The relationship between Emotional Intelligence and psychological distress among students in College of Nursing, Gombe state. The research design for the study was Correlation design. A Null hypothesis was formulated to guide the study. The population was all the students of the College of Nursing Gombe. ‘Schutte Self-Report Emotional Intelligence Test’ (SSEIMT) ‘Scale and ‘Kessler Psychological Distress Scale’ were adapted and used as Instruments for data collection. Two experts from the department of Educational Foundation Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi validated the two instruments. The internal consistency of the instruments showed Cronbach’s, for emotional intelligence scale is 0.86 and 0.64 for Psychological Distress scale respectively. Two hundred and twenty-five (225) Nursing students participated in the study. Ethical approval was obtained from the College Management. Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) was used to analyze the Null hypothesis. The findings of the study revealed that, most of the participants had high level of emotional intelligence and were experiencing low degree of psychological distress; it was concluded that the higher the level of emotional intelligence the lower experiencing of psychological distress by the Nursing students. Therefore, it is recommended that further exploration to better understanding of emotional intelligence and Psychological distress. Moreover, there is need to include coping strategies in the Nursing curriculum to enhance managing the emotional intelligence.
{"title":"Relationship Between Emotional Intelligence and Psychological Distress Among Nursing Students in College of Nursing Gombe State, Nigeria","authors":"Abubakar Musa, M. Dauda, Y. Saba","doi":"10.4314/kje.v3i1.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/kje.v3i1.9","url":null,"abstract":"The relationship between Emotional Intelligence and psychological distress among students in College of Nursing, Gombe state. The research design for the study was Correlation design. A Null hypothesis was formulated to guide the study. The population was all the students of the College of Nursing Gombe. ‘Schutte Self-Report Emotional Intelligence Test’ (SSEIMT) ‘Scale and ‘Kessler Psychological Distress Scale’ were adapted and used as Instruments for data collection. Two experts from the department of Educational Foundation Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi validated the two instruments. The internal consistency of the instruments showed Cronbach’s, for emotional intelligence scale is 0.86 and 0.64 for Psychological Distress scale respectively. Two hundred and twenty-five (225) Nursing students participated in the study. Ethical approval was obtained from the College Management. Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) was used to analyze the Null hypothesis. The findings of the study revealed that, most of the participants had high level of emotional intelligence and were experiencing low degree of psychological distress; it was concluded that the higher the level of emotional intelligence the lower experiencing of psychological distress by the Nursing students. Therefore, it is recommended that further exploration to better understanding of emotional intelligence and Psychological distress. Moreover, there is need to include coping strategies in the Nursing curriculum to enhance managing the emotional intelligence.","PeriodicalId":354761,"journal":{"name":"Kashere Journal of Education","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123684605","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This study was conducted to determine the influence of digital technology on undergraduate students’ academics. It was guided by two objectives and one null hypothesis. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. A sample of 378 undergraduate students was used for the study using a multistage sampling technique. Perceived Influence of Digital Technology on Undergraduate Students’ Academics Questionnaire (PIDTUSAQ) was used as an instrument for data collection. Cronbach Alpha analysis was used to estimate the internal consistency of the instrument and reliability coefficient value of 0.79. Research question was answered with descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation. The null hypothesis was tested using independent t-test at 0.05 level of significance. Data analysis was done using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23. Findings revealed negative influence of digital technology on undergraduate students’ academics as most of the students struggle with balancing the use of their smart phones/computers for pleasure and proper academic engagement. It was also discovered that gender had influence on the impact of digital technology on undergraduate students’ academics with females being the most influenced. Based on this, it was recommended that time management should be emphasized among undergraduate students to prevent distractions orchestrated by the inappropriate use of digital technology. Time hiatus for essential activity should be recognized and organized by students.
