scholarly journals Comparative Study of the Impact of Class Repetition and Mass Promotion on Students’ Academic Achievement in Anambra State

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (28) ◽  
pp. 394
Author(s):  
Eboatu, V. N.
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Promotion Policy ◽  
Anambra State ◽  
Junior Secondary School ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Junior Secondary ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Significant Positive Change ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
The Impact

This study investigated the impact of the practice of class repetition and mass promotion of failed JSS1 students on their academic achievement in Anambra State. The causal comparative or ex-post-facto type of the survey research design was adopted with four research questions and four hypotheses guiding the study. The population of the study consisted of all failed Junior Secondary School (JSS1) students in Anambra State secondary schools in the base year (2004/2005), from which a sample of 636 was drawn. A researcher designed form was used to collect the students’ results. The statistical analysis of frequencies, range of scores, percentages and Pearson Product Moment Correlation were used to answer the research questions, while t-test was used to test the hypotheses. Findings of the study, among other things, show that the repeated students made a significant positive change in their repeated JSS1 and that the repeated students’ results were significantly better than those of the mass promoted group JSS2 results. Based on the findings, the researcher recommends that educational policy makers adopt an eclectic promotion policy that will enable the school managers repeat students in cases where it is felt that class repetition will enhance students’ learning and academic achievement.

School Plant Security Management and Students’ Academic Achievement in Public Secondary Schools in Akwa Ibom State.

2019 ◽  
pp. 122-129
Author(s):  
Nwosu-Kanu, D. ◽  
Oleford Ngozika A. ◽  
Ekanem E.E. ◽  
Akpanudo E.M.
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
English Language ◽  
Security Management ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Multistage Sampling

The study examined school plant security management and students‟ academic achievement in public secondary schools in Akwa Ibom State. Two research questions were raised and two hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The design of the study was ex-post facto. The study population consisted of 48, 840 SSII students and 6755 teachers in 235 public secondary schools in Akwa Ibom State. The sample comprised 977 SSII students and 811 teachers in 118 Secondary Schoolswhich were sampled, using multistage sampling procedure. Two instruments were used for data collection. They are researcher developed checklist and questionnaire respectively titled “School Plant Security Availability Checklist (SPSAC) and School Plant Security Utilization Questionnaire (SPSUQ)”. SPSUQ was responded to by both the teachers and students. The reliability co-efficient of the instrument was determined using the Cronbach Alpha statistic. The Reliability index of 0.82 was obtained. Mean and Standard Deviation were used to answer the research questions while Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 alpha level. The findings of the study are that lacks of security devices in the school affect negatively students‟ academic achievement in English Language, Mathematics and Biology. The study recommended that there is need to overhaul the existing policy on school plant security as to ensure proper provision and utilization of the devices. It also recommended that government should make available suitable security devices and all the materials needed to make them functional.

scholarly journals COLLABORATIVE LANGUAGE PEDAGOGY AND STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN EKITI STATE

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (11) ◽  
pp. 36-44
Author(s):  
Joseph Babalola
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
English Language ◽  
Teaching Strategy ◽  
Collaborative Teaching ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Junior Secondary School ◽  
Junior Secondary ◽  
Research Questions

Abstract This study examined the effect of collaborative teaching on students’ academic achievement in English language in Ekiti State. The population consisted of 161 Junior Secondary school three students made up of 103 males and 58 females selected from Federal Science and Technical College, Usi-Ekiti, Ekiti State. A total of 20 students (10 males) and (10 females) randomly selected from the school constituted the sample. The twenty students were divided into two groups-Experimental and Control. Group A was used as experimental group while group B was used as the control group. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The data collected were analysed using mean and percentages to answer the research questions while t-test and chi-square statistics were used to test the hypotheses. The major findings show that the students taught with Collaborative Teaching Strategy (CTS) achieved significantly better outputs than those of the control group. The study also discovered that there was no significant gender difference in the students’ achievement in English language. Based on the findings of this study, it was recommended that collaborative teaching strategy should be adopted as a more effective approach to teaching of English Language at the Junior Secondary School levels.

