scholarly journals Relationship between Social Networking Sites and Observational Learning among Senior Secondary School Students in Mbaitoli Local Government Area, Imo State, Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (7) ◽  
pp. 324
Author(s):  
Beatrice Adanna Achilike ◽  
Chibueze Utum Mgboro ◽  
Agbasiere, Emmanuel Patrick
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Observational Learning ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Senior Secondary ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Way

Social Networking Sites are a type of virtual community which enables many people to interact and share ideas or interests. Social networking is rapidly changing the way the world is doing virtually everything, from the way people access information to the way people communicate and most importantly, the way they interact. This study investigated the relationship between Social Networking Sites and Observational Learning of Senior Secondary School students in Mbaitoli Local Government Area, Imo State, Nigeria. Four research questions with the corresponding hypotheses were generated. The objectives of the study centered on investigating the relationship between four social networking sites namely: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube to observational learning. The correlational study design was adopted for the study. Simple random sampling was used to draw a sample of 560 students from the population of the study. The selfdesigned instrument was of two parts: A and B. Pearson Product Moment Correlation was used to answer the research questions while the hypotheses were subjected to critical probability level of 0.05 alpha levels. Findings to this study revealed that there is a significant positive relationship between social networking sites and observational learning; some of which include enhancement of informative endowment as in the case of Facebook, live-video functionality to stories in the case of Instagram and acquisition of vocational skills from YouTube. The paper at the end recommended that more encouragement should be given to students to enable them benefit adequately and positively from the gains of social networking channels vis-a-vis observational learning.

scholarly journals Effect of Cooperative Learning Strategy (CLS) On Senior Secondary School Students’ Academic Performance in Mathematics in Anambra State, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 04 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ezeanyi, Benson Chukwunonso ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Cooperative Learning ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
School Students ◽  
Senior Secondary School ◽  
Anambra State ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Senior Secondary

This study investigated the effect of cooperative learning strategy on senior secondary school students’ performance in Mathematics. The study adopted a quasi-experimental research design. The sample for the study consisted of one hundred and forty-four (144) Senior Secondary School two students, selected from Awka Education, Anambra State, Nigeria. The instrument for data collection was Mathematics Performance Test (MPT). The instrument was validated by three experts and had a reliability index of 0.89 obtained through the use of Pearson product moment correlation. Three research questions and three hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The collected data were analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions, while t-test statistics was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 alpha levels. The result of the study showed among others that senior secondary school students performed highly when taught Mathematics concepts using cooperative learning instructional strategy; both the male and female students benefitted equally from the cooperative learning strategy. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that Mathematics teachers should adopt cooperative learning strategy as an effective learning strategy in order to improve senior secondary school students’ academic performance. Also, school management boards should organize workshops, seminars and conferences to expose teachers and students constantly to the use of the strategy for maximum academic output.

Consumer Ethnocentrism: CETSCALE Validation and Measurement of Extent

2004 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 43-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anupam Bawa
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
School Students ◽  
Demographic Groups ◽  
Consumer Ethnocentrism ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Senior Secondary ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Made In

Consumer ethnocentrism means ‘…the appropriateness, indeed morality of purchasing foreign made products.’ Today, when the Indian consumer has great access to foreign goods and the Indian manufacturer is facing increasing competition from foreign products, the neglect of this topic in India is hard to explain. The CETSCALE, a scale to measure consumer ethnocentrism, has been tested in many parts of the world but not in India. This research examined the psychometrics of the CETSCALE, the extent of consumer ethnocentrism in India, and the relationship of socio-demographic variables and quality consciousness with consumer ethnocentrism. Data were collected from three socio-demographic groups-materials management professionals, the group with the largest influence on organizational buying behaviour; university students, the most often researched group of respondents the world over and hence ideal for a cross-cultural comparison of results; and senior secondary school students, a group recommended as worth researching by a prominent earlier researcher. Analysis of data was done with the help of currently used and recommended tools including exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis. Results show that the concept of consumer ethnocentrism prevailing in India is not conceptually equivalent to the concept of consumer ethnocentrism prevailing in other countries where it has been found to be uni-dimensional. In India, the concept has more nuances. What is more, the concept as understood by the three different socio-demographic groups is also not identical. The level of consumer ethnocentrism in India is not less than that prevailing in a similar demographic group in a developed country like the US. It is the senior secondary school students who are the most consumer ethnocentric. Socio-demographic variables do not adequately explain the presence, or otherwise, of consumer ethnocentrism. Neither does quality consciousness. The managerial implications of the major findings of this study are as follows: In India, the label ‘made in India’ is not a liability. The Indian consumers will not lap up foreign goods merely because of their ‘made in’ tags. This should bring comfort to companies whose products carry the ‘made in India’ label. The threat perception of freer imports into India should be altered in the light of these findings. Foreign companies in India, planning to sell goods manufactured on Indian soil rather than imported from their plants abroad, will also get support for their actions from these findings. That the young Indians (a numerically very large segment of the market) are the most consumer ethnocentric of them all points to a comfortable future for the ‘made in India’ label. An attempt has been made to refine the CETSCALE for use in India. Marketing needs to respond to the criticism of the concept of ethnocentrism in the other social sciences. It needs to explore the relationship of consumer ethnocentrism with consumer animosity and consumer affinity (love-hate relationship with other countries).

