EFFECT OF SELECTED VARIABLES UPON STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN SHORTHAND TRANSCRIPTION

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dc.contributor.authorUGWUOGO, CHRISTOPHER CHUKS.
dc.date.accessioned2014-04-08T09:13:21Z
dc.date.available2014-04-08T09:13:21Z
dc.date.issued2000-02
dc.descriptionA THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTERS IN BUSINESS EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION FACULTY OF EDUCATION AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA FEBRUARY, 2000.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis which is quasi-experimental study focuses on the effect of selected variables upon students’ performance in shorthand transcription at Federal College of Education (Technical), Bichi, Kano State. The study has six major objectives. They include ascertainment of whether or not syllabic intensity, familiarity of a passage or otherwise and length of dictation have effect upon students’ performance in shorthand transcription among others. To help achieve these objectives, a total of 14 research questions were asked and 14 null hypotheses formulated for the study. Two levels of students - NCE I writing at 60 wpm and NCE II writing at 70 wpm were used. The population comprised 262 students offering shorthand in the institution and a sample of 160 comprising 98 NCE I and 62 NCE II students were used. The instruments for data collection were 10 different shorthand passages. The instruments were validated and tested for reliability through a pilot study. The sample was randomly divided into experimental and control groups. The two groups were taught for 4 weeks before administering tests which lasted for another 3 weeks. T-test statistic and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Six of the hypotheses were rejected and 8 not rejected. The major findings were that syllabic intensity, familiarity of a passage or otherwise and length of dictation all affect students’ performance in shorthand transcription. And based on these findings and conclusions reached, 12-point recommendations were made. They include a call for adopting syllabic intensity of 1.4 in all shorthand examinations, employment of preview as a viii teaching device to help students cope with difficulty of unpreviewed, unfamiliar passage and sustained dictations during class periods among others.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/4646
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectEFFECT,en_US
dc.subjectSELECTED,en_US
dc.subjectVARIABLES,en_US
dc.subjectUPON STUDENTS,en_US
dc.subjectPERFORMANCE,en_US
dc.subjectSHORTHAND,en_US
dc.subjectTRANSCRIPTION.en_US
dc.titleEFFECT OF SELECTED VARIABLES UPON STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN SHORTHAND TRANSCRIPTIONen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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