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- ItemTEACHERS’ AWARENESS OF CREATIVITY-RELATED BEHAVIOUR AMONG UPPER BASIC STUDENTS IN ILORIN METROPOLIS IN KWARA STATE(2024) Yunusa Kayode, SAADU (Ph.D), Bibire Abdulkareem Hussein (Ph.D), Abubakar Muhammed Sanni (Ph.D), & Rakiyya Maiwada Abubakar (Ph.D)Creativity among students in the classroom remains an important variable and a constantly discussed topic especially among educators. In spite of the importance of creativity in the classroom, studies had revealed that it has received a very little attention from the teachers. This study, therefore, sought to assess teachers’ awareness of creativity-related behaviour among upper basic students in Ilorin Metropolis in Kwara State, Nigeria. Descriptive survey research was adopted for the study. Stratified random sampling technique was used to select twenty (20) public and 20 private schools while purposive sampling technique was used to select five science teachers across the forty (40) schools selected in the State bringing the total number of the teachers to two hundred (200). Awareness of creativity-related behaviour assessment scale by Nicolas Holt Creativity Test (NHCT) was adapted to measure teachers’ awareness of creativity-related behaviour among upper basic schools in Ilorin South, Kwara State. The instrument contains 29 items rated on 4-Likert scale such as strongly agree = 4, agree = 3, Disagree = 2 and strongly disagree =1. The instrument was validated by two experts in the Department of Social Science Education, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria. Reliability coefficient of the instrument was found to be .72 using test re-test reliability technique on students outside of the respondents involved in the study. In order to analyse the data collected from the study, frequency counts and percentage was used to answer the raised research questions while t-test statistical method was used to analyse the formulated null hypotheses. The findings of the study revealed that teachers in Ilorin Metropolis have high awareness of the creativity related behaviour among upper basic school students with 59%, there is significant difference in the male and female teachers’ awareness of creativity related behavior and there is significant difference in the less experienced and experienced teachers’ awareness of creativity related behaviour among upper basic school students. In conclusion, based on the findings the researcher recommended that continued efforts should be made by the school to organize workshops, seminars and training for secondary school teachers irrespective of the gender to equip them with the needed skills on how to identify early and nurture creative ability of the students.
- ItemCREATIVIVITY AND ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION AS PREDICTORS OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN KWARA STATE, NIGERIA(Department of Sociology, University of Jos, 2016-09) Saadu, Kayode Yunus, Bibire Abdulkareem Hussein, Adewuni, David Adebayo and Abubakar, Muhammed SanniThe study assessed creativity and achievement motivation as predictors of achievement of Senior Secondary School Students in Kwara State, Nigeria. Correlational research design was adopted for the study. Stratified random sampling technique was used to select twelve (12) public and private schools while simple random sampling technique was used to select four hundred and two (402) senior secondary school students (111) across the State. The research instruments used were creativity assessment scale and achievement motivation scale adapted from Sunday (2000). Academic achievement test was also adopted from NECO past questions ranging from 2009-2012. The instruments were validated by the expert in education and were found to have reliability coefficient of 0.64, 0.72 and 0.68 respectively. Research questions were raised and answered using descriptive statistics in form of frequency counts and percentage and null hypothesis generated and analyzed using multiple regression analysis technique. The findings of the study revealed average academic achievement, high creativity and high achievement motivation among secondary school students in Kwara State. Finding of the study showed that both creativity and achievement motivation significantly predicted students’ achievement in mathematics, the result revealed multiple regression analysis of 5.2% (R2=0.052), with F.ratio = 10.957 (p<0.05), with degree of freedom (df) of 399, significantly at 0.05. Based on the findings the researcher recommended that Students especially at the Secondary School level should be given opportunities to carry out creative activities capable of developing their creative talents by a way of allowing them to put into practice what they acquired theoretically in the class. Teachers and instructors should endeavor to avoid imposing on students and give them freedom of expression. It was also recommended that appropriate teaching methods such as discovery methods in teaching creativity among secondary school students should be employed. Similarly, it was recommended that students should be provided with feedback on their actions such as marking their scripts and reinforcing good responses to develop internally generated motives in order to perform excellently in their academic endeavour.