{"title":"Perceived Influence of Digital Technology on Undergraduate Students’ Academics in University of Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria","authors":"B. C. Maduagwu, Zakka Kaku","doi":"10.4314/kje.v3i1.17","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/kje.v3i1.17","url":null,"abstract":"This study was conducted to determine the influence of digital technology on undergraduate students’ academics. It was guided by two objectives and one null hypothesis. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. A sample of 378 undergraduate students was used for the study using a multistage sampling technique. Perceived Influence of Digital Technology on Undergraduate Students’ Academics Questionnaire (PIDTUSAQ) was used as an instrument for data collection. Cronbach Alpha analysis was used to estimate the internal consistency of the instrument and reliability coefficient value of 0.79. Research question was answered with descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation. The null hypothesis was tested using independent t-test at 0.05 level of significance. Data analysis was done using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23. Findings revealed negative influence of digital technology on undergraduate students’ academics as most of the students struggle with balancing the use of their smart phones/computers for pleasure and proper academic engagement. It was also discovered that gender had influence on the impact of digital technology on undergraduate students’ academics with females being the most influenced. Based on this, it was recommended that time management should be emphasized among undergraduate students to prevent distractions orchestrated by the inappropriate use of digital technology. Time hiatus for essential activity should be recognized and organized by students.","PeriodicalId":354761,"journal":{"name":"Kashere Journal of Education","volume":"246 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122589527","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This study investigated the influence of teachers' motivation and teachers’ attitudes, on students’ academic achievement in secondary schools in Bauchi metropolis in Bauchi state, Nigeria. Correlational research design was used. Teachers’ Motivation Questionnaire (TMQ), and Teachers’ Attitude Questionnaire (TAQ) were adapted and used for the research study. Three hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The statistical tools used were Multiple Regression Analysis and Pearson's Product Moment correlation coefficient. The participants in this study were made up of 191 teachers and purposively selected from the population of 382 teachers of English and Civic Education across 26 senior secondary schools in Bauchi metropolis. Multiple regression analysis discovered that there is a significant positive relationship among teachers' motivation, teachers' attitudes and students’ academic achievement (f= +13061, p<0.05), and also shows that 12 percent of variance in student achievement is contributed by teachers' motivation and teacher attitudes scores (R2= +0.122). The results further revealed a significant relationship between the motivation of teachers and students’ academic achievement (r= +0.304, p<0.05), and there is significant relationship between teachers' attitudes and students’ academic achievement (r= +0.243, p<0.05). The study recommends among others that, teachers should be motivated by government and education stakeholders in order to improve teachers’ attitudes toward teaching and students’ academic achievement.
{"title":"Relationship Between Teachers’ Motivation, Attitude and Students’ Academic Achievement in Senior Secondary Schools in Bauchi Metropolis","authors":"S. O. Bada, M. I. Ibrahim, A. U. Aliyu, A. Sani","doi":"10.4314/kje.v3i1.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/kje.v3i1.7","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigated the influence of teachers' motivation and teachers’ attitudes, on students’ academic achievement in secondary schools in Bauchi metropolis in Bauchi state, Nigeria. Correlational research design was used. Teachers’ Motivation Questionnaire (TMQ), and Teachers’ Attitude Questionnaire (TAQ) were adapted and used for the research study. Three hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The statistical tools used were Multiple Regression Analysis and Pearson's Product Moment correlation coefficient. The participants in this study were made up of 191 teachers and purposively selected from the population of 382 teachers of English and Civic Education across 26 senior secondary schools in Bauchi metropolis. Multiple regression analysis discovered that there is a significant positive relationship among teachers' motivation, teachers' attitudes and students’ academic achievement (f= +13061, p<0.05), and also shows that 12 percent of variance in student achievement is contributed by teachers' motivation and teacher attitudes scores (R2= +0.122). The results further revealed a significant relationship between the motivation of teachers and students’ academic achievement (r= +0.304, p<0.05), and there is significant relationship between teachers' attitudes and students’ academic achievement (r= +0.243, p<0.05). The study recommends among others that, teachers should be motivated by government and education stakeholders in order to improve teachers’ attitudes toward teaching and students’ academic achievement.","PeriodicalId":354761,"journal":{"name":"Kashere Journal of Education","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127659383","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Managing and building strong brand is seen today as the main goal of every organization. Having a strong brand is significant important to every organization as it result in having greater customers, achieving competitive advantage and brand extension. However, marketing researchers have not address how strong brand (brand equity) may be managed, built and improved through sales promotions. The study investigated sales promotion as a tool for improving customer-based brand equity by business organizations within Kano metropolis. The paper is conceptual. Therefore, it concludes that sales promotion as a promotional tool has a significant improvement on customer-based brand equity in Kano metropolis. Therefore, to have strength in terms of market leadership and market share, organizations must pay higher attention to their marketing activities such as sales promotion and this can be achieved by improving on the quality and awareness of the brand product and services. It is therefore, recommended that sales promotion should be strengthened and used by the organizations to create and manage strong brand as it have a positive impact on the attribute of brand knowledge which are believed to have an improvement on customer-based brand equity.