scholarly journals Strategies to Reduce Pathological Fear in Mathematics among Secondary School Students in Adamawa State, Nigeria

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anaf Sulienam Yahya ◽  
K M. Fasasi
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Heuristic Method ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
School Students ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Nature Of Mathematics ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Senior Secondary

The purpose of this study is to identify causes of pathological fear in Mathematics among secondary school students in Adamawa State, Nigeria. The study also examines strategies that could be adopted to reduce pathological fear in Mathematics among students. Three research questions and a hypothesis tested at α = 0.05 level of significant were formulated to guide the study. A research questionnaire on Pathological Fear in Mathematics Questionnaire (PFMATQ) was used in collecting data from 250 senior secondary school students. They were selected by stratified random sampling technique from five educational zones in Adamawa State. Mean, standard deviation and t-test were used to analyses the data generated. The study reveals that causes of pathological fear in Mathematics among others include: parental indoctrination that Mathematics is difficult, the Mathematics teacher factor and the abstract nature of Mathematics. Strategies that could be adopted to reduce pathological fear in Mathematics among others include; the use of mathematical games; uses of heuristic method of teaching and use of relevant set induction techniques. It is recommended that parents should stop indoctrinating their children that Mathematics is difficult; they should keep away their unpleasant experiences about Mathematics and present favorable ones to encourage them to develop interest in Mathematics. Recommendations were outlined. Keywords - Mathemaphobia, Pathological Fear, Parental Indoctrination, heuristic Method of Teaching, Induction Techniques, Adamawa State of Nigeria and Mathematics Questionnaires

scholarly journals Parental Input and Intelligence Quotient as Correlates of Secondary School Students Achievement in Biology

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 117
Author(s):  
Patrick, U. Osadebe (Ph.d) ◽  
IFUKOR, Chukunalu Wisdom
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Intelligence Quotient ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Regression Method ◽  
School Students ◽  
Parental Input ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Senior Secondary ◽  
Intelligent Quotient

<p><em>This study investigated the influence of parental input and intelligent quotient on secondary school students’ achievement in Biology. The study was guided by four research questions and four hypotheses. This study employed a survey research design. A sample of 500 students was used for the study using the stratified sampling and simple random technique. The instrument that was employed in this study is intelligent quotient test and parental input questionnaire, which were adequately validated. The regression method of data analysis was employed. The study revealed that there was a significant relationship between intelligence quotient, parental input and academic achievement of senior secondary school students in Biology.</em><em> </em><em>It was recommended that Parents should spend more time to check their children’s books to see what they are doing in school</em><em>s</em><em> and that Parents should be in contact with teachers who on daily basis are in position to guide the children.</em></p>

scholarly journals Gratifications on Social Networking Sites: The Role of Secondary School Students’ Individual Differences in Loneliness

2017 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina López ◽  
Patrick Hartmann ◽  
Vanessa Apaolaza
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Need To Belong ◽  
School Students ◽  
Group Management ◽  
Different Levels

