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The Effects of Short Term Memory and Reading Comprehension on Students’ Performance in Chemistry in Jere, Borno State, Nigeria

Rhoda E. Camble                                                                                                                     1-20

Students’ Dress Code and Indecent Dressing

Maria Olanrewaju Ewulo                                                                                                         21-26

Assessment of Classroom Questioning by Teachers on Students’ Academic Achievement in Secondary Schools in Delta State

Enwefa Chiekem                                                                                                                      27-36

Gender and Single Parenting as Correlates of Deviant Behaviour among

Secondary School Students in Delta Central Senatorial District

Onakpoberuo, Blessing Obakpororo, E.E Ebenuwa – Okoh & A. Onoyase                               37-54

Needs to Reconsider Biology for all Students in Nigeria Senior Secondary Schools

David Akinjide Akintola                                                                                                          55-61

Effect of Guided Inquiry Method (GIM) on Academic Achievement in Chemical Thermodynamics among Students with Different Cognitive Styles in Public Secondary Schools in Akwa Ibom State

Balama Jospeh Obomanu, A.A.O Mumuni & Ibanga, Aniefiok Adolphus                               62-82

EFFECT OF GUIDED INQUIRY METHOD (GIM) ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN CHEMICAL THERMODYNAMICS AMONG STUDENTS WITH DIFFERENT COGNITIVE STYLES IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN AKWA IBOM STATE

Balama Jospeh Obomanu, A.A.O Mumuni & Ibanga, Aniefiok Adolphus

Curriculum Studies and Educational Technology

University of Port Harcourt, Choba, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

Email: kanabadafe@rocketmail.com

Abstract: The study investigated the effects of Guided Inquiry Method (GIM) on academic achievement of students with different cognitive styles using a pre-test, post-test control group design. The instruments for the study were the Cognitive Style Test (CST) used for classifying the sample of 320 students into three cognitive style groups and Achievement Test in Chemical Thermodynamics (ATCT). The reliability coefficients of the instrument are 0.84 and 0.74 respectively, using the Pearson Product Moment Correlation formula (PPMC). Data generated in the study were collated and analyzed using mean and standard deviation for answering the research questions while the two-way Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) and student t-test were used for test of hypotheses. Results showed that there was no significant difference in students’ academic achievement in chemical thermodynamics when taught with Guided Inquiry Method, based on their cognitive styles. However, there existed a significant effect of location of schools and teaching methods on the academic achievement of students in chemical thermodynamics. Based on these findings, it was recommended that chemistry teachers should adopt Guided Inquiry Method as a pedagogical intervention in teaching chemical thermodynamics in order to enhance improvement of students’ academic achievement in the concept.

NEEDS TO RECONSIDER BIOLOGY FOR ALL STUDENTS IN NIGERIA SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS

David Akinjide Akintola

Department of Science Education

University Of Ilorin, Ilorin

 Email: samgladdavcom@yahoo.com

GENDER AND SINGLE PARENTING AS CORRELATES OF DEVIANT BEHAVIOUR AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN DELTA CENTRAL SENATORIAL DISTRICT

Onakpoberuo, Blessing Obakpororo, E.E Ebenuwa – Okoh & A. Onoyase

Department of Guidance and Counseling

Delta State University, Abraka.

Email: onasbles@yahoo.com, eduebentiwaokoh@yahoo.com,anna-onoyase@yahoo.com.

Abstract: Thisstudy investigated gender influence and single parenting as correlates of deviant behaviour among secondary school students in Delta Central Senatorial District. Three research questions and three null hypotheses were formulated for the study. A structured questionnaire titled “Gender and single parenting as correlates of deviant behaviour” was designed for the study. The study adopted a descriptive survey which is correlational in nature. Stratified random sampling procedure was used in the study in validating the instrument, factor analysis was use, face, content and construct validity of the instrument were established. A sample size of five hundred (500) students were drawn from a population of thirty-three thousand, five hundred and nineteen (33,519) senior secondary school students in Delta Central Senatorial District. The data generated in the study were analyzed with both correlation and multiple regression statistics to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed: (i) There is no significant relationship between gender, single parenting and deviant behaviour (ii) There is no significant relationship between gender and deviant behaviour. (iii) There is significant relationship between single parenting and deviant behaviour. Conclusions made were that (i) Gender and single parenting do not influence deviant behaviour among secondary school students in Delta Central Senatorial District (ii) Gender does not influence deviant behaviour among secondary school students in Delta Central Senatorial District.  (iii) Single parenting influences deviant behaviour among secondary school students in Delta Central Senatorial District.  Based on the findings, it was recommended that (i) All groups of students (male and female) should guide against bad company with negative peer influence as this can lead to maladaptive behaviour.  (ii) Single parents should work hard so as to take care of their children’s school responsibilities (iii) School authorities should create enabling environment in form of good and adequate facilities and equipment with professional counsellors to handle negative gender influence among secondary school students in Delta Central Senatorial District.    

