scholarly journals Analysis of the relevance of basic electricity to Home Economics Students in Technical Colleges in Edo State, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 27-33
Author(s):  
Sunday Oghor Osuyi ◽  
Priscilla Anwuli Eboh
Keyword(s):  
Rating Scale ◽  
Technical Colleges ◽  
Research Question ◽  
School Management ◽  
Home Economics ◽  
Home Economic ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Economics Students ◽  
Edo State ◽  
Research Questions

The study was designed to determine the relevance of basic electricity to home economics students in technical colleges in Edo state, Nigeria. In order to achieve the purpose of this study, three research questions were raised while one hypothesis was formulated. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design. The population and sample of the study consists of one hundred and forty (140) NTC II and III Home Economics students in four technical colleges in Edo State. A four point rating scale questionnaire titled Relevance of Basic Electricity to Home Economics Students Questionnaire (RBEHSQ)was the instrument used to collect data from the respondents. The face and content validity of the instrument was ascertained by two lecturers in department of vocational and technical education, and one Lecturer in department of measurement and evaluation, faculty of education, University of Benin, Benin city, Nigeria. The split half technique was used to determine the reliability of the instrument. The two sets of scores obtained were correlated using Pearson Product Moment Corrolation Coefficient (PPMCC) and the process yielded a correlation coefficient of 0.71 which means that the instrument was reliable. Mean ( ) and standard deviation (SD) were used to answer research questions 2 and 3 while research question 1 was answered with simple percentage. The hypothesis was tested at 0.05 level of significance with chi-square. Findings revealed that Home economics students are much aware of the relevance of basic electricity to home economics, students are moderately familiar with the basic electricity aspect of home economics programme and that the extent to which students are acquainted with basic electricity skills relevant to home economics is low. Tested hypothesis revealed that there is no significant difference between the perception of male and female students of the relevance of basic electricity to home economics. Based on the findings, it was recommended that efforts should be made by home economic lecturers to relate basic electricity to home economics so as to enable students become aware of the relationship between subjects, educational planners and school management should make adequate provision for necessary facilities for the teaching of basic electricity. School management should also ensure that only qualified lecturers are employed to teach home economics and that lecturers on their part should handle the basic electricity with all seriousness in such a way that would increase students’ interest and acquire skills in basic electricity.

scholarly journals Food Sanitation Practices in a Private Education Institution: Insights from Home Economics Students

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph Dave Mendoza Pregoner ◽  
Melanie Cabriadas ◽  
Jhaboy Basalo ◽  
Ardee Mañacap
Keyword(s):  
Research Question ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Home Economics ◽  
Personal Hygiene ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Home Economic ◽  
Immaculate Conception ◽  
Economics Students ◽  
The University ◽  
Food Sanitation

This study assesses how the home economic students in the University of the Immaculate Conception practices food sanitation while they are in their workplace and to evaluate if they have enough knowledge about proper food handling of the food. In this study, also show how widen and alarming a food disease across the world. The participants were chosen wisely based on their performance on their said field and the researchers pick five (5) participants to participate. The researchers’ implied semi-structured interviews and thematic analysis to gather and interpret data. They were able to form 6 themes that are divided into 3 categories by answering the research question of this study. It shows that lack of knowledge about food sanitation and poor personal hygiene causes the problem. Thus, the study finds out that having enough knowledge and complete personal hygiene is must.

scholarly journals Using Extensive Reading to Develop Non-major Students’ Reading Skill at Hochiminh City University of Food Industry in Vietnam

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 42-48
Author(s):  
Nguyen Thi Kim Anh
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Reading Ability ◽  
Food Industry ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Reading Skill ◽  
Reading Program ◽  
Reading Test ◽  
Extensive Reading ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Research Questions

The purpose of this paper was to investigate the benefits extensive reading can bring to non-major students and lectures at Hochiminh City University of Food Industry (HUFI). The study addressed a main research question and two sub-research questions related to extensive reading: How does extensive reading develop students’ reading comprehension and improve vocabulary at Hochiminh City University of Food Industry? Two sub-research questions: To what extent could extensive reading help to enhance students’ reading skill? The participants of this study were non-major students at HUFI in Vietnam. The research instruments used in this study to collect data were three main instruments, namely Reading Tests (including Pre-Reading Test and Post-Reading Test), Questionnaire, and Interview. The result of data analysis revealed a significant difference. The findings suggested that innovating lectures’ teaching methods by extensive reading could help students improve their reading ability, particularly their reading comprehension and vocabulary, by engaging them in a systematic extensive reading program.

scholarly journals (Dis)advantages of student subjects: What is your research question?

