INDENTIFICATION OF STRATEGIES FOR ENHANCING THE TEACHING OF FOUNDRY TECHNOLOGY IN KANO STATE POLYTECHNIC, KANO

Munkaila Abdullahi Dokadawa

Department of Education (Technical)

School of Technology, Kano State Polytechnic, Kano

E-mail: munkailadokadawa@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

The study was designed to identify the strategies for enhancing the teaching of Foundry technology in Polytechnic. The study is a survey research design. A structured questionnaire of different strategies for teaching was used for data collection and was administered to 79 teachers of Foundry technology in Kano state Polytechnic, Kano.  Based on the findings conclusion was drawn that the respondents accepted the needs for instructional strategies for enhancing the teaching of Foundry technology in Kano state Polytechnic, Kano. As this will result to producing Polytechnic graduates who are apart from been self-reliant and enterprising will also be jobs providers.Keywords: Strategy, Enhancing, Foundry Technology, Polytechnic

INVESTIGATION OF THE DIFFICULTIES SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS ENCOUNTER IN MENSURATION-BASED PROBLEM SOLVING IN LAGOS STATE

Dada, Favour Hapuruchi & Olutayo, David Olarenwaju

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

Federal College of Education (Technical), Akoka, Lagos

Email: favoureddada@gmail.com; apooletayo@gmail.com

ABSTRACT         

The issue of failure in mathematics especially in the mensuration content of the curriculum despite its practical nature has been of great concern to all stakeholders of mathematics education. This study therefore investigated the difficulties that senior secondary school students encounter while solving problems in mensuration and the influence of gender on the level of difficulty experienced. The study adopted a descriptive survey design using quantitative methods. The sample consisted of 270 SS II students, (of which 144 were males and 126 were females) from two Education Districts in Lagos State.  Three instruments; students’ diagnostic test in mensuration, questionnaire in mensuration for students and questionnaire in mensuration for teachers with reliability coefficients of 0.82, 0.76 and 0.88 respectively were used for data collection. Data collected were analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. Results showed that students’ level of understanding in mensuration was low. It was found that the numerous difficulties that students encounter generally fall into categories; formulae, concept, language and procedure, and skills related difficulties. Acting subtly and indirectly compounding the level of difficulties encountered were some affective factors categorized as psychologically related difficulties. However, gender did not significantly influence the level of difficulty encountered. It was recommended that mathematics teachers should pay attention to these students’ difficulties during instruction. This will enable them to tackle the difficulties and consequently improve students’ achievement in mensuration and by extension, in mathematics.Key words: difficulties, mensuration, problem solving, gender

FEDERAL CHARACTER PRINCIPLE AND THE REGULATION OF PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT IN NIGERIA: A CRITIQUE

Francis Nnaemeka Mbuba

Department of Public Administration

Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Igbariam Campus