ASSESSMENT OF CLASSROOM QUESTIONING BY TEACHERS ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN DELTA STATE

Enwefa Chiekem

Department of Guidance and Counselling

Delta State University, Abraka Delta State Nigeria.

E-mail: chiekemenwefa @gmail.com

Abstract: Education in general assist both the teachers and students to become independents learners and thinkers through the act of questioning in the classroom; The aim of this study was assessment of classroom questioning by teachers on students’ academic achievement in secondary schools in Delta State. Four point scale questionnaire consisting of ten items statement was constructed and administered, to six hundred (600) students from sixty (60) schools in Delta State by means of stratified random sampling techniques from the three senatorial district. Mean and standard deviation was used to answer the research question, which t-test statistics was used to test the stated hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The results showed that there was significant difference between urban and rural students assessment of classroom questioning by teachers on academic achievement in Delta State. It was recommended that teachers should use classroom norms to help students understand the role of questioning in the teaching – learning process and teachers should use structured questions to scaffold new students behaviour when responding to questions.

STUDENTS’ DRESS CODE AND INDECENT DRESSING

Maria Olanrewaju Ewulo

Ogun State Institute of Technology, Igbesa; Ogun State

E-mail: ewulomaria1960@gmail.com,

Abstract: This paper seeks to address the phenomenon of decent dressing, indecent dressing, suggests decent dress codes for the students’ and makes recommendations for decent dressing. It also advocates for the enforcement of decency orientation in the dressing of our youths in tertiary institutions in our fashion, mass media and online transactions.

THE EFFECTS OF SHORT TERM MEMORY AND READING COMPREHENSION ON STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN CHEMISTRY IN JERE, BORNO STATE, NIGERIA

Rhoda E. Camble

Department of Education

University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri

Abstract: Working memory relates to an individual’s ability to attend to verbally- or visually-presented information, to process information in memory, and then to formulate a response. Difficulties with working memory may make the processing of complex information more time-consuming, draining a student’s mental energies more quickly and perhaps result in more frequent errors on a variety of tasks. Short-term memory is important to reading achievement. Reading comprehension, involving long reading passages, may be affected by skills specifically related to working memory. Basic word reading may be impacted by deficits in short-term memory because it may interfere with acquiring letter and word identification skills. The objective of this study is to extend the current research linking reading performance to academic performance by examining the relationship between reading and performance in chemistry at the senior secondary (SS) I and II levels. Two research question and a hypothesis guided the study. The result of the study found out that: there is significant relationship between recall and students’ performance in chemistry; there is significant relationship between digit span and students’ performance in chemistry; there is significant relationship between comprehension and students’ performance in chemistry; there is no significant relationship between spelling and students’ performance in chemistry; there is significant relationship between vocabulary ability and students’ performance in chemistry and that there is significant relationship between all the five variables put together and students’ performance in chemistry the study recommended that: the working memory demands of classroom activities can be reduced by minimizing processing requirements. This can involve simplifying the language used in tests of problem solving, reducing the use of technical language, and increasing the meaningfulness and degree of familiarity of material to be processed; and that he storage demands of classroom tasks can be reduced by restructuring multiple step tasks into separate independent steps, using external memory aids, and frequently repeating important information among others.

Keyword: Effect, Short term Memory & Reading Comprehension on students’ Performance in Chemistry

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Evaluation of the Administration and Policy Implementation of the Universal

Basic Education Home-Grown School Feeding and Health Programme

in Nigeria

Anho Josif Efe                                                                                                                          1 – 13

Effect of Programmed Instruction Package on Secondary Students’

Mathematics Anxiety and Achievement in Benue State

Anyor, Joseph Wuave, Anyagh, Paul Igber & Uloko Emmanuel Sule                                      14-24

Junior Secondary School Students’ Perception of Innovative Strategies

used by Teachers in Teaching Basic Science and Mathematics

Unamba Eugene Chukwuemeka, Osita Ivans Ugwuoti & Unamba Assumpta Chioma          25-36

Tracking Down the Menace of Acute Malnutrition through Home Economics

Education of Nigerian Rural Women

Akpan, Chidinma A.                                                                                                                37-45