2010 ◽  
Vol 33 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 92-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Gächter
Keyword(s):  
Research Question ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Economics Students ◽  
Subject Pool ◽  
Fundamental Research ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Student Subjects ◽  
Student Subject ◽  
The Right

AbstractI argue that the right choice of subject pool is intimately linked to the research question. At least within economics, students are often the perfect subject pool for answering some fundamental research questions. Student subject pools can provide an invaluable benchmark for investigating generalizability across different social groups or cultures.

scholarly journals Correlation of Alcohol Addiction and Disruptive Behaviours among University Undergraduates in Enugu State University of Science and Technology

2021 ◽  
Vol 04 (09) ◽  
Author(s):  
Egbo Chinonye Emmanuella ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Design Research ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Reliability Coefficient ◽  
Alcohol Addiction ◽  
Disruptive Behaviour ◽  
State University ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Enugu State

The study aimed at determining the correlation of alcohol addiction and disruptive behaviour among undergraduates in Enugu state universityof Science and Technology (ESUT), Enugu, Nigeria.The study was carried out in Enugu State using a correlation design research method. Two research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. The population for the study consists of 26,000 regular undergraduates of Enugu state University.The sample for the study consists of 360 undergraduates.A Multi-stage sample approach was employed in selecting the sample size as follows; first, simple random sampling technique was used to choose ten (10)faculties from Enugu State University. This gave a total of 360 university undergraduate students comprising of 200 males and 160 females.The instrument used for data collection was a structured questionnaire developed by the researcher. The instrument was structured using a four point rating scale and was face validated by three experts, in Faculty of Education, Enugu State University of Sciences and Technology. Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient was used to determine the reliability obtained from the five sections of the instrument ranged from 0.96 to 0.85 while the overall reliability coefficient of the whole instrument was 0.73. Out of 369 copies of questionnaire distributed, 334 copies were properly filled and returned which represent 92.78% return rate. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while t-test statistics was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The result of the findings indicated that alcohol addiction leads undergraduate to a great extent in rival group clashes, armed robbery, vandalism and sexual harassment in Enugu State. The null hypotheses tested showed no significant difference in the mean responses of male and female students. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that there should be public enlightenment on the effect of drug and alcohol abuse among the students thereby putting up strong rules and regulation against alcohol and substance abuse among students.

scholarly journals ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SCHOOL GUIDANCE SERVICES AS PERCEIVED BY SECONDARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS IN EDO STATE, NIGERIA

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (9) ◽  
pp. 105-115
Author(s):  
Beatrice Omozele ◽  
Nathaniel Toyosi
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
School Principals ◽  
Secondary School Principals ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Guidance Services ◽  
Counselling Services ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
School Guidance ◽  
Edo State

The study investigated the effectiveness of school guidance services as perceived by principals in Edo State, Nigeria. The study sought to examine secondary school principals’ perception on the effectiveness of guidance services (orientation, appraisal, information and counselling services) and determine gender and school location differences in principals’ perception of the effectiveness of counselling services in schools.  The descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. A sample of 36 schools (1 rural and 1 urban) were drawn from public senior secondary schools in the study area using purposive random sampling. The instrument used for the collection of data was a self-developed questionnaire titled: “School Guidance Services Effectiveness Questionnaire (SOGSEQ)”. The construct validity was ascertained by the Principal Component Analysis (PCA) while the Cronbach reliability alpha of the questionnaire yielded an overall index of 0.84. The descriptive statistics such as mean (X ̅) and standard deviation (S.D) was used to analyze the research question 1 while the t-test for independent sample means was used to test the hypothesis at 0.05 alpha level. Results from the analysis showed that principals perceived orientation services to be the only effective guidance service in secondary schools in Edo State. Result further showed that there is a significant difference between rural and urban principals in their perception on the effectiveness of school guidance services (appraisal, information and counselling services) in secondary schools in Edo State. It is recommended that guidance counsellors in the secondary schools should realize that their guidance services should be such that will enable them to meet the needs of learners in schools. For this to be achieved, school heads, teachers, parents and the government must also be actively involved in providing their support for the delivery of the services when necessary

