scholarly journals Students’ Satisfaction with Teaching Spaces: Study of a State-Owned University in Southwestern Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
O.A. Ayodeji
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Physical Contact ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
State University ◽  
Southwestern Nigeria ◽  
Engineering And Technology ◽  
Electronic Teaching ◽  
Students Satisfaction ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

Teaching spaces are needed for direct or physical contact between lecturers and students. The degree of students’ satisfaction with teaching facilities and services provided in our universities are likely to influence their academic performance. This study examined the factors influencing students’ satisfaction with learning spaces in Osun State University, Osun State, Nigeria. A sample size of 591 respondents drawn from 300 level and 400 level in the College of Science, Engineering and Technology (Osogbo Campus) and the College of Management and Social Science (Okuku Campus) were sampled through a structured questionnaire on a 5-point Likert scale using a random cluster sampling technique. The results revealed that students were very satisfied with the spatial and physical configurations of the teaching spaces. Attitude to learning and students’ subject understanding were highly and positively related to students’ satisfaction, their respective values were 0.751 and 0.721. The paper concluded with suggestions on how students’ satisfaction can be improved by providing facilities that will enable electronic teaching and learning.

scholarly journals Evaluation of the Demand-Driven Agricultural Extension Curricula among Alumni from Selected Universities in Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Oladele Oladimeji Idowu
Keyword(s):  
Data Entry ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Agricultural Extension ◽  
Fund Raising ◽  
Extension Education ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Scientific Network ◽  
Participation In Research ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

The study assessed demand-driven agricultural extension curricula by alumni from universities in Nigeria partnering with Sasakawa Africa Fund for Extension Education (SAFE) on such curriculum for at least seven years. Using a cross-sectional research design and cluster sampling technique, 227 alumni were randomly selected from a population of 520. Data were collected through structured questionnaire on socio-economic characteristics, mode of study, areas of specialization operationalized as close-ended questions and rating of programme components on a 5 -point Likert type scale of poor (1) fair (2) good (3) very good (4) excellent (5) with 70 items. Data entry and analysis were done with SPSS 25 using percentages, mean score and multiple regression analysis. Adult education approaches, supervised enterprise projects, students’ supervision, academic advice, information sharing, and participation in research projects had highest positive rating; while fund raising, scholarship, opportunity for enrolling and be part of a professional scientific network, linkage & involvement with Sasakawa Africa Association (SAA) field activities, laboratories and variety of subjects offered had highest negative rating. Socio-economic characteristics of alumni were significantly correlated and explained 49 percent of the variation in programme rating. The study recommends that there is need to review the curricula covered in this study and mechanisms for compliance with the Sasakawa methodology should be reinvigorated. Keywords: alumni, demand-driven, agricultural extension, university curricula.

scholarly journals EFL LEARNERS’ GRAMMATICAL DEVIATIONS FROM CONCORD: What degree did they become mistakes and errors?

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 111
Author(s):  
Amri Isyam
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
English Department ◽  
State University ◽  
Efl Learners ◽  
Test Items ◽  
The Third ◽  
Grammatical Errors ◽  
Descriptive Method ◽  
Total Test

This article, based on the other part of the research entitled EFL Learners’ Concord Mastery and their grammatical Deviations carried out by the writer, aims at describing to what degree EFL learners have committed grammatical deviations from 3 types of concord: subject-verb concord (SVC), subject-complement concord (SCC), and subject-object concord (SOC) and to what extent those deviations became mistakes and errors. With the population of 120 EFL learners of three classes of the third year students of the English Department of the Faculty of Languages, Literature, and Arts of the State University of Padang, and with one class of them chosen as the sample comprising of 32 subjects by cluster-sampling technique, the data were gathered through a fifty-item test with one administration but with 4 versions of the answers. Thus, with 4 versions of grammatical deviations (GD): GD of version 1 (GD1), GD2, GD3, and GD4 taken from the answers of the test of version 1, 2, 3, and 4 respectively, and the overall grammatical deviations (OGD) as the accumulation of the 4 versions of GD, and by using quantitatively descriptive method, it was found out that on the average the EFL learners’ GD1 was more than one-third of the total test items (TTI), and that of the OGD was nearly a half of TTI. Besides, after the split of OGD into mistakes and errors it was known the ratio between the two kinds of GD was about 2:5, or in every 7 GD there were 2 mistakes and 5 errors on the average. Furthermore, there were 3 types of grammatical errors (GE) found for each kind of concord: omission, addition, and misformation. Misformation had the greatest percentages of GE for SVC and SOC. Most of the GE of this type dealt with the use of plural verbs for singular ones, that of possessive adjective (their) for reflexive genitive (their own), that of reciprocal pronoun referring to 2 peeople (each other) for reciprocal pronoun referring to 3 people or more (one another) and that of object pronoun (them) for reciprocal pronoun referring to 3 people or more (one another). For SCC the omission type of the GE had the greatest, and most of them were absence of plural indicators –s/-es.