{"title":"Sales Promotion as a Tool for Improving Customer-Based Brand Equity in Kano Metropolis","authors":"M. Umar, U.B. Abdulmutallib","doi":"10.4314/kje.v3i1.22","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/kje.v3i1.22","url":null,"abstract":"Managing and building strong brand is seen today as the main goal of every organization. Having a strong brand is significant important to every organization as it result in having greater customers, achieving competitive advantage and brand extension. However, marketing researchers have not address how strong brand (brand equity) may be managed, built and improved through sales promotions. The study investigated sales promotion as a tool for improving customer-based brand equity by business organizations within Kano metropolis. The paper is conceptual. Therefore, it concludes that sales promotion as a promotional tool has a significant improvement on customer-based brand equity in Kano metropolis. Therefore, to have strength in terms of market leadership and market share, organizations must pay higher attention to their marketing activities such as sales promotion and this can be achieved by improving on the quality and awareness of the brand product and services. It is therefore, recommended that sales promotion should be strengthened and used by the organizations to create and manage strong brand as it have a positive impact on the attribute of brand knowledge which are believed to have an improvement on customer-based brand equity.","PeriodicalId":354761,"journal":{"name":"Kashere Journal of Education","volume":"172 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132785669","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The study examined the self-concept and self-efficacy as determinants of Colleges of Education students’ performance in shorthand in North-East, Nigeria. The study had two specific objectives, two research questions which were meant to guide the study and two null hypotheses which were tested at 0.05 level of significant. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design which is purely quantitative, using structured questionnaires which were administered to 360 randomly selected Business Education Students of Colleges of Education in North-Eastern Nigeria. Data collected was analyzed using mean and standard deviations while a simple linear regression was used in testing the hypotheses. The findings of the study revealed among others that study strategy and attitude have significant and positive influence on Performance of Business Education Students in shorthand in Colleges of Education in North-East, Nigeria. Hence, the consistent failure of Business Education Students in Shorthand particularly in Colleges of Education in North-East, Nigeria can be reduced. The present study recommend that shorthand lecturers should encourage Business Education Students in Colleges of Education to develop a good study self-concept and positive self-efficacy towards shorthand as these will improve the students’ Performance in the course and minimize the massive and consistent failure recorded among Business Education Students in shorthand. Specifically, in Colleges of Education in North-Eastern Nigeria.
