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STUDENTS’ CHARACTERISTICS AS PREDICTORS OF THEIR PERCEPTIONS ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COMPUTER-BASED TEST IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES
Get PDFComputer and related technologies provide powerful tools to meet the new challenges of designing and implementing assessments methods that go beyond the conventional practices. With the growing population of students in most Nigerian Universities, there is need for the use of Computer-Based Test (CBT) for assessment. CBT has long been regarded as a potentially powerful asset for providing assessment. The successes of transition from Paper-Based Test (PBT) to CBT in Nigerian universities prompted this study to investigate students perceptions in this field based on a survey study underpinned by the modified Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) as the research framework. The study is descriptive and the factors that can predict acceptance of CBT for examination in the Nigerian Universities was investigated in a survey study involving 1506 students. The dimensions used in the study were Perceived Ease of Use (PEOU), Perceived Usefulness (PU) and Perceived Credibility (PC). The three dimensions envisage the use of CBT. The study revealed amongst others that the usefulness, ease of use and credibility are important in the’ use of computer-based test in Nigerian universities. Based on the result, it was recommended that students’ gender and field of study be considered in the use of CBT
Training English Language Teachers Through CMC-ELT Blended Model A Case Study of Online MA TEFL Programme of AIOU
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SKILLS LEARNING COMPETENCY OF THE SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE PHYSICS LABORATORY
Get PDFPractical skills occupy a pivotal position in the laboratory teaching learning process. Developing the practical skills in the students is a very common objective of teaching Physics. Laboratories are one of the characteristic features of education in the sciences at all levels. It would be rare to find any course in any institution of education without a substantial component of laboratory activity.This paper describes the performance of girl students’ skills learning at secondary school level in the Physics laboratory. A teacher made criterion - reference test was applied to measure three practical skills that is measuring skills, graph drawing skills and graph interpreting skills. The objectives were to study competency in measurement skills, in graph drawing skills and in graph interpreting skills. Only eight percent of the student achieved the mastery level in any of the three skills. The performance of the students in measurement skills was comparatively better than the other two skills. The performance of the students in graph interpreting was very poor of all the three skills.It is important to think about the ways of teaching in the context of laboratory work and also the facilities in the laboratories. In developed countries like UK, where great time and money is spent on doing practical work in schools, there is a need for sound empirical based evidence to justify the laboratory work. For developing countries, like Pakistan, the same justification is needed in order to set up and manage good laboratory for all science courses.This study has aimed at exploring the competency in Physics laboratory skills learning of the secondary school level students.Only 8% students achieved the mastery level in learning the three skills. The competences of the students were much below than the criterion marks (80%) fixed for this study
ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ONLINE EDUCATION FROM THE STUDENTS' PERSPECTIVE
Get PDFIn this paper the researchers have investigated students' perceptions about theeffectiveness of their online education. The sample consisted of 180 participants of theVirtual University (VU) of Pakistan, and already developed instruments were used tomeasures dependent and independent variables. Through using correlation matrix andregression analysis, it was found that the following areas are important for studentsabout the effectiveness of online education; Instructor competence, Course structure,and level of technology. The results of our research showed that faculty iat VU isdelivering online education that meets the students' needs in regard to course structureand instructor competence. Moreover, results also indicated that students think thatcourse structure and instructor competence are more important for the effectiveness ofonline education than the current level of technology
VALIDATION OF IN-SERVICE TEACHER ORIENTATION PROGRAMME (INSTOP) AS A MODEL FOR IN-SERVICE TRAINING OF TEACHERS IN PAKISTAN
Get PDFThis study was designed to validate the INSTOP model which hadbeen developed by the researcher himself in 2001 on the basis of thedata collected from 240 in-service teacher trainers in Pakistan. Forthis purpose, a questionnaire was developed. This questionnaire wasadministered to the teacher trainers and experts who were engaged inthe formal and non-formal in-service training of primary schoolteachers. The model and the questionnaire were discussed in theseminars held with experts in twelve cities of Pakistan. A finialseminar was held with 22 in-service teacher trainers and experts inRawalpindi city. In this way the model INSTOP (In-service TeacherOrientation Programme) was validated formulating clearly specifiedgeneral and specific objectives. The specific objectives were againclassified as cognitive, psychomotor and affective. The contents hadboth the academic and practical bias. The model INSTOP was alsodesigned on the lines of CIPP (context-input-process-product) and itwas mathematically illustrated in order to show its components
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF VYGOTSKY'S CONCEPT OF ZONE OF PROXIMAL DEVELOPMENT AND TRADITIONAL METHOD FOR TEACHING MATHEMATICS AT ELEMENTARY LEVEL
Get PDFEarlier, only one study analyzed ZPD in graduate teacher training programmes ofAllama Iqbal Open University. In contrast, present study was a classroom experiment;the purpose was to investigate the comparative effectiveness of Vygotsky's Concept ofZone of Proximal Development and Traditional Method for teaching Mathematics atElementary Level. The design of the study was pertest-posttest control group designand the sample of 48 students equated on their prior ability in maths into 24-studentsexperimental and control group each. The measuring instrument of the research was aself-prepared achievement test of 40 multiple-choice items in the subject ofmathematics for 8th grade level. The treatment span was for six weeks, forty minuteseach day. After collecting data, it was analyzed through mean, standard deviation,coefficient of variability and t- test.Findings of the study show that the students who were taught mathematics throughVygotskyian method of Zone of Proximal Development complemented by scaffoldingdid better in mathematics achievement than the students taught through theconventional method.Hence, Vygotskian model of teaching was perhaps a better substitute of traditionalmode of teaching mathematics to elementary students
A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF VIRTUAL AND TRADITIONAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT IN PAKISTAN
Get PDFOnline education is increasingly becoming common in higher education forsupporting traditional education as well as emerging as an opportunity fordelivering entire education online. In Online education, multimedia materials areused to support learning and the ability to adapt the course content to meet awider range of learner interests and abilities. This research investigates thesatisfaction and performance of the students in TLE and VLE and also findsdifferences in gender based students’ satisfaction and performance. Further, thepreferences of the students in selecting their Learning Environment are analysed.Data have been collected from four educational institutions with a sample of size200 duly taken for consideration. The findings portray that maximum students aresatisfied with their learning environment and performing well in their respectiveenvironment. However, most male students especially of TLE want to switch overfrom TLE to VLE due to certain reasons. Management or higher authorities in TEmay try a launch an optional parallel VE to attract more students and to give analternate option for their traditional student to perform better
IMPACT OF INSTITUTIONAL MANAGEMENT FOR ENHANCING THE QUALITY TEACHING
Get PDFThe institutional management is the key to ensure quality teaching. Teaching isdestined to encourage learning through instruction and motivation. Theperquisites for quality teaching are competent, knowledgeable and dedicatedfaculty, availability and use of latest instructional technology, congenial andpsychological environment and committed students. The nature of the study wasdescriptive and the population of the study consisted of all academicians ofacademic faculties, deans, chairmen/chairpersons and directors of local fouruniversities. Hundred institutional management such as all deans, directors andchairmen and hundred academicians were included in sample. Data werecollected through questionnaire and for analyzing the data mean score wasapplied. Hence, overall study concluded that higher the quality of instructionalmanagement the higher the quality of teaching