Social networking sites, such as Myspace and Facebook, have become popular online communities with large teenage user populations who engage in social media to interact, play, explore, and learn. Research based on uses and gratifications theory has revealed that among the gratifications on social media most sought specifically by adolescents between 12 and 18 years old are meeting new people, satisfying teenagers’ need to belong, and being entertained. Previous research also points to possible differences in the perception of gratifications among users of different media, depending on their level of loneliness. The current study examines whether associations between loneliness and gratifications obtained by adolescent social media users vary across different levels of loneliness. We conducted a survey among 344 Spanish secondary school students with an online profile on the Spanish friend-networking site Tuenti. Mixture modeling identified three classes of students with different levels of loneliness and distinct relationships between loneliness and gratifications for each class. This study contributes to more specific knowledge of the relationship between use of a friend-networking site by lonely teenagers and gratifications obtained and provides implications for the development of coping strategies for students of this age who suffer from loneliness. Further implications of findings for personalized educational computing and group management in on- and offline classrooms are discussed.

scholarly journals Performance Evaluation of Senior Secondary School Students’ Mock Examination Questions in Chemistry in Adamawa State, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
pp. 26-37
Author(s):  
Maryamu Buba Atari ◽  
Joseph Maundis Bika ◽  
Stephen Tizhe Kojigili
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Content Validity ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Chemistry Curriculum ◽  
School Students ◽  
Senior Secondary School ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Senior Secondary Schools ◽  
Senior Secondary ◽  
Examination Question

The study examined the content validity of Chemistry MOCK examination questions for senior secondary school students set by Adamawa State Educational Resource Centre (ERC), Yola. Students have been passing the MOCK examinations but unfortunately performance poorly in the subject in their final year external examination like WAEC in Adamawa State. The main objective of the study was to determine the representativeness of the topics in the senior secondary school Chemistry curriculum in the MOCK examination question papers from 2015 to 2019. Three research questions were raised and two research hypotheses formulated. An ex-post facto research design was used for the study. The population of the study comprised all MOCK examination questions in Chemistry and those involved in handling Chemistry MOCK question papers which includes both essay and objective examination questions. The research instrument used for the study was MOCK examination question papers in Chemistry in order to determine whether the contents are as indicated in Chemistry curriculum for senior secondary schools. The validity of the instrument was determined by some experts. And for the reliability of the instrument, a trial-test was conducted where a reliability index of 0.75 was obtained using Cronbach alpha. The research questions were answered using descriptive statistics while the null hypotheses were tested using Chi-square. The findings of study revealed that the content validity of the chemistry MOCK examination questions has not yet improved in order to prepare the students of senior secondary schools in Adamawa state for WAEC, NECO or NABTEB examinations.

scholarly journals Virtual Platforms in Social Networking Sites for Climate Change Education

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 342
Author(s):  
Hasan Aydin ◽  
Md. Mokter Hossain
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Climate Change Education ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World

Due to the aberrant nature of global weather in recent years, climate change has become an important issue in the national and international forums. This paper discusses a way of building intercultural virtual platforms in the social networking sites to coordinate the secondary school students and teachers from diverse corners of the world on a common platform where they can disseminate their voices on climate change issues.   Keywords: Social networking, Climate change education, and Global warming

scholarly journals Relationship between Students’ Scores on Plain Questions and Worded Problems in Mathematics

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 124
Author(s):  
Ossai Peter Agbadobi Uloku
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
West African ◽  
School Students ◽  
Certificate Examination ◽  
Algebraic Operations ◽  
Correlation Statistics ◽  
Senior Secondary ◽  
The Relationship

  It appears that students find it easier to solve problems on plain questions than worded problems in mathematics. This led the researcher to study the relationship between students’ scores on plain questions and their scores on worded problems. The study was correlational. A sample of 122 final year senior secondary school students was drawn through judgemental sampling technique from public secondary schools in Bayelsa and Delta states, south-south Nigeria. The instrument had five plain questions and five worded problems adapted from the May/June West African Senior School Certificate Examination questions examined in 2009,2010 and 2011. Students responded to questions in algebraic operations, arithmetic, trigonometry and geometry. Using mean and the product moment correlation statistics to analyze the scores from the two set of questions, it was discovered that scores from plain questions had no significant relationship with scores from worded problems. However, students had higher mean score on plain questions. It was recommended that students should be drilled in solving word problems in mathematics.

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