{"title":"Self-Concept and Self-Efficacy as Determinants of Colleges of Education Students’ Performance in Shorthand in North-East, Nigeria","authors":"M. Umar, U.B. Abdulmutallib","doi":"10.4314/kje.v3i1.21","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/kje.v3i1.21","url":null,"abstract":"The study examined the self-concept and self-efficacy as determinants of Colleges of Education students’ performance in shorthand in North-East, Nigeria. The study had two specific objectives, two research questions which were meant to guide the study and two null hypotheses which were tested at 0.05 level of significant. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design which is purely quantitative, using structured questionnaires which were administered to 360 randomly selected Business Education Students of Colleges of Education in North-Eastern Nigeria. Data collected was analyzed using mean and standard deviations while a simple linear regression was used in testing the hypotheses. The findings of the study revealed among others that study strategy and attitude have significant and positive influence on Performance of Business Education Students in shorthand in Colleges of Education in North-East, Nigeria. Hence, the consistent failure of Business Education Students in Shorthand particularly in Colleges of Education in North-East, Nigeria can be reduced. The present study recommend that shorthand lecturers should encourage Business Education Students in Colleges of Education to develop a good study self-concept and positive self-efficacy towards shorthand as these will improve the students’ Performance in the course and minimize the massive and consistent failure recorded among Business Education Students in shorthand. Specifically, in Colleges of Education in North-Eastern Nigeria.","PeriodicalId":354761,"journal":{"name":"Kashere Journal of Education","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114768852","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This study determined the effect of Solution focused brief counselling technique on procrastination behaviour among primary school teachers in Bauchi metropolis, Bauchi State Nigeria. The study was guided by two research questions and hypotheses. A quasi-experimental design was used while all primary school teachers with procrastination behaviour in Bauchi metropolis were the population out which 27 teachers purposively selected were the sample for study. The Procrastination Scale developed by Lay (1986) with twenty (20) item questions was adapted by changing some items to suit present study. Items were mixed in the scale used as an instrument to avoid copy from each other for data collection; data collected were analyzed using t-test and analysis of covariance. Findings revealed that there is significant effect exist in the solution focused brief counselling technique on situational dimension procrastination behaviour among primary school teachers in Bauchi metropolis (t = 8.710. p=0.00). This implies that solution focus brief counselling technique is effective in reducing (situational dimension) procrastination behaviour among primary school teachers in Bauchi metropolis (7.417. p=0.00.). Among the recommendations given counsellors and psychologists should be trained and encouraged to use Solution focused; brief counselling technique to re-addressing primary school teachers with situational dimension or trait dimension of procrastination behaviour in Bauchi metropolis to enhance their teaching activities.
{"title":"Effect of Solution-Focused-Brief Counselling Technique on Procrastination Behaviour Among Primary School Teachers in Bauchi Metropolis","authors":"H. Garba, B. Tankó","doi":"10.4314/kje.v3i1.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/kje.v3i1.4","url":null,"abstract":"This study determined the effect of Solution focused brief counselling technique on procrastination behaviour among primary school teachers in Bauchi metropolis, Bauchi State Nigeria. The study was guided by two research questions and hypotheses. A quasi-experimental design was used while all primary school teachers with procrastination behaviour in Bauchi metropolis were the population out which 27 teachers purposively selected were the sample for study. The Procrastination Scale developed by Lay (1986) with twenty (20) item questions was adapted by changing some items to suit present study. Items were mixed in the scale used as an instrument to avoid copy from each other for data collection; data collected were analyzed using t-test and analysis of covariance. Findings revealed that there is significant effect exist in the solution focused brief counselling technique on situational dimension procrastination behaviour among primary school teachers in Bauchi metropolis (t = 8.710. p=0.00). This implies that solution focus brief counselling technique is effective in reducing (situational dimension) procrastination behaviour among primary school teachers in Bauchi metropolis (7.417. p=0.00.). Among the recommendations given counsellors and psychologists should be trained and encouraged to use Solution focused; brief counselling technique to re-addressing primary school teachers with situational dimension or trait dimension of procrastination behaviour in Bauchi metropolis to enhance their teaching activities.","PeriodicalId":354761,"journal":{"name":"Kashere Journal of Education","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131125785","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Education of citizens is a right enshrined in diverse documents of the international organization evidenced by declarations and treaties. This right was truncated by COVID-19 pandemic when schools were closed in almost every country at diverse times. Apart from live learning centres being shutdown, several other challenges financial constraints, unemployment, poor learning and academic achievement emanated from the pandemic which jeopardize the educationally vulnerable adult learners. Hence, the emergence of asynchronous strategies of transmitting knowledge to learners. These strategies include distance, online, zoom and mass media learning methods. These new ways of learning have the tendencies of absorbing the effect of the pandemic and curtailing the spread of the virus as well as improving the standard of learning environment and societal development. The study recommends that; infrastructure of the online or distance education system needs to be strengthened; access to every adult learner should be established; in-service training should be provided to instructors in order to improve instructors’ distance or online teaching competencies.
