Browsing by Author "Dr. Usman Tunde SAADU"

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    Creative-thinking as a determinant of Academic Achievement of Primary School Pupils in Mathematics in Asa Local Government Area, Kwara State
    (International Journal of Academic and Applied Research (IJAAR), 2022-08-08) Dr. Usman Tunde SAADU
    Covid-19 pandemic ravaged the entire countries of the World and crippled all sectors which education is inclusive. In a bid to qualify the extent of damages caused by Covid-19, the research examined perceived influence of Covid-19 on the implementation of primary school curriculum in Kwara State, Nigeria. This study adopted a descriptive survey research design. There are 16 Local Government Areas in Kwara State. A simple random sampling technique was used to select eight Local Government Areas which is 50% of the Local Government Areas in the state; one school was selected in each of the Local Government areas to make the total number of 8 local government areas. Fifteen primary school teachers were selected using the hat and pick sampling technique in each school regardless of the class they are teaching. A total number of 120 teachers were selected as respondents in this study. Researcher designed questionnaire titled TPCQ-Covid-19 questionnaire was used. The instrument was validated by 10 lecturers at the Faculty of Education, Kwara State University, Malete. The instrument was tested for reliability using the test-retest method and a reliability score of 0.81 was obtained using PPMC. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used. Frequency count, mean, and percentage was used to answer the research question raised. While, Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used to test for all research hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings showed that Covid-19 has negative influence on the implementation of primary school curriculum as perceived by teachers in kwara state among other findings. It was recommended among others that the Teachers should be equipped with necessary and modern teaching and learning devices that can be used effectively to teach outside the school setting especially during emergencies.
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    Effect of Blended Learning Teaching Strategy on the Academic Performance of Pupils in Social Studies
    (2023-04-01) Dr. Usman Tunde SAADU
    One of the modern trends in education and one of the new trends in teaching in the twenty-first century is blended learning, which can be defined as an educational approach in which more than one means is used to convey knowledge and experience to learners in order to achieve the best learning results. So, it's important to use a mixed-methods approach to teaching. The study employed a quasi-experimental design, and its sample size was 75 people who were selected via stratified sampling and simple random sampling. All of the study participants took a social studies related achievement test both before and after the research was done. Through a series of tests and retests, the reliability of this instrument was established. Using Pearson's product moment correlation, we were able to calculate an instrument's reliability coefficient of 0.74. (PPMC). The collected data was analysed using an Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA). There was a significant improvement in students' social studies grades as a direct result of their treatment (F (1; 70) = 14.358; P 0.05), as determined by testing all hypotheses at the 0.05 level of significance. Furthermore, the results showed that there was no statistically significant difference between the sexes in terms of social studies performance (F (1; 70) =.020; P > 0.05). Furthermore, school type was found to have a significant impact on students' social studies grades (F (1; 70) =37.306; P > 0.05). For the subject of social studies, we also discovered that there was no treatment by gender interaction (F (1; 70) =.036; P >.05). In addition, there was no indication of an effect of treatment by school type (F (1; 70) =1.492, P > 0.05) on students' performance in social studies. Regarding students' performance in social studies, no significant gender by school type interaction was found\ (F (1; 70) =.385; P >.05). In terms of social studies performance, there were no statistically significant differences between the groups of students (F (1; 70) =.827; P >.05). Blended learning appears to have had a major impact on the students' performance in social studies. Seminars and workshops, for instance, were proposed as possible venues for educating educators on the subject of blended education.
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    Effect of Blended Learning Teaching Strategy on the Academic Performance of Pupils in Social Studies
    (The Blended Teaching and Learning- Methods & Practices, 2022-10-08) Dr. Usman Tunde SAADU
    One of the modern trends in education and one of the new trends in teaching in the twenty-first century is blended learning, which can be defined as an educational approach in which more than one means is used to convey knowledge and experience to learners in order to achieve the best learning results. So, it's important to use a mixed-methods approach to teaching. The study employed a quasi-experimental design, and its sample size was 75 people who were selected via stratified sampling and simple random sampling. All of the study participants took asocial studies-related achievement test both before and after the research was done. Through a series of tests and retests, the reliability of this instrument was established. Using Pearson's product moment correlation, we were able to calculate an instrument's reliability coefficient of 0.74. (PPMC). The collected data was analysed using an Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA). There was a significant improvement in students' social studies grades as a direct result of their treatment (F (1; 70) = 14.358; P 0.05), as determined by testing all hypotheses at the 0.05 level of significance. Furthermore, the results showed that there was no statistically significant difference between the sexes in terms of social studies performance (F (1; 70) =.020; P > 0.05). Furthermore, school type was found to have significant impact on students' social studies grades (F (1; 70) =37.306; P > 0.05). For the subject of social studies, we also discovered that there was no treatment by gender interaction F (1; 70) =.036; P >.05). In addition, there was no indication of an effect of treatment by school type (F (1; 70) =1.492, P > 0.05) on students' performance in social studies. Regarding students' performance in social studies, no significant gender by school type interaction was found (F (1; 70) =.385; P >.05). In terms of social studies performance, there were no statistically significant differences between the groups of students (F (1; 70) =.827; P >.05). Blended learning appears to have had a major impact on the students' performance in social studies. Seminars and workshops, for instance, were proposed as possible venues for educating educators on the subject of blended education.
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    LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: AN EFFECTIVE METHOD OF TEACHING IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN THE 21ST CENTURY
    (Technology Trends in Higher Education- Volume 2, 2023-04-01) Dr. Usman Tunde SAADU
    Learning Management System (LMS) has become the best option in our citadel of learning today due to some unforeseen circumstances that heralded the closure of schools worldwide some years back. Throughout this time, all sectors became paralyzed and education is inclusive and students were made to move about on the street without doing anything reasonable. Technology has eased the burden on us today and There ought to be none a justification for any student not learning in any situation. Apart from a circumstance like COVID-19, which led to the closure of schools some years back, the student population today is worrisome owing to the admission policy of carrying capacity that does not allow some institutions to admit more than what their resources could serve. Many qualified students today could not be admitted into tertiary institutions because of the problem of where to put them during classroom interaction. If Learning Management System is given top priority as the best option, some of these problems will not suffice again in our institutions. This platform provides an opportunity for both educators and learners to interact anywhere at any time and it reduces physical classroom interaction. This article examined the meaning of the Learning Management System, its advantages and many of the challenges confronted by the users and based on this, recommendations were made.