scholarly journals Effect of Internship Experiential Learning on Students’ Academic Achievement in Utilization of Model Office Technologies in Federal Colleges of Education in South-South, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-89
Author(s):  
Okolocha C.C. ◽  
Benstowe F.S.
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Experiential Learning ◽  
Business Education ◽  
Rating Scale ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
College Of Education ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Colleges Of Education ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Research Questions

This study determines the effect of internship experiential learning on students' academic achievement in utilization of model office technology in Federal Colleges of Education in south-south, Nigeria. Two specific purposes, two research questions and two hypotheses were posed to guide the study. Quasi-experimental research design with pretest, post-test, non-randomized groups was adopted. 86 N.C.E. Ill business education (OTME) students during the 2018/2019 academic session made up the population. The sample consisted of 45 and 41 N.C.E. III Business Education (OTME) students from Federal College of Education (Tech.), Asaba and 41 OTME students from Federal College of Education (Tech.), Omoku, Rivers State. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the sample for study. A rating scale questionnaire was used for determining the students' academic achievement in model office technologies utilization. The instrument was validated by three lecturers from Faculty of Education, Nnarndi Azikiwe University Awka, Anambra State. The rating scale was subjected to reliability of stability using test-retest method to obtain r-value of 0.90. Data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics of mean scores to answer research questions one. Independent t-test was used to test null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. All data were computed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 0.16. The findings revealed those exposed to model office technologies using internship experiential learning scored higher than those in control group. The findings also revealed that both male and female benefited from internship experiential learning activities used for teaching model office technologies. In same vein, the results revealed significant difference in the academic scores of experimental as against that of control group. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that Business education (OTME option) lecturers should try as much as possible to adopt, design and implement internship experiential learning when handling any course that has to do with model office technologies utilization in order to assist students to acquire the needed practical skills content.

scholarly journals Impact of geometrical construction on students’ creativity skills for sustainable development

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 40-49
Author(s):  
Jane Itohan OVIAWE ◽  
P. S. O. Uddin
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Divergent Thinking ◽  
Technical Colleges ◽  
Geometrical Construction ◽  
Technical Drawing ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Edo State ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
The Impact

The study investigated the perception of teachers and students on the impact of geometrical construction on students’ creativity skills for sustainable development in Edo State technical colleges using descriptive survey research design. The sample for comprised of 20 technical drawing teachers and 150 year II students randomly selected from the six technical colleges Edo State. A 20-item questionnaire was derived from literature reviewed was the instrument for data collection. The instrument was subjected to face validation by three experts. Cronbach Alpha method was used to establish the internal consistency of the instrument and a reliability index of 0.85 was obtained. Mean statistic was used to answer the research questions while the t-test was used to test the null hypothesis at .05 level of significance. The findings from the study indicated among others that geometrical construction enhances students’ diversity thinking; there was no significant difference between the perception of technical drawing teachers and students on the impact of geometrical construction on students’ creativity skills for sustainable development. Based on the findings of this study, it was recommended among others that: technical drawing teachers should utilize problem-solving instructional methods and strategies in their lessons in order to carry each student along, enhance students divergent thinking and creative skills, foster scientific and technological discoveries.

scholarly journals Influence of Sports Marketing Strategies in the Promotion of Organization Products and Services in Ilorin Metropolis

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 128-137
Author(s):  
Issa Yaqub Ajeigbe
Keyword(s):  
Rating Scale ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Sport Marketing ◽  
Marketing Strategies ◽  
Sports Marketing ◽  
Sports Events ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Likert Rating Scale ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Descriptive Survey

