scholarly journals Appraisal of Effect of Problem-Based Learning Strategy on Chemistry Students’ Academic Achievement in Senior Secondary Two in Mole Concept in Ahoada West Local Government Area, Rivers State

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Local Government Area ◽  
Chemistry Students ◽  
Rivers State ◽  
Senior Secondary

scholarly journals Motivation and Regular Salary as Determinants of Agricultural Science Teacher’s Commitment and Accomplishment of their Professional Responsibilities in Rivers State, Nigeria

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (13) ◽  
pp. 168
Author(s):  
Salome Emeya ◽  
Ekong O. Antiaobong
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Science Teachers ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Agricultural Science ◽  
Local Government Area ◽  
Port Harcourt ◽  
Senior Secondary Schools ◽  
Rivers State ◽  
Senior Secondary

The study examined motivation and regular salary as determinants of agricultural science teachers’ commitment in Port Harcourt Local Government Area of Rivers State, Nigeria. Survey and correlational research designs were adopted. A sample size of 142 subjects was used in this study. This comprised of 96 Agricultural Science teachers in both junior and senior secondary schools in Port Harcourt, 12 Principals, 24 Vice Principals in both junior and senior secondary schools in Port Harcourt, and 10 Supervisors in Port Harcourt. The Teachers’ Motivation Inventory (TMI), Teachers’ Regular Salary Scale (TRESS), and Agricultural Science Teachers’ Commitment Questionnaire (ASTCQ) instruments were used. The instruments were validated by experts in Education and Agricultural Science. The reliability of the instruments was established using the Cronbach Alpha method to obtain indices of 951, .902, and .844 for the TMI, TRESS and ASTCQ instruments, respectively. Data obtained from the 129 copies of the TMI, TRESS, and ASTCQ instruments was analyzed using multiple linear regression analysis. The result revealed that motivation and regular payment of salary jointly contributes to Agricultural Science teachers’ commitment in Port Harcourt Local Government Area of Rivers State. Furthermore, government ensuring the teachers’ regular promotion, alongside providing teachers’ with incentives like bonuses, class attendance and practical allowances etc., were among the proffered recommendations. This was targeted at increasing Agricultural Science teachers’ level of commitment in secondary schools.

scholarly journals Information and Communication Technology and the Learning of English Phonetics in Selected Secondary Schools in Nigeria: A Case Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Ugboja Anthony
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Communication Technology ◽  
Local Government Area ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Senior Secondary Schools ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
Rivers State ◽  
Senior Secondary

The study investigated the Information and Communication Technology and learning of English phonetics in selected senior secondary schools in Rivers State.  The study employed a descriptive survey design. A sample of ten (10) senior secondary schools was selected from Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State. 15 students were randomly selected from the 10 schools which came to a total of (150) students based on the objectives of the study five research questions were formulated four hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The data collected was analyzed using simple descriptive methods of mean and standard deviation (SD) to answer the five research questions. Chi-Square(x2) and t-test were used to test the hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The results of the research revealed that there are low availabilities of ICT in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State. The study also revealed that teachers of oral English rarely possess the skills to use the ICT facilities to teach oral English in the public and private secondary schools in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State. The urban areas are more exposed to the use of ICT than their mates in the rural area. Students in the rural area and their mates in the urban area have similar problems in the leaning of phonetics.  Based on the results it was recommended that the use of ICT to teach oral English should be encouraged in senior secondary schools. The recommendations, suggestions for further studies and contribution to knowledge were made.

scholarly journals INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL, TWO (SS 2) STUDENTS INMAKURDI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, BENUE STATE, NIGERIA

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nengenen Shadrach Mbativga
Keyword(s):  
Academic Achievement ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Academic Performance ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Local Government Area ◽  
School Students ◽  
Senior Secondary School ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Senior Secondary