scholarly journals Perception on the Adoption of WhatsApp for Learning amongst University Students’

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 28-36
Author(s):  
Abdullahi Ismaila Abubakar
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Curriculum And Instruction ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
State University ◽  
Coding System ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Descriptive Survey

This paper “perception on the adoption of WhatsApp for learning amongst two hundred level curriculum and instruction I students of Sokoto State University, Nigeria” was guided by three objectives, three research questions. The researcher used descriptive survey research design in the study. The researcher used qualitative method with the use of individual interview for data collection. Random sampling technique was employed to select the sample. The entire sample that was chosen is 10. The instruments used for data collection was data-blank. Coding system was applied to gather and interpreted data. The results indicated that majority of students used WhatsApp for learning, poster that WhatsApp is very easy to operate for learning and also shows that the attitude of students towards the use of WhatsApp for learning is positive. The research manifested that WhatsApp may be accepted as instructional tool in teaching and learning. Keywords: WhatsApp; Learning; Social media; E-learning.

scholarly journals Eksperimentasi Model Contextual Teaching and Learning untuk Mata Kuliah Pekerjaan Dasar Otomotif

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-82
Author(s):  
Nurcholish Arifin Handoyono ◽  
Rabiman Rabiman ◽  
Yuda Kristovan
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Hypothesis Test ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
P Value ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
Random Cluster ◽  
Class B ◽  
Contextual Teaching

This study compared the effectiveness of Contextual Teaching and Learning (CTL) model and conventional learning on learning outcomes of basic automotive work. This research is a quasi-experiment type. The research population is 10th-grade students of TKR SMK Muhammadiyah I Sleman in the academic year of 2018/2019. A random cluster sampling technique was employed. It was determined that class A (25 students) was for the experimental class and class B (26 students) was for the control class. Multiple-choice tests were used as data collection instruments. Data were analyzed using descriptive analysis technique. The prerequisite analysis tests were normality and homogeneity tests, whereas the hypothesis test was the t-test. The results concluded that the use of CTL model is more effective than conventional learning when it comes to learning outcomes, indicated by a value of tcount (3.615) which was larger than ttable (1.676) with P value of 0.0007 ( less than 0.05).Penelitian bertujuan untuk mengetahui efektifitas hasil belajar pekerjaan dasar otomotif antara siswa yang menggunakan model Contextual Teaching and Learning (CTL) dengan siswa yang menggunakan model pembelajaran konvensional. Jenis penelitian merupakan Eksperimen Semu. Populasi penelitian yaitu siswa kelas X TKR SMK Muhammadiyah I Sleman tahun ajaran 2018/2019. Teknik pengambilan sampel menggunakan teknik random cluster sampling, ditetapkan kelas X TKR A adalah kelas eksperimen dengan jumlah 25 siswa dan kelas kontrol adalah X TKR B yang dengan jumlah 26 siswa. Instrumen pengambilan data menggunakan tes pilihan ganda. Teknik analisis data menggunakan analisis diskriptif, uji prasyarat analisis yaitu uji normalitas dan uji homogenitas, sedangkan uji hipotesis yaitu uji-t. Hasil uji hipotesis menyimpulkan bahwa menggunakan dengan menggunakan model CTL hasil belajar siswa lebih efektif dari pada menggunakan model pembelajaran konvensional, hal ini ditunjukkan dengan nilai thitung (3,615) > ttabel (1,676) dengan nilai signifikasinya (P=0,0007 < 0,05).