{"title":"Learning Innovations for Addressing Emerging Challenges of Adult Education Instruction in Nigeria During Covid-19 Pandemic","authors":"Inusa Diana, U. M. Abubakar","doi":"10.4314/kje.v3i1.15","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/kje.v3i1.15","url":null,"abstract":"Education of citizens is a right enshrined in diverse documents of the international organization evidenced by declarations and treaties. This right was truncated by COVID-19 pandemic when schools were closed in almost every country at diverse times. Apart from live learning centres being shutdown, several other challenges financial constraints, unemployment, poor learning and academic achievement emanated from the pandemic which jeopardize the educationally vulnerable adult learners. Hence, the emergence of asynchronous strategies of transmitting knowledge to learners. These strategies include distance, online, zoom and mass media learning methods. These new ways of learning have the tendencies of absorbing the effect of the pandemic and curtailing the spread of the virus as well as improving the standard of learning environment and societal development. The study recommends that; infrastructure of the online or distance education system needs to be strengthened; access to every adult learner should be established; in-service training should be provided to instructors in order to improve instructors’ distance or online teaching competencies.","PeriodicalId":354761,"journal":{"name":"Kashere Journal of Education","volume":"73 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122506009","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kidnapping refers to crime of seizing, confining, abducting, or carrying away a person by force or fraud, often to subject him or her to involuntary servitude in an attempt to demand for a ransom. The paper looked at the concept of kidnapping, prevalence of kidnapping, a concise history of kidnapping in Nigeria, strength of kidnapping in Nigeria, Menace of Kidnapping and Challenges of Post Abduction Living and recovery and future. Some of the recommendations highlighted include; released hostage should receive resources and information about how to see counseling, youths should be provided with enabling environment that would make them relevant in the scheme of things in Nigeria.
{"title":"Menace of Kidnapping and Challenges of Post Abduction Living","authors":"S. Yakubu","doi":"10.4314/kje.v3i1.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/kje.v3i1.2","url":null,"abstract":"Kidnapping refers to crime of seizing, confining, abducting, or carrying away a person by force or fraud, often to subject him or her to involuntary servitude in an attempt to demand for a ransom. The paper looked at the concept of kidnapping, prevalence of kidnapping, a concise history of kidnapping in Nigeria, strength of kidnapping in Nigeria, Menace of Kidnapping and Challenges of Post Abduction Living and recovery and future. Some of the recommendations highlighted include; released hostage should receive resources and information about how to see counseling, youths should be provided with enabling environment that would make them relevant in the scheme of things in Nigeria.","PeriodicalId":354761,"journal":{"name":"Kashere Journal of Education","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115359761","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Students with special needs are facing a number of problems which they are finding difficult to cope with. In the light of this, this study examined the coping strategies of students with special needs in Gombe State. The demographic variables of gender and type of disability were tested on the respondents’ view. The research design adopted for this study was a descriptive survey. A multi-stage sampling technique was employed to select 257 participants in the study. However, 216 questionnaire forms were valid for data analysis. The instrument used was entitled “Coping Strategies of Students with Special Needs Questionnaire (CSSSNQ)”. Test re-test method was used to establish the reliability of the instrument as co-efficient of 0.73 was obtained. Mean and rank order was used to answer the research questions raised, while t-test and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were employed to test the hypotheses formulated at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that some of the coping strategies employed by these students are working hard to solve their own problems individually, accepting special needs condition as God wishes and avoiding thinking about special needs situation. Based on the findings of this study, it is recommended that parents of children with special needs should provide for their personal and educational needs so that they can be able to benefit from teaching/learning process; the society should give strong financial, emotional and medical supports to students with special needs to enable them to adjust effectively to school environment; the school counsellors should, on regular basis, help students with special needs with emotional support and anxiety alleviation techniques so that they can become less apprehensive about their future and be able to achieve success in their educational endeavors.
