1Eric Twum Ampofo, 2Kwadwo Oteng Akyina
1Assistant Lecturer, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, College of Agriculture Education, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana.
2Lecturer, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, College of Agriculture Education, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana.

MLA 8
Ampofo, Eric Twum, and Kwadwo Oteng Akyina. "PREDICTORS OF DAY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS' PERFORMANCE IN MATHEMATICS AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN THE ASHANTI MAMPONG MUNICIPALITY OF GHANA: THE COMBINED EFFECT OF INDEPENDENT AND INTERVENING VARIABLES." Int. J. Arts&Humanities, vol. 2, no. 4, Apr. 2018, pp. 201-227, ijah.org/more2018.php?id=14. Accessed 2018.
APA
Ampofo, E., & Akyina, K. (2018, April). PREDICTORS OF DAY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS' PERFORMANCE IN MATHEMATICS AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN THE ASHANTI MAMPONG MUNICIPALITY OF GHANA: THE COMBINED EFFECT OF INDEPENDENT AND INTERVENING VARIABLES. Int. J. Arts&Humanities, 2(4), 201-227. Retrieved from ijah.org/more2018.php?id=14
Chicago
Ampofo, Eric Twum, and Kwadwo Oteng Akyina. "PREDICTORS OF DAY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS' PERFORMANCE IN MATHEMATICS AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN THE ASHANTI MAMPONG MUNICIPALITY OF GHANA: THE COMBINED EFFECT OF INDEPENDENT AND INTERVENING VARIABLES." Int. J. Arts&Humanities 2, no. 4 (April 2018), 201-227. Accessed , 2018. ijah.org/more2018.php?id=14.

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