The downward movement of academic output in Nigeria, especially in the past few decades, has raised issues of concern for every academically minded Nigerian. This deterioration has been attributed to many factors suspiciously. Social media, one of the latest breakthroughs in technology, have also been suspected recently by many to be responsible for low academic performance in the secondary schools. This research was carried out to examine the influence of social media on academic achievement of secondary school students. The researcher chose the Senior Secondary School, Two (SS 2) students in Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue State, Nigeria as the population for this study. A sample of 97 students from a total of 966 SS 2 students in the study area was used for the study. The researcher explored different control variables in relation to social media use as a guide to examining its impact on students. The study examined students exposure to social media, the people they relate with on social media, activities students engage in on social media, how long they stay online and the type of social media sites students patronize. The Ex post facto was adopted as the research design for this study. To obtain the relevant data, the structured questionnaire and achievement test were administered to the respondents. The research questions were answered by frequency count and percentages from the data collected with the questionnaire while the research hypothesis was tested using the student t-test via the SPSS software. Research findings showed that students are exposed to social media; that they relate more among themselves on social media; that they spend only a maximum of thirty minutes when they visit social media and that they majorly visit social media to keep company with their friends. The overall analysis (from hypothesis testing) revealed that social media does not affect students academic performance. Thus teachers were recommended to get involved with students on social media in order to help them derive the best from these sites. Further studies on other variables, apart from social media, were suggested to investigate academic decline since this research proved otherwise.

scholarly journals Effect of Concept Mapping in Teachng of Physics in Senior Secondary Schools in Portharcourt Local Government Area Rivers State

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (31) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Omeodu M. Doris
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Concept Mapping ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Mapping Method ◽  
Local Government Area ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Multiple Choice Questions ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Rivers State ◽  
Senior Secondary

The study examined the effect of concept mapping in the teaching of physic in senior secondary school in port Harcourt local government area Rivers state. The purpose of the study was to determine the effect of concept mapping on the teaching of physics. The study also found the difference in the academic achievement of students taught physics with concept mapping and conventional teaching method. Eighty-four SS3 physics students were used for the study. Forty-three 43 comprised of the experimental group and fortyone in the control group. The study adopted pre-test post test quasi experimental design. The instrument used for the study was Physics achievement test (PAT).The instrument contained 25 multiple choice questions, in which each of the questions 2 marks. The instrument was validated by two experts in the department of science education in Rivers State University. Pearson product moment correlation coefficient was used to ascertain the instrument’s level of reliability, which resulted to r value of 0.62. findings of the study shows that students taught Physics with concept mapping significantly better than those taught with conventional method. Also the study found that there was no significant difference between male and female students taught Physics with concept mapping. The study recommended that teachers should imbibe concept mapping method in the teaching of Physics so as to enhance students’ comprehension, identification of relationships that exits between concepts and creativity.

scholarly journals GEOBAORD APPLICATION ON GEOMETRY TEACHING AND SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN DEGEMA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, RIVERS STATE

2020 ◽  
pp. 262-268
Author(s):  
Olajide Deborah ◽  
Prof. C. O. Ekwueme ◽  
Dr. O. F Ndioho
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Local Government ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Local Government Area ◽  
School Students ◽  
Senior Secondary School ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Rivers State ◽  
Senior Secondary

This study advocated the efficacy of Geoboard manipulative in senior secondary school students’ academic performance in the teaching and learning of Geometry. A sample of one hundred (100) Senior Secondary School One (SSS1) students were used by Simple Random Sampling Technique from two secondary schools in Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State. The instrument for data collection was pretestposttest Geometric Performance Test (GPT). The reliability of the instrument was tested outside the sample with the coefficient of 0.98 using Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) method.The instrument was validated by two Mathematics experts. This research was guided by two (2) objectives, two (2) research questions and two (2) hypotheses. The research questions were answered using mean and standard deviation, while analysis of co-variance (ANCOVA) was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings established that Geoboard technique revealed effectiveness of Geoboard in providing adequate structure for in-depth learning of authentic tasks leading to meaningful understanding and hence enhance better performance of Geometry which was perceived as difficult by senior secondary school students. It also demonstrated that Geoboard is a very effective technique in enhancing students’ performance in Geometry. KEYWORDS: Geoboard, Manipulative, Teaching-Learning.

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