{"title":"Coping Strategies of Educating Students with Special Needs in Gombe State","authors":"M. Umar","doi":"10.4314/kje.v3i1.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/kje.v3i1.3","url":null,"abstract":"Students with special needs are facing a number of problems which they are finding difficult to cope with. In the light of this, this study examined the coping strategies of students with special needs in Gombe State. The demographic variables of gender and type of disability were tested on the respondents’ view. The research design adopted for this study was a descriptive survey. A multi-stage sampling technique was employed to select 257 participants in the study. However, 216 questionnaire forms were valid for data analysis. The instrument used was entitled “Coping Strategies of Students with Special Needs Questionnaire (CSSSNQ)”. Test re-test method was used to establish the reliability of the instrument as co-efficient of 0.73 was obtained. Mean and rank order was used to answer the research questions raised, while t-test and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were employed to test the hypotheses formulated at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that some of the coping strategies employed by these students are working hard to solve their own problems individually, accepting special needs condition as God wishes and avoiding thinking about special needs situation. Based on the findings of this study, it is recommended that parents of children with special needs should provide for their personal and educational needs so that they can be able to benefit from teaching/learning process; the society should give strong financial, emotional and medical supports to students with special needs to enable them to adjust effectively to school environment; the school counsellors should, on regular basis, help students with special needs with emotional support and anxiety alleviation techniques so that they can become less apprehensive about their future and be able to achieve success in their educational endeavors.","PeriodicalId":354761,"journal":{"name":"Kashere Journal of Education","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126699949","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This study was carried out to investigate the effects of using instructional materials on the academic performance of senior secondary school students’ in economics in Jos-North Local Government Area of Plateau State. Two research questions were used for the study. The design of the study was experimental: the area of the study was two secondary schools (one public and one private secondary school) out of 22 public schools and 97 private schools in Jos-North Local government area of Plateau state. The sample of the study was 87, comprising of 44 and 43 SS 2 Economics students respectively. The research questions were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as mean, standard deviation and standard error mean. The instrument used in the study was the Economics Students’ Achievement Test (ESAT). The instrument was a 20-item multiple choice test covering the following topics: the theory of demand and supply and population, which were covered during instruction. The instrument was trial tested on 20 students selected from a different school outside the study area using the Kuder-Richardson formula and the reliability of 0.84 was obtained. Hence, the reliability co-efficient was found to be reliable. The students were grouped into experimental and control groups by way of randomization. The findings showed that the experimental group scored higher than the control group which indicates that the use of instructional materials was more effective in teaching economics in secondary schools. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended among others that teachers should be trained and re-trained through workshops, seminars and conferences in order to acquire necessary skills for the improvisation and utilization of instructional materials for teaching economics.
{"title":"Effects of Using Instructional Materials on the Academic Performance of Secondary School Students’ in Economics in Jos-North Local Government Area of Plateau State","authors":"A. Azi, H. J. Dajan","doi":"10.4314/kje.v3i1.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/kje.v3i1.1","url":null,"abstract":"This study was carried out to investigate the effects of using instructional materials on the academic performance of senior secondary school students’ in economics in Jos-North Local Government Area of Plateau State. Two research questions were used for the study. The design of the study was experimental: the area of the study was two secondary schools (one public and one private secondary school) out of 22 public schools and 97 private schools in Jos-North Local government area of Plateau state. The sample of the study was 87, comprising of 44 and 43 SS 2 Economics students respectively. The research questions were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as mean, standard deviation and standard error mean. The instrument used in the study was the Economics Students’ Achievement Test (ESAT). The instrument was a 20-item multiple choice test covering the following topics: the theory of demand and supply and population, which were covered during instruction. The instrument was trial tested on 20 students selected from a different school outside the study area using the Kuder-Richardson formula and the reliability of 0.84 was obtained. Hence, the reliability co-efficient was found to be reliable. The students were grouped into experimental and control groups by way of randomization. The findings showed that the experimental group scored higher than the control group which indicates that the use of instructional materials was more effective in teaching economics in secondary schools. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended among others that teachers should be trained and re-trained through workshops, seminars and conferences in order to acquire necessary skills for the improvisation and utilization of instructional materials for teaching economics.","PeriodicalId":354761,"journal":{"name":"Kashere Journal of Education","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130791543","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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