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
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