scholarly journals STUDENTS’ MALFEASANCE ACTS, CONSEQUENCES AND ADMINISTRATIVE APPROACHES IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS, DELTA STATE, NIGERIA

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor Chukwubueze Nkedishu
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Validity Data ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Survey Technique ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Descriptive Survey

<p>This study examined students’ malfeasance acts, consequences and administrative approaches in public secondary schools, Delta State. It was guided by four research questions and four hypotheses. The study design was ex-post-facto of the descriptive survey technique. A sample of 238 was selected from a population of 476 principals in Delta State secondary schools applying stratified sampling method. Instrument entitled ‘Students’ Malfeasance Acts, Consequences and Administrative Approaches Questionnaire (SMACAAQ) was utilized in the study and its validity was established though face and content validity. Data gathered were analysed with the use of mean rating, standard deviation, ranking and t-test at significance level of 0.05. Findings revealed that perpetual lateness to school, inviting their friends to create conflict in school, oppressing fellow students, coming to school with dangerous weapon were some profiles of malfeasance acts in public secondary schools, Delta State. Letting students know the consequence of malfeasance acts on their academic achievement and society, use well-behaved students to give example, let students know the rewards for being well-behaved were some administrative approaches to curb students’ malfeasance acts in public secondary schools, Delta State. It is recommended that upon admission, students should be issued a handbook which contains rules and regulations of the school, this will help students understand what constitute malfeasance behaviour and avoid them. Orientation should be organised for students from time to time where they will be informed on consequence of malfeasance acts on their academic achievement and society at large.</p><p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0754/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

scholarly journals Overloaded Curriculum, Excessive Daily Academic Activities and Students’ Learning Effectiveness

2020 ◽  
pp. 70-75
Author(s):  
Eduwem, Joy Dianabasi ◽  
Ezeonwumelu, Victor Ugochukwu
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Learning Effectiveness ◽  
Curriculum Mapping ◽  
School Students ◽  
Junior Secondary School ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Academic Activities ◽  
Junior Secondary ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
The Relationship

This paper examined the relationship between overloaded curriculum, excessive daily academic activities and the learning effectiveness of Junior secondary school students (JSS). The researchers used the ex-post facto research design to carry out the study. The study sought to determine the relationship that exist between overloaded curriculum, excessive daily academic activities and the learning effectiveness of JSS 3 students in public secondary schools in Uyo Education Zone. A sample of 220 JSS 3 students was randomly selected from the 36 public secondary schools in Uyo Education Zone. Data were collected using a researcher-designed instrument titled “Overloaded Curriculum Questionnaire, OCQ” and an adapted version of Kirkpatrick’s Learning Effectiveness Scale. Cronbach alpha technique was used in calculating the reliability of the instruments. Reliability scores of .79 and .87 were yielded for the OCQ and KLES respectively. Data collected were analysed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation, PPMC. The findings of the study indicated that duplication of learning contents and academic overload have significant relationship with learning effectiveness of young learners. The recommendations made based on the findings include that curriculum planners should use curriculum mapping to reduce redundancies inherent in our overloaded curriculum.

scholarly journals In-Service Teachers’ Perception of Continuing Education Programmes in Two African Universities

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-135
Author(s):  
Francis O. Olaniyi ◽  
Dumisani R. Nzima
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Continuing Education ◽  
Target Population ◽  
State University ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Africa University ◽  
Descriptive Survey ◽  
The Impact

