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- ItemASSESSMENT OF APPLICATION OF CONFLICT MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA(2019-12)This research study assessed the Application of Conflict Management Techniques in Secondary Schools in Kaduna State. Six (6) objectives were raised to guide the study which include to assess the application of accommodation technique between teachers and students in Secondary Schools in Kaduna State and toexamine the application of competition technique among teachers in Secondary Schools in Kaduna State. Six research questions and six research hypotheses were also formulated which were in line with the stated objectives. Descriptive survey design was used for the study.The population of the study was 8,270 respondents which consists of 7, 634 senior secondary school teachers, 407 principals and 229 school supervisors in Kaduna State. The sample of the study was 365 respondents which consists of 299 teachers, 36 principals and 30 school supervisors. Questionnaire was used to collect data for the study. The instrument was validated by the researcher’s supervisors and experts in the field of Measurement and Evaluation and the reliability index of the instrument stood at 0.79 using Cronbach’s Alpha Formula.Frequency counts and simple percentage were used to analyze the bio-data of the respondents while One Way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to test the formulated hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. All the six (6) null hypotheses formulated were retained. The findings of the study revealed that the application of accommodation technique such as establishing good interpersonal relationship and mutual respect helps to reduce conflict between teachers and students in secondary schools in Kaduna State. It also revealed that the application of competition technique such as establishing healthy rivalry in school and commensurate work habit with reward reduces conflict among teachers in secondary schools in Kaduna State. The study recommendedamong others that secondary school teachers should be a good role model to the students by exhibiting good moral conduct, treat every student equally, accommodate and easily accessible to students for academic and moral guidance and making their teaching interesting. This will not only help on effective classrooms management but will also help to reduce conflict between teachers and students in secondary schools.
- ItemASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTS OF CARTOONS ON PUPILS’ PERFORMANCE IN ISLAMIC STUDIES IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN NIGER STATE, NIGERIA(2020-01)This research was carried out to assess the effects of cartoons on pupils‟ performance in Islamic Studies in Primary Schools in Niger State, Nigeria. Four research objectives were raised. They are: to examine the effect of cartoons on the performance of pupils, to identify the differences in pre-test and post-test on pupils‟ performance using Ali and Sumayyah cartoon, to assess the effects of motion cartoons on pupils‟ performance, and to determine the effect of Zaki Kids Islamic cartoon on pupils‟ performance in Islamic Studies in Niger State. All the research questions and hypotheses are in-line with stated objectives. Quasi-experimental research design was adopted where experimental and control groups were used with pre-test and post-test for data collection. The study had a population of 78,651 drawn from 3,016 primary schools in Niger State as at 2016. 270 Islamic studies pupils drawn from four intact classes were used in the study, 140 pupils were used for experimental group and 130 pupils were used for control group and this was done through purposive sampling technique. Islamic Studies Test (IST) was designed for data collection. The instrument was validated by the researcher‟s supervisors and the experts in test and measurement from ABU, Zaria. The data collected from the pilot study was subjected to Pearson Product Moment Correlation co-efficient formula, which showed the reliability index of 0.78. The hypotheses were tested at alpha 0.05 level of significance, using paired sampled t-test. The research findings were; pupils taught Islamic studies using cartoons at primary school level performed significantly better. The findings also revealed that there is a significant difference in the pre-test and post-test on the performed of pupils taught Islamic studies using Ali and Sumayyah. Pupils taught the concept of Faraid and Sunnah of Wudu‟u or ablution and voluntary salat using motion Cartoon, Picture, Kettle and water performed significantly better. While pupils that were taught the concept of Must a habbat of wudu using Zaki Kids cartoon performed significantly better than those taught using conventional methods. It was therefore concluded that using cartoons is very effective in teaching and learning of Islamic studies at primary school level and enhance learners‟ retention. The study therefore recommended that use of Ali Sumayyah in teaching Islamic studies should be encouraged as it enhances pupils‟ performance. Zaki Kids cartoons should be used by Islamic Studies teachers when teaching pupils the basic concepts in Islamic Studies for it enhances the retention level. Government and School authority should encourage the application of motion cartoons in teaching and learning of Islamic Studies in Niger State and Nigerian primary schools as a whole.
- ItemEFFECTS OF COOPERATIVE LEARNING ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION OF NIGERIA CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION SOCIAL STUDIES STUDENTS IN NIGERIA(2019-08)This study examined the effects of Cooperative Learning on academic performance and attitude towards Citizenship Education of Nigeria Certificate in Education social studies students in Nigeria. Six objectives, research questions and hypotheses guided the study. The study employed descriptive survey and quasiexperimental design. The population of this study was all N.C.E II Social Studies students in North-western zone of Nigeria, which stood at six thousand and twelve (6012). Out of which a sample of 400 participants were selected through simple and stratified random sampling techniques. The Citizenship Education Performance Test (CEPET) and The Attitude of Students toward Citizenship Education Scale (ASSEC) were used for data collection. The instrument was validated by supervisors and research experts. Reliability index of 0.85 for (CEPET) and 0.81 (ASSEC) instruments were obtained. Mean and Standard deviation (SD) were used to answer the research questions, t-test statistics to test the null hypotheses 1 and 2, while a two-way ANOVA was used to test null hypotheses 3 to 6. The study revealed that significant difference existed between the mean score on academic performance and the attitude scores of NCE Social Studies students taught using cooperative learning approach and those taught with conventional method. There was also, significant difference between the mean scores of urban and rural N.C.E Social Studies students taught using cooperative learning approach and those taught using conventional method on attitude towards citizenship education. However, there was no significant difference between both the mean score on academic performance and attitude scores of male and female NCE Social Studies students taught using cooperative learning approach and those taught using conventional method. Also, significant difference was not found between the mean academic performance scores of urban and rural NCE Social Studies students taught using cooperative learning approach and those taught using conventional method. Based on the findings, it was recommended that, curriculum planners in Social Studies should emphasize the use of cooperative learning approach as instructional strategy at N.C.E level in Nigeria among others. Also teachers of Social Studies should be given continuous and comprehensive training in the use of cooperative learning approach.
