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ABSTRACT Memorization is a common teaching strategy used by most teachers in the Nigeria educational system. The effect of this strategy on students’ achievement in whatever field has not been ascertained. However, due to regular poor performance of students in manufacturing accounts, the peer tutoring strategy which is now gaining popularity was experimented with to see if the students’ performance would improve. This study compared peer tutoring strategy with memorization ...

ABSTRACT This study was conducted to investigate the conflict resolution mechanisms in public secondary schools in Ebonyi state, Nigeria. Four research questions and three hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. The population of the study comprised of all the public secondary school principals and teachers in Ebonyi State. The sample for the study is 260 respondents, out of the total population of ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the Study The importance of effective budgetary practices at all levels of economy has for long been the major concern of many educationists, economists and politicians. This is because effective budgetary practices reflect the focus of administrators’ expenditure and revenue for major development in any financial year. Aguba (2009) believed that a budget is a financial blue print for the operation of organization, including the ...

ABSTRACT This study assessed the management of the outcomes of STEP-B project, to ascertain the extent to which the project is achieving its objectives and the necessary management factors put in place to ensure the sustainability of the STEP-B activities in the area. The study adopted a descriptive survey design and it was conducted in the south-south area of Nigeria. The population of the study was 10,864 comprising: 17 principals, ...

ABSTRACT This study assessed availability and utilization of instructional materials in the implementation of nomadic education programme in Taraba State, purposely to determine: the extent of provision of instructional materials; relevance of the instructional Materials; quality of Teachers Supply and retention; level of utilization of instructional materials provided; and infrastructural facilities in the implementation of Nomadic Education Programme in Taraba State. Five research Questions and five null hypotheses were raised ...

ABSTRACT This study was designed to investigate factors influencing parental perception of nomadic education in Shagari Local Government Area of Sokoto State. Descriptive survey design was employed which used Krejcie and Morgan (1971) table for determining the sample size in selecting the subjects for the study, the instruments used were Focus Group Discussion (FGDs) guide, interview and observation were the major instruments used in data collection. Subject of the research ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1      Background to the Study Retirement is the total withdraw of a worker‟s services from an organization after putting in some specified number of years or having attained the specified retirement age (Yantumaki, 2005). Akinde, (2003) defines retirement as a final stage of life when one leaves an occupation which are had to been involved in for a considerable length of individual‟s working life. The individual‟s service ...

Abstract   This study was conducted to investigate the provision and use of information resources and services in Libraries for legislation in Houses of Assemblyof North Central States of Nigeria. To accomplish the objectives of the study, six research questions were raised and three State Houses of Assembly were randomly selected. The population for this study comprised of 76 members of state houses of Assembly and the management of the ...

ABSTRACT   This study examined the relationship between stress and academic achievement of undergraduate students of Federal University of Technology Minna Niger State, Nigeria. Six objectives, six research questions, and six hypotheses guided the study. The study which was correlational research design, had a population of ten thousand five hundred and two (10,502) students of Federal University of Technology, out of which a sample of three hundred and seventy eight ...

CHAPTER  INTRODUCTION 1.1         Background to the Study The students in Nigerian tertiary used various media and objects such as drums, flutes, gongs etc; for communication and the class rooms‟ discussion was not left out. Objects such as stones and sticks were used to count as stones and sticks were used to count numbers. The use of writing and invention of printing materials transformed the type and context of recorded history ...

ABSTRACT This study assessed the paedagogical-capacity building needs of agricultural science teachers for effective lesson delivery in secondary schools in Kwara State, Nigeria. The study was conducted with five objectives and five corresponding research questions and five null hypotheses were formulated and tested. The study adopted descriptive survey research design. A total of 200 agricultural science teachers and principals were respondents in the study. Structured questionnaire tagged Paedagogical-capacity building Needs ...

  CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1    Background to the Study Entrepreneurship education is an inevitable strategy for inculcating an entrepreneurial culture and orientation in a nation, creating employment, raising individual incomes, transforming communities and enhancing national economic development. Nations that have embraced entrepreneurship have made good progress in addressing the problem of unemployment, and achieved impressive results (Alakbarov, 2010). Cho (1998) revealed that entrepreneurship education promotes entrepreneurial intention because the entrepreneurial ...

ABSTRACT The study investigated the influence of in-service training on the job performance of lecturers in colleges of education in North-west Zone, Nigeria. Four research questions were answered and four null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance in order to determine the influence of conferences, workshops, seminar, and intensive training on the job performance of lecturers in college of education in north-west zone, Nigeria. The study used survey ...

ABSTRACT The study was carried out to determine the Influence of Word-Processing and Shorthand Skills on professional secretaries functions in modern offices in North West of Nigeria. The major objective was to determine the influence of word-processing and shorthand skills on professional secretaries functions in modern office in North West, Nigeria. Four specific objectives, four research questions were drawn and corresponding four null hypotheses were formulated. Descriptive survey research design ...

  ABSTRACT This study assessed knowledge and prevention of the risk of contraceptives use among women in Kwara State, Nigeria. A proportional sampling procedure was used for the selection of 378 respondents between the ages 20 – 44 in the selected local government areas in Kwara State. Questionnaire was used to collect data for this study. The demographic variables were analyzed using frequency and percentage distributions. The mean and standard ...

ABSTRACT This research work investigated the Influence of Monitoring and Evaluation Strategies on Teaching and Learning in Secondary Schools in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Four objectives were formulated, these were: to determine the Influence of appraisal of school systems performance on teaching and learning, to examine the Influence of school record assessment on teaching and learning, find outthe Influence of assessment of lesson plans and notes on teaching and learning, ...

ABSTRACT   This study investigated the impact of staff development programmes on the performance of teachers in secondary schools in Asaba Metropolis in Delta State, Nigeria. Six objectives were formulated among which are to: examine the impact of in-service training on the performance of teachers in secondary schools and ascertain the impact of conference on the performance of teachers in secondary schools. Six research questions and six hypotheses were also ...

ABSTRACT This study assessed the Influence of income and savings on purchasing behaviour of working class Women in Niger State. The study had four (4) objectives among which are to assess the influence of income on purchasing behaviour of working class women in Niger State. related to these are four research questions and four null hypotheses. The research design adopted for this study was the descriptive survey design. Population of ...

ABSTRACT   This study is aimed at investigating the impact of staff development programmes on the instructional task performance of secondary school teachers in Kaduna metropolis. Five objectives were generated alongside with five research questions. The study was limited to principals and teachers in private and public secondary schools in Kaduna metropolis. The literature review comprehensively discussed issues that form the objectives of the study (in-service, seminar, conferences, workshop and ...

ABSTRACT This study was designed to investigate the Impacts of Scaffolding- enriched Collaborative Strategies on Test- anxiety, Performance and Retention in Geometry among Senior Secondary Schools in Niger State. The study was borne out of the poor performance of students in Geometry area of mathematics in both internal and external examination as reported by WAEC Chief Examiners (2010). A quasi-experimental research design was used. From the total population of Sixty-two ...