Sport marketing remain an important aspect of global sports innovation as it is relevant to the growth of business as well as its survival. It is further prescribed as a means by which company or an organization communicate their services in a sport-oriented context. Sports marketing has been developed to promote sports events and teams as well as promotion of other products and services to consumers. Descriptive survey design was used in this study. The population comprised the sport marketers and organizations that produce and sell sport products and services to consumers totaling 54 and no sample was selected as all the marketers and organization staff were used as sampled for the study. Structured questionnaire designed in a four point likert rating scale which was validated by experts in sports marketing and tested for reliability with coefficient result of 0.82 was used to elicit data from the respondents. Two research questions and two research hypotheses were formulated for the study. The two research questions were analysed using frequency, percentage and means score while the hypotheses were tested using independent T-test at 0.05 level of significant and funding reveals that there was no significant difference in the sport marketer perception of the influence of sport marketing strategy on the promotion of organization products as well as to produce valued products based on gender,. Among the recommendations, suggested include: organization must strengthen btheir marketing strategies in order to promote their products among others Keywords: Sports marketing, strategies, and promotion of organization products and services 

scholarly journals Exploring the Motivational Strategies Practiced by Pakistani EFL Teachers to Motivate Students in Learning English Language

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 117
Author(s):  
Sehrish Khan Kakar ◽  
Zahid Hussain Pathan
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Research ◽  
English Language ◽  
Research Question ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Motivational Strategies ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Efl Teachers ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Learning English

The purpose of this study was to investigate motivational strategies which EFL teachers employ to motivate students in learning English language and to determine the significant difference if any across male and female teachers in practicing motivational strategies in an EFL classroom. A quantitative research design was employed. An adopted questionnaire by Cheng & Dornyei (2007) comprising of 48 close-ended items ranging from “Hardly ever” to “very often” was administered among 96 male and female EFL teachers who were teaching in government secondary schools in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. To answer the two research questions of the study, both descriptive and inferential statistics were performed in SPSS (version, 21). The findings of the first research questions revealed that to promote learners’ autonomy emerged as the most influential source of motivational strategy practiced by EFL teachers followed by Familiarization learners with L2-related values as the second most practiced motivational strategy. The findings of second research question revealed no statistical significant difference between male and female EFL teachers in terms of practicing motivational strategies. The findings of the present study have implications on effective English language teaching and enhancing teachers’ experience and knowledge in order to motivate EFL learners by using different motivational strategies in learning English in context of Pakistan.

scholarly journals Effect of Edutainment Instructional Approach on Students’ Academic Achievement and Retention in Building Technology in Technical Colleges

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 34
Author(s):  
T. I. Eze ◽  
Magnus G. Ekon ◽  
Jacinta Ifeoma Obidile
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Technical Colleges ◽  
Lesson Plans ◽  
Analysis Of Covariance ◽  
Instructional Approach ◽  
Building Technology ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Post Test ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Level Of Significance

The teaching and learning of building technology in technical colleges seems to be characterised by poor academic achievement and retention of concepts. This called for the search for innovative teaching approaches like the edutainment instructional approach. The study was therefore conducted to determine the effect of edutainment instructional approach on students’ academic achievement and retention in building technology in technical colleges. Two research questions guided the study and two null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted the quasi-experimental design in which there were pre-test and post-test in the experimental and control groups. The population of the study comprised all the 946 senior technical II (ST2) students offering building technology in the six public technical colleges in Akwa Ibom State. Purposive sampling technique was used to select four technical colleges in the study area. Three instrument namely: edutainment lesson plans, conventional lesson plans and building technology achievement test (BTAT) were used in the study. Three experts validated the instrument. Test-retest reliability of the instrument which yielded an index of 0.87 obtained using Pearson product moment correlation coefficient. The data collected for the study were analysed using the mean scores and standard deviation for answering the research questions while hypotheses were tested with the analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) at 0.05 level of significance. The study found that: the edutainment instructional approach enhanced students’ academic achievement and retention in building technology more than the conventional lecture method. There was significant difference in the academic achievement and retention of students in building technology between the two groups. The significance was attributed to the experimental group which obtained a higher mean score in the post-test and retention test. It was recommended that: teachers of building technology in technical colleges in Akwa Ibom State should adopt edutainment instructional approach in the teaching of building technology courses in order to enhance students’ academic achievement and retention in building technology.

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