The Relationship between Post Ume Scores and Students’ Academic

Achievement in Federal University of Technology, Yola

Popoola, S.F.                                                                                                                            46-54

Effect of Audio Visual Aids in the Learning of Biology Science among

Low-Ability Level Students in Senior Secondary Schools

Olu-Ajayi, Funmilayo Elizabeth                                                                                              55-61

Peer Influence and Socio-Economic Status as Correlates of Deviant

Behaviour among Secondary School Students in Delta Central Senatorial District

Onakpoberuo, Blessing Obakpororo & F. N. Ugoji                                                                  62-77

School Environment As Correlate Of Truancy Behaviour Among Secondary

School Students In Jigawa State, Nigeria: Implications For Counseling

Safyanu Shu’aibu Sara & Mohammad Mahmoud Baba                                                          78-91

SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT AS CORRELATE OF TRUANCY BEHAVIOUR AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN JIGAWA STATE, NIGERIA: IMPLICATIONS FOR COUNSELING

Safyanu Shu’aibu Sara & Mohammad Mahmoud Baba

Department of Educational Foundations

Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi

Email: ssara068@yahoo.com & mmahmoudbaba@gmail.com

Abstract: The study investigated the school as correlate of persistent truancy behaviour among students of Jigawa State Secondary Schools. The objective of the study was to determine the extent of truancy among the students. It was also to discover the types of school environment, leadership styles among the principals and the adequacy of curricular offerings and their relationship with the students’ truancy behaviour. The design was a correlational study whose population consisted of all the truant students of Jigawa State secondary schools who were estimated to be 4664 in number, their teachers and the principals. Out of the total population 200 truants and 60 teachers (class masters of the six most truanting class in each school) were purposely selected through simple random sampling technique from the ten surveyed schools. The Principals of the ten selected schools were automatically included in the study .Thus the sample size of the consisted of 270 respondents. A researcher constructed questionnaire tagged: School Related Factors and Truancy Assessment Questionnaire (SRFTAQ) which was designed and developed by the researchers was used for data collection. Four research questions were raised and answered, three hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. Frequency counts and percentages were used to answer the research questions, Pearson Product Moment Correlation Co-efficient and were used to test the three hypotheses formulated at 0.05 level of significance. The result from the research questions showed that the rate of truancy is high among Jigawa State secondary school students. It was also revealed that the types of leadership styles available  are democratic, authoritarian and laissez faire .It was also considered that curricular offerings is not adequate in the schools. From the hypotheses the result shows that significant relationship exists between the three schools related factors and truancy behaviour by the students. Among the recommendations offered were that authorities should work on the school environment so that it can provide good atmosphere for teaching and learning. There should also be some form of flexibility in the curriculum and its implementation.

PEER INFLUENCE AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS AS CORRELATES OF DEVIANT BEHAVIOUR AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN DELTA CENTRAL SENATORIAL DISTRICT

Onakpoberuo, Blessing Obakpororo &         F. N. Ugoji

Department of Guidance and Counseling

Delta State University, Abraka

Email: onasbles@yahoo.com

Abstract: Thisstudy investigated the relationship between peer influence and socio-economic status as correlates of deviant behaviour among secondary school students in Delta Central Senatorial District.  Three research questions and three null hypotheses were formulated for the study. A structured questionnaire titled “Peer influence, socio-economic status and deviant behaviour” was designed for the study. The study adopted a descriptive survey which is correlational in nature. Stratified random sampling procedure was used in the study in validating the instrument, factor analysis was use, face, content and construct validity of the instrument were established. A sample size of five hundred (500) students were drawn from a population of thirty-three thousand, five hundred and nineteen (33,519) senior secondary school students in Delta Central Senatorial District. The data generated in the study were analyzed with both correlation and multiple regression statistics to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed: (i) There is significant relationship between peer influence, socio-economic status and deviant behaviour (ii) There is significant relationship between socio-economic status and deviant behaviour. There is relationship between peer influence and deviant behaviour.  Conclusions made were that (i) Peer influences deviant behaviour among secondary school students in Delta Central Senatorial District (ii) Socio-economic status influences deviant behaviour among secondary school students in Delta Central Senatorial District.  Based on the findings, it was recommended that (i) Orientation programmes should be arranged for both students and parents on the need to eradicate deviant behaviour among secondary school students in Delta Central Senatorial District (ii) School authorities should create enabling environment in form of good and adequate facilities and equipment with professional counsellors to handle negative peer influence among secondary school students in Delta Central Senatorial District.