scholarly journals GENDER DISPARITY TOWARDS STUDENTS ENROLLMENT IN TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN RIVERS STATE: CAUSES, EFFECTS AND STRATEGIES

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Isaac Nwojiewho Dokubo ◽  
Mtormabari Tambari Deebom
Keyword(s):  
Technical Education ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Gender Disparity ◽  
Female Students ◽  
State University ◽  
Port Harcourt ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Rivers State ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

This study examined the gender disparity towards students’ enrollment in technical education in Rivers State. A sample of 403 students (362 Male and 41 Female) was selected through simple random sampling technique from Rivers State University (RIVSU) and Ignatius Ajuru University of Education (IAUOE), Port Harcourt from the Department of Technical Education. Three research questions were posed to guide the study and two Null hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significant. Structured questionnaire was used to collect data. A reliability coefficient of 0.83 was established through Cronbach Alpha using test-retest method. Data were analyzed using mean and standard deviation for research questions and hypotheses were tested using the independent sample t-test. The study revealed amongst others that poverty, preference of male child, cultural and religious beliefs were causes of female folks low enrollment into technical education programmes in Rivers State. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended amongst others that; allowances, scholarships, employment opportunities should be given to female students in order to enhance their enrolments into technical education programmmes in Rivers State.

scholarly journals PHYSICAL PLANNING AND GROWTH OF PRIVATE PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN KENYA

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julius Njiri ◽  
Levi Mbugua ◽  
Kellen Kiambati ◽  
Dominic Mwenja
Keyword(s):  
Private Schools ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Physical Planning ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
Number Of Children

In Kenya, the number of private schools has increased more than four times since the introduction of the Free Primary Education (FPE) policy in 2003. The number of children attending private primary schools increased from 4.6% in 2004 to 11.5% in 2007. With such increment, there has been challenges on the determinants of growth of education institutions. It is against this background that the study examined the influence of physical planning on the growth of private primary schools in Kenya. the study was anchored in the resource dependency view where the managers of institutions have the ability to acquire, Plan and maintain resources that are important to the growth of an organization. The target population in this study comprised of 7,418 private primary schools in all eight regions of Kenya. Cluster sampling technique was employed of 50% of the target regions were sampled, leading to four out of eight regions being selected. From these regions random sampling was then used to select 320 respondents who were either the principals’/Head teachers or deputy principal of the schools. A questionnaire was used to collect data and Structural Equation Modeling was used to analyse data. The study found a strong and significant correlation between physical planning and growth of primary schools. This study therefore recommended that physical planning was an important factor in determining growth of private schools. The study further recommends that owners of private primary schools should be aware of the facilities that are crucial and most important to students in the teaching and learning. This will intern influence the growth of the private primary schools in Kenya.

scholarly journals Planning and Integration of Technologies for Effective Implementation of Blended Learning in Universities in Rivers State, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 452-462
Author(s):  
P. C. Ukaigwe ◽  
Innocent U. Igbozuruike
Keyword(s):  
Blended Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
State University ◽  
University System ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Effective Implementation ◽  
The University ◽  
Rivers State

The study investigated planning the integration of technologies in higher institutions as a strategy for effective implementation of blended learning in universities in Rivers State. The design used was descriptive. The population of this study consisted of the 4,377 teaching staff in the three (3) public universities in Rivers State, comprising 2,348 male and 2,029 female teaching staff.  The universities are the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State University and Ignatius Ajuru University of Education. The sample of this study was 590 elements, comprising 327 male and 263 female teaching staff that were drawn from the population using stratified random sampling technique. Instrument of data collection was a questionnaire that yielded a reliability index of 0.84, using test-retest and Pearson Product Moment Correlation techniques. The data generated were analysed using mean to answer research questions. z-test was used to test hypotheses at 0.05 significance level. Findings showed that aligning university's visions with the aspirations of full integration of blended learning into university system, provision of required communication networking infrastructures and modifying curriculum designs to become deliverable through blended learning mode are key ways of integrating blended learning in the university system. Recommendations made included that university managers should consider seriously, the advantages of blended learning in the school system, with a view to using planning to foster the integration of the learning innovation into the traditional face-to-face teaching and learning approach for improving students learning experiences and achievements.