- ItemINFLUENCE OF ORGANIZATION CLIMATE ON THE MANAGEMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA(2021-12)This study assessed the Influence of Organization Climate on Effective Management of Secondary Schools in Kaduna State, Nigeria. The study specifically accessed the influence of open, autonomous, controlled, familiar, paternal and closed organizational climates on effective management of secondary schools in Kaduna State. Research questions and hypotheses were formulated in line with the objectives of the study. Related literature was reviewed in relation to the variables in the objectives. The Design of the study was descriptive survey and the total population was 10,048 consisting of 9,179 teachers, 525 principals and 344 school inspectors. The sample size was 370 respondents which comprised 338 teachers, 19 principals and 13 inspectors across the 23 local government areas of Kaduna state. The instrument used for data collection was structured questionnaire, which was made up of 5 constructs covering the six organizational climatesinvestigated; all the constructs were designed using Likert’s scales of five-points. The instrument was pilot tested and data obtained from the pilot study was analyzed using test re-test method. To give the general description of data, frequency tables, mean and standard deviation were used. To test the six formulated null hypotheses, ANOVA statistics tool was used. Hypotheses 1, 2 & 5 were rejected showing that there was significant difference in the opinions of the respondents, while hypotheses 3, 4 & 6 were retained showing that there was no significant difference in the opinions of respondents that participated in the study. The major findings of this study highlighted that management staff in the study area give room for teachers and students to express themselves in the management of schools.The study recommended that open organizational climate whereby the management staff practice democratic types of leadership in dealing with both the teachers and the students should be practice in secondary schools in the study area. The study concluded that, there was adequate use of team work between stakeholders in the study area, the principal always encourages cooperation and assists others to work as team in order to achieve the goal of the school.
- ItemEFFECT OF AUDIO AND TEXTUAL INSTRUCTION IN QUR’AN ON THE PERFORMANCE OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS ISLAMIC STUDIES STUDENTS IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA(2023-04)The study examined the Effect of Audio and Textual Instruction in Qur’an on the Performance of Senior Secondary Schools Islamic Students in Kaduna State Nigeria. The study was conducted with five objectives among which are to: determine the differences in the pre-test mean performance scores of students taught using MP3, textual and conventional groups and determine the pre-test and the post-test of the performance of the students taught using Audio (MP 3), in Senior Secondary Schools Kaduna State, Nigeria. Five research questions and hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The study adopted quasi-experimental design, using thirty-one thousand six hundred and fifty-five (31,655) students as population, while two hundred and forty-six (246) were used as sample size. The sample size was purposively selected from three intact classes drawn within the population of the study. The researcher used teacher made test as the instrument for the conducting of the research, namely: Islamic Studies Students’ Performance Test (ISSPT) using multiple choice objective tests with ten items each topic, making the total of twenty (40) items, it was based on the syllabus of NECO and WAEC of Senior Secondary Schools Certificate Examination (SSSCE). Mean and standard were used to analyze research questions and ANOVA was used to test hypotheses. Finding from the study revealed that, there is no difference in the pre-test mean performance scores of the three groups of students involved in the study which means that the three groups are of the same initial ability before the treatment.Students taught Qur’an using Audio (MP3) instruction performed better when the post-test performance was compared with pre-test and the difference is statistically significant.The performance of students that were taught Qur’an using textual instruction was significantly better in post-test than in re-test and the difference in the performance is statistically significant.There is difference in the post test mean scores of students exposed to textual Nuraniyya instruction and those taught with conventional method and the difference is statistically significance.The post-test scores of textual is higher than MP3 and conventional method and MP3 is higher than conventional which means that textual instruction is more effective followed by MP3 instructions in teaching students Qur’an. It was concluded that textual instruction is very effective in teaching Qur’anic recitation. This implied that better understanding and memorization of Qur’an will be made easy with the use of textual instruction in teaching and teaching learning. It was also concluded that MP3 is next to textual instruction in teaching Qur’anic recitation. This implied that MP3 could be used where textual instruction is not available in teaching and teaching learning of Qur’an because it was found that students taught Qur’an using Audio (MP3) performed high than the students taught with conventional method. It was recommended among others that students of research and researchers should always conduct pre-tests to establish the initial equivalent ability of the students before the treatment in senior secondary schools Kaduna State, Nigeria:teachers, curriculum planners, school administrators, quality assurance officials among other participants in curriculum implementation should advocate for using audio MP3 since it has moderate effect in teaching Qur’an in senior secondary schools Kaduna State, Nigeria.