS 3.4.0.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 https://journal.ucc.edu.gh/index.php/jed-p/article/view/1659 <p>Several research findings have revealed that the more stimulating the environment and activities exposed to a child is, the more the child develops and learns. Unfortunately, the method of teaching adopted in preschool education levels in Nigeria has not been making children develop in all the domains as expected. This study therefore investigated the effects of hands-on/mind-on activities on the intellectual development of Pre-school children using pretest-posttest control group quasi experimental design. The results reveals that there is a significant main effect of treatment on Pre-school Children's Intellectual Development (F (1. 18) = 15.270; P &lt;0.005) among others.</p> Ishola Akindele Salami, Omone Loveth Egiethua Copyright (c) 2025 Journal of Educational Development and Practice https://journal.ucc.edu.gh/index.php/jed-p/article/view/1659 Sat, 01 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000