scholarly journals Tree Diversity, Conservation Status and Utilization Potentials of Shasha Rainforest Reserve, Southwestern, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 182-190
Author(s):  
O.D Akinyemi ◽  
A.J Oloketuyi ◽  
G.O Akinyemi ◽  
O.T Adeoye ◽  
O.A Aina-Oduntan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Tree Species ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Population Diversity ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
Stable Group ◽  
Southwestern Nigeria ◽  
Forest Reserves ◽  
Species Population ◽  
Potential Use

An inventory of the entire tree species ≥10cm diameter at breast height (dbh) was carried out within Forestry Research Institute of Nigeria (FRIN) investigation 133 Shasha in Osun State, Nigeria. This study was carried out to ascertain the tree species diversity, conservation status and utilization potentials in the study area. The results were obtained from 16 sample plots of 50×50m in four tracts located through cluster sampling technique. In all, an average total of 295 stands distributed among 66 tree species and 28 families were encountered. High value of Shannon-Weinner index H'=3.73 and Evenness of E=0.89 were obtained for the reserve. At present, only few trees have attained the merchantable size of 48cm dbh. The 63 tree species in the study site were categorized into four groups namely, stable, vulnerable, endangered and threatened status. The result revealed that stable group had 1.59%, vulnerable 4.76%, endangered 44.44% and threatened 49.21%. Result of the Utilization potentials revealed that utility classes 7 - 8 accounted for 55.6% (comprises of tree species with no potential use for sawn timber), while 45.4%. of trees in classes 1 – 6 comprises of trees with timber potentials. This study highlighted species population diversity, conservation status and utilization potentials of the study site and called for ecological application in the management of forest reserves in Nigeria.

scholarly journals INCREASING SKILLS READING STUDENTS THROUGH GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING CLASSICAL USING CTL APPROACH

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Firman - Firman
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Reading Skill ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
Guidance And Counseling ◽  
Learning Skill ◽  
Kolmogorov Smirnov ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Contextual Teaching ◽  
Faculty Of Education

The condition of students learning skill is still classified as moderate category. One of thelearning skills is the reading skill. The phenomenon seen in the field that the students interest inreading is high, but endurance in reading is low. The purpose of this study is to improve students reading skills through classical guidance and counseling using Contextual Teaching and Learning (CTL) approach. This research is using experimental method. The study population is a student of Faculty of Education. The sample of the research is a student of Guidance and Counseling. The sampling technique uses cluster sampling. Data analysis using Kolmogorov Smirnov 2 Independent Sampels. The result of the research found that classical guidance and counseling using Contextual Teaching and Learning (CTL) approach is effective to improve students' reading skill

scholarly journals The Impact of Teachers' Personality on Students' Academic Achievement in Pakistan.

2019 ◽  
Vol IV (III) ◽  
pp. 92-102
Author(s):  
Shaista Noreen ◽  
Akhtar Ali ◽  
Uzma Munawar
Keyword(s):  
Academic Success ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Major Part ◽  
Educational Achievement ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Cluster Sampling ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
The Impact

Teachers personality plays a significant role in accomplishing students educational achievement. Teaching and learning have a major part in creating a friendly and encouraging learning environment for students. In this context, the current research was conducted to explore the influence of tutors character on pupils learning and accomplishment. It was a descriptive correlative research approach. The sample comprised of 1,152 teachers and 2,304 students of 10th grade of public and private secondary schools who were chosen through a cluster sampling technique. The respondents were taken from 12 districts of Punjab, Pakistan. Two questionnaires; one for teachers and one for students were used to collect data. Teachers questionnaires were based on an adapted personality measure scale of John and Srivastavas Big Five Inventory (1999). The statistical analysis displayed no significant rapport among teachers personality and pupils academic success. The regression analysis and correlation coefficient showed that the dimension of agreeableness, extroversion, neuroticism, and conscientiousness has no correlation with students performance. However, openness has a significant correlation between students performance.

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