The study compared the in-service teachers’ perception of continuing education programmes from two universities in Africa; University of Zululand, South Africa (UZ), and Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Nigeria, (AAU). The study covers the impact, effectiveness and efficiency of UZ and AAU on in-service teachers’ of continuing education programmes. The target population and sample for the study were the current teachers of continuing education programmes of these universities. The instrument tagged ‘Questionnaire for Perceptions of Continuing Education Programmes by in-service Teachers’   (QPCEPIT) was designed and used for data collection. The descriptive survey research design of ex-post facto was adopted for the study. 150 questionnaires were randomly used for pilot study, carried out at Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Nigeria, whilst 500 questionnaires each were administered at both UZ and AAU of which 365 and 321 responses were valid and analysed respectively. Four research questions were carefully formulated to ascertain the perceptions of continuing education programmes by in-service teachers in the selected universities. Inferential statistics was used to draw conclusions and test the research questions for the study. The results of the comparative study revealed that the conclusiveness of the learning environment, the nature and quality of student support services provided, the quality and learners’ perception of course modules or materials, accommodation problems and venue of the programme were the major predictors for motivation of in-service teachers of the programme. Based on the findings of the study recommendations were made on how the programme will have impact on the in-service teachers and how the universities that are running the programme will be effectively and efficiently manage the programme for the acceleration and advancement of socio-economic growth in South Africa, Nigeria, and the world at large.

scholarly journals Ex post-facto study of long-term stress in a sample of adoptees

2015 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Amelia Díaz ◽  
Eugenia Infanzón ◽  
Ángela Beleña
Keyword(s):  
Life Events ◽  
Spanish Civil War ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Stressful Life ◽  
Adoption Process ◽  
Posttraumatic Symptoms ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Ex Post Facto Study ◽  
The Impact

In this work we study the impact of relinquishment and the adoption process in posttraumatic symptoms and stressful life events in a group of 55 adults that were adopted as children after the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). The effects of institutionalization, maltreatment and traumatic revelation of the adopted status have also been studied. No significant differences were found between institutionalized and non-institutionalized adoptees in posttraumatic symptomatology and stressful life events frequency. However, maltreated adoptees scored significantly higher in intrusion, arousal and stressful life events frequency than non-maltreated. Similar differences were found in the comparison between adoptees with and without traumatic revelation; those adoptees who suffered traumatic revelation presented significantly higher intrusion, arousal and stressful life events frequency than those who did not suffer traumatic revelation. Traumatic revelation, alone or in association with maltreatment, seems to play an important role in posttraumatic symptoms in the sample studied.

scholarly journals The Impact of Wait Time Instruction and Teaching Experience on Teachers’ Feedback in Moroccan Speaking Classes

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arab World English Journal ◽  
Sana SAKALE
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Language Learning ◽  
Language Learners ◽  
Second Language Learners ◽  
Wait Time ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Historical Background ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
The Impact

Instruction plays a major role in the development of speaking skills for second language learners. Different approaches and methods have emerged throughout the history of language learning/teaching based on the influence of different theories of language, psychology, and related domains such as psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, pragmatics and cultural studies. Two major trends in language teaching emerged under the influence of these mentioned language theories, namely, accuracy based versus fluency based approaches. This article gives a historical sketch up to these trends in an attempt to provide a historical background and to empirically bring evidence that wait time instruction and teaching experience can impact classroom feedback in Moroccan classes. Relevant questions related to the role of teachers’ experience in leading different types of feedback, the effect of the number of teaching years as well as the correlation between wait time instruction and the corresponding teaching experience are closely investigated. This article adheres to a mixed design or what has been identified in research methodology as ex-post facto (Cohen, Manion, Morrison, 2007). Therefore, it is both a qualitative and a descriptive one. For the type of instructions used, the results obtained show the insignificance of the impact of experience on this variable. On the other hand, results retained that wait- time instruction in comparison to other items recorded a higher significance of the impact of experience. Therefore, current article brings empirical evidence on how wait- time instruction plays a crucial role in spoken activity for second language learners.

scholarly journals Perceived Problems of Strike Action and Deviant Behavior at Selected Higher Institutions in Ekiti State, Nigeria

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-106
Author(s):  
Yusuf Suleiman ◽  
Muraina Kamilu Olanrewaju ◽  
Jamiu Mahmood Suleiman
Keyword(s):  
School Counselors ◽  
Teenage Pregnancy ◽  
Deviant Behavior ◽  
Deviant Behaviors ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
High Level ◽  
Higher Institutions

