scholarly journals Learning to Write Programs using Think-Pair-Share Programming Strategy: What are the Students’ Perceptions and Experiences?

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 705
Author(s):  
Owodunni Adewale Saka
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Knowledge Retention ◽  
Analysis Procedure ◽  
Thematic Content Analysis ◽  
Ogun State ◽  
Student Interview ◽  
Interview Guide ◽  
Senior Secondary ◽  
Computer Studies ◽  
Depth Interviews

The need to learn programming to solve many complex problems facing humankind necessitated this study. The purpose of the study was to collect information about students’ perceptions and experiences after exposure to the think-pair-share programming strategy. The sample consisted of 12 senior secondary school two students offering computer studies in Ijebu zone, Ogun State, Nigeria purposively selected from the two experimental groups. The data were collected through one-on-one in-depth interviews of the respondents using a Student Interview Guide (SIG). The data analysis was through thematic content analysis procedure. The study found that the respondents perceived the think-pair-share programming strategy helpful to learn programming concepts with or without computers. The study also found that the use of computer was more useful for the acquisition of programming skills than without the use of computers. Moreover, the study found that programming without computers was perceived to improve thinking. Therefore, the study argued that teachers should adopt the use of think-pair-share programming strategy for learning how to write programs notwithstanding the availability of computers due to its ability to aid knowledge retention.

scholarly journals Use of Demo Kits as Strategy for Enhancing Senior Secondary School Students’ Academic Achievement in Computer Studies in Ogun State, Nigeria

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 126-135
Author(s):  
Adewale Owodunni Saka ◽  
Peter Abayomi Onanuga ◽  
Adetayo Adekunle Adebanjo ◽  
Yusuf Adesina Olanrewaju
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Comparison Group ◽  
School Students ◽  
Senior Secondary School ◽  
Ogun State ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Senior Secondary Schools ◽  
Senior Secondary ◽  
Computer Studies

Demo kits are experimental devices that promote physical observation of the concepts being discussed by the teachers. They are used to compensate the impossibility of demonstrating the objects due to their size or lack of their availability. This study examined the use of demo kits as strategy for enhancing senior secondary school students’ achievement in computer studies in Nigeria. The study adopted pre-test and post-test comparison group quasi-experimental research design using 2 x 2 factorial matrix. The population for the study was made up of all senior secondary (SS 2) students in Ijebu-North Local Government Area, Ogun State. The sample for the study was drawn from two public senior secondary schools that met the selection criteria using intact classes. The schools were randomly assigned into experimental or comparison groups. The gathered data were analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. The major findings of the study revealed a significant main effect of the strategy that the students exposed to the use of demo kits performed significantly better than those in the comparison group which learnt using the conventional method of teaching. The results also indicated no significant gender difference in students’ performance in computer studies after the exposure to the use of demo kits. It is, therefore, recommended that teachers adopt the  use of demo kits to teach computer studies  when computer systems are not available for use instead of insisting on the teaching of the subject in well-equipped computer laboratories.

scholarly journals Assessing the Career Conflict Options of Senior Secondary School Students of Ado-Odo Ota Local Government, Ogun State, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 55-77
Author(s):  
Samuel Adebayo Idowu ◽  
Tolu Elizabeth Ifedayo ◽  
Elizabeth Oluwatoyin Idowu
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Career Choice ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Career Choices ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
School Students ◽  
Senior Secondary School ◽  
Ogun State ◽  
Senior Secondary

Career choice is one of the most important decisions that students make, and this decision will affect them throughout their lives. This study adopts a descriptive research survey method for assessing career conflict options of senior secondary school students in Ado-Odo Ota Local Government, Ogun State, Nigeria. The data contains questionnaires administered to 373 male and female secondary school students from three private schools and three public schools in the Ado-Odo Ota Local Government. The data obtained from the questionnaires were categorized into a Demographic Data Inventory, Career Choice Scale, and Support, Interference, and Lack of Engagement Scale. Demographic information was analyzed using descriptive statistics, and simple linear regression analysis was used to test the three hypotheses generated for the study at 0.05 alpha levels of significance. The findings suggest that parental formal education has a significant effect on the choice of careers of students, and that the profession of parents has a minor influence on the choice of careers of students. The results also indicate that the socio-economic status of parents does not affect the career choice of secondary school students. Based on the findings, this study recommends that parents be trained in career counseling to help parents direct their children in their career choices. Counseling units in the Ministry of Education should also coordinate orientation activities and provide information on the broad variety of career opportunities open to students. Finally, future research should be carried out on the contradictory effect of teachers and school counselors on the career choices of secondary school students.

Classroom learners of Chinese in senior secondary school

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 280-306
Author(s):  
Janice Keynton
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Chinese Language ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
School Study ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Chinese Learning ◽  
Chinese Classroom ◽  
Senior Secondary ◽  
Depth Interviews

Abstract This study looks at the Chinese-learning experiences of six classroom learners who continued to the end of secondary school in Victoria, Australia, through in-depth interviews. Various systemic deterrents to continued Chinese language study are identified by the participants, including: (1) the schooling journey, including transition between primary and high school and disruption from uninterested students in compulsory classes; (2) the curriculum and the learning demands dictated by the form of assessment; (3) the risk of poor assessment results prejudicing post-school study options, in particular because the cohort includes large numbers of home speaker learners. In Victoria, Australia, a large part of what schools provide is dictated by the metasystem of education and the assessments at which it aims. Thus the structural deterrents to Chinese classroom learner continuation identified are within the power of government agencies to change, in order to enable more of these students to continue.

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