- ItemSocio-Demographic Disparities and Aggressive Behaviour of Secondary School Students in North-West, Nigeria(2023-02) Abdulkareem Hussein BIBIRE, Rakiya Abubakar MAIWADA & Kayode Yunusa SAADt This study investigated socio-demographic disparities and aggressive behaviour of secondary school students in North-West, Nigeria. Descriptive survey design was adopted. Stratified sampling technique was used to select 12 secondary schools in the region. Simple random sampling technique was used to select 400 students from the selected schools. An adapted instrument on Aggressive Behaviour was used for data collection. Face and content validity of the instrument was established by experts; and its test re-test reliability coefficient yielded 0.72. Results of this study showed a high level of aggressive behaviour among students in North-West, Nigeria. It was also revealed that the most common patterns of aggressive behaviour among secondary school students in North-West, Nigeria were hostility and physical aggressive behaviours. There is a significant difference in students’ aggressive behaviour based on gender, parents’ socio economic status, parents’ educational background and school type. Recommendations were made based on the findings that parents and teachers should inculcate good behavioural patterns such as tolerance, perseverance, and emotional control in students regardless of their socio-demographic disparities through behaviour modification techniques in order to reduce their aggressive beahiour, also periodic orientation should be given to students irrespective of their socio-demographic disparities by the school authority on emotional management this will eliminate or reduce students’ aggressive behaviour
- ItemDEVELOPMENT OF A SOFTWARE PACKAGE CAPABLE OF TEACHING NUMBERS AND WORDS TO CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 2-5 YEARS(i-manager’s Journal on School Educational Technology, 2020-05-26) AJIBOYE A. R., SADIKU P. O., OGUNDOKUN R. O and KAYODE O. O.The application of computer science is fast-growing and things change day by day; with this there is a necessity to adapt to the changes as software applications are powerful tools that herald significant development in diversified fields including education. Adoption of the computer systems in various operations of schools (primary, secondary and tertiary), as well as individual homes, has come to replace the earlier method of lightening the burden of teaching and learning. With this background, the aim of this study was to develop a software application for teaching and learning of words for children between the age of 2 to 5 years and this involves the learning of two to four letter words along with numbers 0 to 9. This aim will be achieved by developing a software package capable of teaching numbers and words to children between the ages of 2 to 5 years, The designed software will be user-friendly and a reliable instructional material to teach in a short period of time and increase knowledge development of the child. As the teaching method uses computer aided method, pupil will be able to understand it better and will be more focused. Recognition of the word with the background of accompanying visuals, the understanding process will assist teachers and pupils alike, in improving the methods of teaching and learning basic words. Since the system is through media, there is more possibility that the pupils will learn faster and more efficiently. It will also help the pupils to identify the communicated words appropriately and effectively and effortlessly.
- Itemimperatives of Paradigm Shift from Assessment of Learning to Asseeement for Learning to ensure Quality Higher Education and National Develoment in Nigeria(International Journal of Innovative Research and Advanced Studies (IJIRAS), 2022) Yekeen Abdulmumini, Olarewaju Bashiru Jimoh,and Rasaq SULYMANAbstract: The future and quality of higher education in Nigeria has become a topical issue that is susceptible to different perception among educationists, even ‘semi-educated’ people inclusive. Truly, it is a phenomenon that actually deserves concerns raised from different quarters. However, as much as Nigerians discuss a problem, less they analyse it, and least they attempt to seek solution(s) to such a problem. This paper therefore discussed the imperatives of paradigm shift in the assessment practices in Nigerian tertiary institutions with a view to create awareness among academics at tertiary institutions on the need for assessment for learning. Also, it attempted to establish the link among assessment, learning, quality higher education and national development. Hopefully, if academics in tertiary institutions (comprising the instructors, technologists, and lecturers) have knowledge and skills in ‘assessment for learning’, and adopt it in the teaching-learning process, the quality of graduates turn-out in Nigerian tertiary institutions shall improve. In this way, the quality of our graduates shall be the one that will meet the challenges of twenty-first century for national development.