This study aimed to investigate the perceived problems of strike action and deviant behavior in selected higher institutions in Ekiti State, Nigeria. The descriptive research design of ex-post-facto type was used in the study. Three hundred respondents were selected randomly from two Universities. The respondents were measured with a self-developed scale, and the data obtained were analyzed using descriptive (mean) statistical analysis. Four research questions were raised and answered. The result showed that causes of strike action in selected higher institutions include non-payment of teacher’s salaries, low responds to problems confronting schools among others, problems of strike action in selected higher institutions include production of half-baked graduates, youth involvement in secret cult, widespread of examination malpractice, causes of deviant behavior in selected higher institutions include parental neglect, drug addiction, high level of poverty among others and problems of deviant behavior in selected higher institutions include incessant strike action, widespread of examination malpractice, prevalence of teenage pregnancy among others. Given these findings, the study recommended that school counselors should identify deviant behaviors and counsel adolescents on how it can be prevented and that Government should deem it fit to respond to the yearnings and aspirations of the workers in terms of quick payment of their salaries and other emoluments.

scholarly journals Extent of Parental School Involvement for Improved Student Performance in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (22) ◽  
pp. 192
Author(s):  
Eboatu, V. N. ◽  
Igboka, Doris Oluchukwu
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Parental Involvement ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
Local Government Area ◽  
School Involvement ◽  
Anambra State ◽  
Parental School Involvement ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Research Questions

Academic achievement of students does not depend only on school, environmental factors and teacher characteristics, but also on the level of home involvement. This study therefore sought to establish the extent of parental school involvement for students’ improved academic achievement in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State. The descriptive survey design was used for this study, with six (6) research questions guiding the study. The population for the study comprised 417 public secondary school teachers from which a sample of 125 teachers using simple random sampling technique. The instrument for data collection was a researcher designed, structured questionnaire which was duly validated by experts in educational management and measurement and evaluation. The questionnaire was tested for reliability using test-retest method. The tool for correlation was the Pearson Product Moment Correlation and this yielded a co-efficient of 0.82. Data collected was analysed using mean and standard deviation statistics to answer the 6 research questions while ANOVA with Friedman’s Test was used to test for significant difference in the six indices of parental involvement. The findings show among others that teachers perceive that parents in Awka South Local Government Area effectively communicate with school and coach their children for improved academic achievement to a moderate extent. There was no significant difference in the teacher’s perception of parental involvement based on the six indices of involvement. Based on the findings, the researchers recommended among others, that parents and the school use social media and other devices to communicate more effectively with the school for improved students’ academic performance.

scholarly journals Vocational school teachers’ readiness in implementing Curriculum 2013 revised edition in Cilacap Regency

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-131
Author(s):  
Hanief Iqbal Saputra ◽  
Nuchron Nuchron
Keyword(s):  
Linear Regression ◽  
Multiple Linear Regression ◽  
Vocational School ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
Free Variables ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Training Impact ◽  
Teachers Training ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this research is to reveal the factors that influence vocational school teachers’ readiness to implement curriculum 2013 revised edition in Cilacap regency. The factors are 1) principals’ leadership toward the teachers’ readiness, 2) the impact of teachers’ professionalism toward teachers’ readiness, 3) the impact of the teachers’ training. This research is an ex-post facto research. The method of collecting data used in this research is the mix method. The data was collected by using questioner and interview and then, analyzed by applying statistics descriptive counts mean of the percentage. To confirm the hypotheses, this study used multiple linear regression. The result of the research showed that: (1) principals’ leadership affect teachers’ readiness in the amount of 8.4%, (2) teachers’ professionalism impact the teachers’ readiness in amount of 17.7%, (3) teachers’ training impact teachers’ readiness in amount of 24.1%, and (4) principals’ leadership, professionalism, and teachers’ training simultaneously, affect teachers’ readiness and it is proved by Fcalculate in the amount of 5,403 and significant value (p = 0,001 < 0,05). It meant that the whole result of the three free-variables affects the teachers’ readiness significantly in implementing curriculum 2013 revised edition at vocational school in Cilacap.

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