EVALUATION OF COLOUR PREFERENCES AMONG PREPRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN ZARIA METROPOLIS: IMPLICATION FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING
EVALUATION OF COLOUR PREFERENCES AMONG PREPRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IN ZARIA METROPOLIS: IMPLICATION FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING
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2014-02
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OKEZIE, STELLA NNENNA
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This thesis aims at evaluating the “Colour Preferences among Pre-primary School
Children in Zaria” Metropolis: Implication for Teaching and learning. The relevance of colour in
the pre-primary school environment, The relationship between colour preference and academic
performance of the E.C.C.D.E. child. Evaluating colour choice among males and females of the
pre-primary school level and determining the difference between the colour preference of
E.C.C.D.E. child in rural areas and their counterparts in the urban areas. The research design
for this study was post- test only control group design. The total population was 864 and sample
size was 100. The direct observation method was adopted to collect the data. Percentage mode
and Chi-square was used to retain or reject the Null hypotheses stated (0.05). Four hypotheses
were tested and findings showed that hypotheses one and three were rejected while hypotheses
two and four were retained. The study revealed that colour combination could enhance increased
academic performance as well as clarify. It also showed that gender and location has no effect
on colour preference. It was recommended that colour combinations should be incorporated as
part of structure of the pre-primary school environment in Zaria metropolis. Teaching and
learning should be done as much as possible in colour presentations, the provision of learning
materials and other such compositions should take the choices for the four (4) and five (5) years
old into consideration and that in improvisation of instructional materials in the pre-primary
schools. Colour should be one of the factors to be considered.
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THESIS SUBMITTED TO POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA. NIGERIA
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD
OF MASTERS DEGREE IN EDUCATION (INSTRUCTIONAL
TECHNOLOGY)
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION AND CURRICULUM
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA. NIGERIA.
FEBRUARY 2014
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EVALUATION,, PREPRIMARY SCHOOL,, TEACHING,, LEARNING