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PARAMETERISATION OF PHYSICS MULTIPLE CHOICE ITEMS FOR STUDENTS OF TECHNICAL COLLEGES IN ENUGU STATE, NIGERIA
No full textThe study parameterised physics multiple choice items towards achieving validity of the items for students in technical colleges in Enugu State. The design adopted for the study was instrumentation research design. All year two students of physics in technical colleges in Enugu State in the 2022/2023 academic session formed the population of the study. Purposive sampling technique was used to select 175 students from six technical colleges across the six educational zones of the state. The instrument used for data collection was Physics Achievement Test which was validated by experts. Kuder-Richardson’s formular 20 reliability coefficient of 0.83 was established. The instrument was administered to the students and their responses were used to prepare a-person by item matrix. The Binary Logistic Regression was used for data analyses. The results of the data analyses yielded the answers to the three research questions. It was revealed that while some items of PAT did not fit the three-parameter logistic model of Item Response Theory. The result equally revealed that some items of the PAT were too difficult while some discriminated negatively. One of the major recommendations is that physics test items should be parameterised towards enhancing the overall validity of the test
Assessing the Validity of Christian Religious Studies Multiple-Choice Items of Enugu State Basic Education Certificate Examination
No full textThis study is to determine the validity of using multiple choice questions for the Basic Christian Religious Certificate Examination in Enugu State. One research question and one hypothesis were formulated for the study. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population for the study consisted of Upper Basic 9 CRS students in all 291 secondary schools in Enugu State, who registered for BECE in 2015 and 2018. Three secondary schools were sampled from the three Local Government Areas that made up Enugu Education Zone. BECE question papers were administered to 300 students from the three schools drawn from the Enugu Education Zone. BECE question paper was the instrument used for data collection. The instrument was not face validated because it was a standardized test. Content validation was done using the Chi-square test of the Goodness-of-fit at an alpha level of 0.05. The major findings of the study showed that the BECE CRS multiple-choice questions of Enugu State Ministry of Education had low content validity. It was recommended that Enugu State Ministry of Education through the Examination Development Centre (EDC) should generate items in accordance with the specifications of the test blueprint
Availability of Instructional Materials for Teaching of Accounting Education in Selected Universities in Enugu State, Nigeria
No full textThe study looked at the resources available at a few Enugu state universities for teaching accounting education. The research design for the study was survey-based. The questionnaire that the researchers created was the research tool that was utilized to gather data. The population for the study during the 2021–2022 academic session consisted of 100 accounting education teachers. Due to the study\u27s modest size, the entire population was studied. The study was led by two hypotheses. Frequency analysis was used to address the study issues, and t-test statistics was employed to assess the hypotheses at the 0.05 level of significance. The results of the study showed that the availability of instructional materials in Business-Accounting Education is hampered by inadequate maintenance, bad instructor attitudes toward facility management, and inferior materials. According to the report, universities should be encouraged by the government to modify their curricula to reflect the evolving needs of students in terms of technology and instructional resources. Modern technology and instructional resources are essential components of effective education, and educators should take advantage of them. To enhance the teaching of accounting education, key and essential instructional resources should be made available by the government, business organizations, parents, educators, and institution
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND ASSERTIVENESS AS FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE PRO-SOCIAL BEHAVIOR AMONG NIGERIAN POLICE
Get PDFThe study examines emotional intelligence and assertiveness as factors that influence prosocial behavior among Nigerian Police. One hundred and twenty-two (122) police officers comprising of 78 males and 44 females (mean age = 36.8, SD = 9.68) selected from police stations in Enugu metropolis participated in the study. A questionnaire comprising demographic information and three scales: Prosociality Scale; emotional Intelligence Scale and Assertiveness Schedule was used for data collection. Hierarchical multiple regression was used for analysis of data. Results reveal emotional intelligence (β = .327, t = 3.65, p<.05) and assertiveness (β= .273, t= 2.85, p<.05) as factors that significantly influence prosocial behavior among the Nigerian Police. Useful implications and conclusion were mad
MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS AND EMPLOYEES’ PRODUCTIVITY AMONG NIGERIAN SECURITY AND CIVIL DEFENCE CORPS (NSCDC) IN OYO STATE, NIGERIA
Get PDFThis paper focuses on the motivational factors and employees’ productivity among Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Oyo State, Nigeria. The problems facing NSCDC include poor funding, limited access to credit, poor training, increment in salary, etc. It examines the relationship between motivation and employees’ productivity among (NSCDC) in Oyo State, Nigeria. The study employed primary and secondary sources of data collection and adopted interview and questionnaire administration. Two hundred participants were chosen from the selected officers through Purposive Sampling Technique. The results showed that the ages ranged was between 20 and 45 years which mean 34:33 years (50 9:14) and length of service ranges between 1 and 9 years regarding the motivational factor. The qualification was HND and B.Sc. From research hypotheses were tested using t-table for independent samples and Pearson Product Moment Correlation. The findings also revealed that there are significant positive relationships between motivational factors and work productivity of officers.
