The study investigated the effect of cognitive conflict strategy and gender on scientific reasoning skills in conservation Biology among senior secondary school students in Biu Education Zone, Borno State. The study employed a pre-test post-test non- equivalent control group design. Two intact SSII Biology classes from two public co education senior secondary schools were used. 22 male and 33 female students received treatment for six weeks while the control group consists of 25 male and 27 female students.
Volume 7 Issue 2 2023
This study was based on the inter rater reliability of 2021/2022 teaching practice assessment of the student-teachers of the University of Benin. Three research questions and corresponding hypotheses were raised and formulated respectively. It employed the survey research designed with correlation approach. All the 152 supervisors/raters of the 2021/2022 TP exercise which were grouped into76 groups and all the 3269 undergraduate students of 300 and 400 levels who took part in the TP exercise made up the population of the study.
This study investigated the effect of blended learning approach on Biology students’ achievement in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State, Nigeria. The study adopted the pretest-posttest non-equivalent control group research design. The population of this study comprised all the 516 SSS II Biology students in public co-educational schools in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State. The sample of this study comprised all the 58 students from two intact classes selected. Two research questions were raised and all were hypothesized and tested to guide the direction of the study.
This study was on the effect of two instructional methods and prior knowledge on Social Studies students’ academic performance in Delta State. The aim of this paper is to determine the effect of student’s prior knowledge, discussion and demonstration methods of instruction on the academic performance of Social Studies students. The study was guided by three (3) research hypotheses. Literature review was hinged on the theory of constructivist learning propounded by Dewey (1996).
The study examines the extent to which competency-based curriculum factors predict the achievement of effectiveness among Middle Basic Education pupils in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. In this regard, the researcher formulated three research questions along with three null hypotheses to guide the study. This study was a correlational research design. The population of the study consisted of all 156 public primary schools with 2100 teachers in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
This study examined the views of nature of science (NOS) of secondary school in-service science teachers in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State, South-South, Nigeria, relative to experience and professional training. Three research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted the descriptive survey design. The population for the study comprised 211 secondary school in-service science teachers in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State, SouthSouth, Nigeria.
The study assessed principals’ administrative effectiveness in public secondary schools in Ilorin West Local Government Area, Kwara State, Nigeria. It adopted the descriptive research design of correlation type. Two thousand one hundred and sixty-five teachers in all the 44 schools in the area formed the study population. Twenty-two schools were randomly selected while 20 teachers were also randomly selected from each of the sampled schools, to make a sample of 240.
Lock down measures employed by many countries including Nigeria to minimize the spread of COVID-19 almost crumbled the economic activities in the world. Many economic activities including Small and Medium Scale Enterprises were negatively affected. However, some were more negatively affected than others due to the kind of services they rendered. During the lock down, people still visited the saloon to make their hair, fixed their vehicles, repaired their generating sets and mended their leaking roofs among others.
This study examined the impact of Computer Based Instructional Package on Chemistry students' achievement in learning oxidationreduction reaction. Three research questions were raised and further hypothesised. The research design adopted for the study was the pretest posttest non-equivalent control group quasi experimental design. The population of the study was four hundred and eighty one (481) Chemistry students in senior secondary two in public schools in Oshimili South Local Government Area of Delta State. Simple random sampling (balloting) was used to select two secondary schools.
Recent conceptualizations of the knowledge and skills teachers need to successfully navigate the ever increasing digitally-rich Mathematics classrooms have been based on technologically pedagogical content knowledge (TACK) domains. This study therefore employed the survey research design to examine teachers' perceived preparedness in integrating digital technology in the teaching of Mathematics in Edo South Senatorial District, Edo State, Nigeria, based on technological knowledge, pedagogical knowledge and content knowledge.