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search department of the city Campus of Freetown and filed with both the institute and oth-
er colleges and universities in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea.
The application segment relates the knowledge discovered in the Breadth and Depth
segments to build a program that may assist students in improving their computer skills
and promote the computer science field of study. The theoretical frameworks used in the
Application are those of Maslow (1954, 1968), Glasser (1965, 1998), and Bandura (1977,
1986, 1997). The following section discussions how students are introduced to the pilot
program, how investigators assessed the current computer technical choice and practical
usage, and through motivational interviews the educational program initiated.
Need for the Program
All computer community students visiting the institute student services clinics received
assessment of vital signs (technical background, practical skills, motivation to learn, and
goal inspiration), cognitive development, accountability, and awareness are the driving
tools used by the institute staff to assess the students. When calculating the level of re-
tentiveness in the course for students, the staff identified many students were outside the
normal range and had a high risk of dropping out of the program. According to computer
science professionals, interest in studying computer science decreased from 17.7 to 15 per-
cent in twenty-nine-year-old and above due to dramatic drop in the computer jobs oppor-
tunity in the industry, so leaders at the institute asked the students' learning center staff to
intervene to prevent closing of the institute.