Recommendations – There is need for the management and its various classifications such as management as people, management a discipline, management as a field of study, management as a career, management as an art, management as a science to place all hands-on deck to motivate because motivation is an energy force that serves as major tools in market management achieve their various aims and objectives of the organizatio
Secondary School Teachers’ and Students’ Attitude Towards Teaching and Learning of Sex Education in Enugu East Local Government Area of Enugu State, Nigeria
No full textThis study investigated secondary school teachers’ and students’ attitude towards teaching and learning of sex education in Enugu East Local Government Area of Enugu State. It adopted a descriptive survey design. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire which was developed by the researchers and validated by experts in the field of measurement and evaluation. The data collected were trial tested and analysed using the Cronbach Alpha. The reliability coefficient of the instrument was found to be 0.89 which indicated that the instrument was reliable for the study. A sample size of 120 (48males and 72 females) SSS students was randomly sampled from four schools out of ten schools that was used for the study. The research questions were answered using mean score and standard deviation while the hypotheses were tested with t-test statistic at P-value of 0.05% level of significance. The findings among others revealed that there is significant difference in the attitude of male and female teachers towards the teaching of sex education. The findings equally revealed that there is significant difference between male and female students’ attitude towards learning of sex education. Based on the findings, the researchers recommended that a curriculum of sex education should be developed for all secondary schools in Nigeria and the subject family life replaced with sex education
Effect of Virtual Project Based Method on Students’ Achievement in Essay Writing in the Post Covid-19 Pandemic World
No full textThis study looked at how students\u27 essay-writing skills fared after COVID-19 using a virtual project-based method. The pre- and posttest designs in this quasi-experimental study were non-randomized control groups. There were no missing courses. The study took place in Enugu State\u27s Awgu Education Zone. The population of the study consisted of all seniors of Senior Secondary School II of Awgu Education Zone. A total of 300 children were included in the sample, and they were split up into groups according to their gender and school district. The method used to collect the data was essay writing in English. The instrument was validated by a professor of English, a certified language educator, and a measurement and evaluation specialist from Godfrey Okoye University in Enugu. Using the Kendall Coefficient of Concordance, the instrument\u27s reliability was 0.77. The data were evaluated using the means, standard deviations, and ANCOVA. The study\u27s conclusions show how considerably the virtual project-based method affected students\u27 mean levels of skill in English essay writing. Female students did better than male students when writing essays in English. The mean achievement of students in essay writing did not, however, differ significantly by gender when using a virtual project-based approach to education. Following these conclusions, it was suggested that teachers adopt and apply a virtual project-based method while educating English essay writing. The government should also codify the efficient application of online project-based learning in the teaching of English essay in secondary schools
Participation of School-Based Management Committee in the Administration of Public Secondary Schools in Enugu, Nigeria
No full textThe primary goal of the study was to determine how much of Enugu State\u27s secondary schools were under the supervision of the School-Based Management Committee (SBMC). The necessary data were collected from the respondents using two research questions. The inquiry started with the creation of two null hypotheses and was conducted using a descriptive survey methodology. All of the secondary school principals from the six government-owned education zones in Enugu State who were chosen from the Executive Members of SBMC at each institution, as well as all of the PA Executives from each of the six education zones, participated in the study. The communities of the 314 schools were represented by a total of 314 principals and 1,435 Parents Association (PA) members. Three experts in the field validated the questionnaire. Two of the professionals came from the Department of Educational Management, while the third came from the Measurement and Evaluation division of the Department of Science and Computer Education. The reliability coefficient of the instrument was calculated using the Cronbach Alpha formula. The instrument\u27s strong reliability was proven by the alpha value, which was found to be 0.86. The study\u27s issues were addressed using mean scores and standard deviation, and the hypotheses were assessed using the t-test statistic at the 0.05 level of significance. The major findings of the study revealed broad consensus regarding the degree of SBMC engagement in the funding of secondary schools in Enugu State. It was proposed that executives of the parents\u27 organization and school administrators take into account fresh ways to pay for the institution\u27s necessitie
Availability, Use and Challenges of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Chemistry Education
No full textThis present work deals with the availability, use and challenges of information and communication technology (ICT) in Chemistry education. Studies that investigate students\u27 ICT skills in science particularly in Chemistry establish that ICT-based learning environments play a significant role in education. ICT is used in planning and delivering of Chemistry, it can also be used as an evaluation tool. Several governmental and non- governmental organizations, banks and individuals have funded the implementation of ICT in Nigeria educational institutions at all levels. Animations and videos of complex molecular structures in Chemistry are available for classroom teaching for all categories of students in Chemistry. But various factors still limit the availability of ICT in educational institutions. Teaching and learning of Chemistry is facing various challenges such as infrastructural, capacity building and financial cost challenges and Chemistry is actually central to many of the environmental and resources use, issues at the heart of sustainable development. To address these challenges, there is need for accessibility, availability and use of ICT in teaching and learning of Chemistry at all levels. This is because when ICT is effectively employed in education, it can accelerate, enrich, and deepen basic skills needed to motivate and engage students to learn as they become more independent and responsible for their learning. The use of ICT would enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the teacher’s instructional delivery which will in turn contribute meaningfully to students’ knowledge by keeping them abreast of the skills involved in the use of ICTs. In addition, it was recommended among others that government should ensure adequate provision of the required ICT facilities in the schools for use by the teachers