Pub Date : 2023-07-01DOI: 10.22159/ijoe.2023v11i4.47671
Anasuya Adhikari
Mahalanobis distance is a metric for the distance between groups regarding specific criteria. Mahalanobis distance is a measurement between two data sets in the space delineated by specific attributes. It will accurately assess the distance by giving various essential factors to the characteristics of data points since it considers variances and correlations between characters. Mahalanobis distance has an essential use in education in terms of achievement analysis. Mahalanobis distance is a powerful tool for drawing inferences between two groups of several variables. As it is a dimensionless, single number, it is easy to understand and interpret. Since this is a powerful tool, the application of Mahalanobis distance will increase rapidly to draw the inference. The paper examines the literature on Mahalanobis distance in education and its massive potential in educational psychology since 2020.
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Pub Date : 2023-07-01DOI: 10.22159/ijoe.2023v11i4.48238
Ihensekhien Isoken, C. Abanobi
The study assessed secondary school students’ nutrition and dietary intake in Delta State. A research question and null hypothesis guided the study. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. The study’s population consisted of all secondary school students in Delta State. A simple random sampling technique selected 120 secondary school students as samples from three public secondary schools in Asaba, Delta State. The research instrument was a structured questionnaire and was validated by experts. The cronbach alpha method was used to determine a reliability coefficient of .83. Descriptive statistics of frequency and percentage were used to answer the research question, whereas t-test statistics were used to test the null hypothesis at a .05 significance level. The findings revealed that dietary intake among secondary school students in Delta State is adequate and the difference between mean ratings of boys and girls secondary school students on dietary intake in Delta State is not significant. Based on the findings, the study recommended that secondary school students eat adequate diets to ensure proper growth, development, and overall well-being.
{"title":"Assessment of Secondary School Students’ Nutrition and Dietary Intake in Delta State","authors":"Ihensekhien Isoken, C. Abanobi","doi":"10.22159/ijoe.2023v11i4.48238","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22159/ijoe.2023v11i4.48238","url":null,"abstract":"The study assessed secondary school students’ nutrition and dietary intake in Delta State. A research question and null hypothesis guided the study. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. The study’s population consisted of all secondary school students in Delta State. A simple random sampling technique selected 120 secondary school students as samples from three public secondary schools in Asaba, Delta State. The research instrument was a structured questionnaire and was validated by experts. The cronbach alpha method was used to determine a reliability coefficient of .83. Descriptive statistics of frequency and percentage were used to answer the research question, whereas t-test statistics were used to test the null hypothesis at a .05 significance level. The findings revealed that dietary intake among secondary school students in Delta State is adequate and the difference between mean ratings of boys and girls secondary school students on dietary intake in Delta State is not significant. Based on the findings, the study recommended that secondary school students eat adequate diets to ensure proper growth, development, and overall well-being.","PeriodicalId":413908,"journal":{"name":"Innovare Journal of Education","volume":"128 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114159126","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}
Pub Date : 2023-07-01DOI: 10.22159/ijoe.2023v11i4.48130
C. C. Abanobi
This study investigated university lecturers’ perceptions of factors responsible for election malpractice in Nigeria. A research question and three null hypotheses guided the study. A survey research design was used in the study. The population for this study consisted of lecturers in public universities in Delta State. The sample of this study was 300 lecturers in three public universities in Delta State. The instrument used for data collection was a structured questionnaire titled Factors Responsible for Election Malpractice in Nigeria Questionnaire. Experts validated the instrument. Cronbach Alpha method was used to determine a reliability coefficient of .79. Mean (M) and standard deviation (SD), as well as t-test statistics, were used to answer the research question and null hypotheses, respectively. The findings revealed that disregard for the electoral act by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and vote buying among various political parties to win elections by all means, among others, are perceived factors responsible for election malpractice in Nigerian university lecturers in Delta State. The difference between perceptions of factors responsible for election malpractice in Nigeria among university lecturers is not significant based on gender, rank, and religion. Based on the findings, it was recommended, among others, that the government at various levels always uphold the rule of law, especially the electoral act, during and after elections in Nigeria. The INEC should be very transparent at different stages of the election, especially during the collation process. The judiciary should prosecute electoral offenders or politicians who engage in election malpractice to deter others in society. The government at all levels as well as various stakeholders should ensure that there is proper public voter enlightenment before elections in Nigeria.
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Pub Date : 2023-07-01DOI: 10.22159/ijoe.2023v11i4.47742
S. Raja
The purpose of the present study was to find out the efficacy of Suryanamaskar on depression and trunk flexibility among older men. For this purpose, thirty older men residing at Anbagam Old Age Home, Chidambaram, Cuddalore District, Tamilnadu, were selected as subjects. The age of the subjects ranged from 50 to 60 years. They were classified into two groups equally. Both groups consisted of fifteen subjects, in which group - I underwent Suryanamaskar and group - II acted as a control that did not involve any special training apart from their daily activities. The training period for the study was six days (Monday to Saturday) a week (twice a day) for twelve weeks. Prior to and after the experimental period, the subjects were tested on depression and trunk flexibility. The Hamilton depression scale assessed depression and trunk flexibility by administering sit and reach test. Levene’s test was used for the paired sample t-test to measure the equality of error variances. The Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) was also applied to find any significant difference between the experimental and control groups on selected criterion variables. The result of the study shows that the Suryanamaskar practice group decreased depression and improved trunk flexibility significantly. It was accomplished from The present study result showed that significant differences exhibited between the experimental group and control group on depression and trunk flexibility.
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Pub Date : 2023-07-01DOI: 10.22159/ijoe.2023v11i4.47688
C. Mackatiani, Ngaatu Angelina Kasuki, N. Mackatiani, S. Likoko
Sustainable Development Goal Four (SDG 4) on education ensures inclusive and equitable quality education opportunities for all. United Nations (UN) member states had to adopt the SDGs protocol. Kenya, like any other country in Sub-Sahara Africa, domesticated the SDG. Consequently, this study investigated factors influencing students’ transition from day and boarding schools to University in Mutomo Sub-county, Kenya. The study was based on the system theory propounded by Scott (1987), who adopted a system perspective in analyzing organizations. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. The target population for the study was 15 secondary schools, 15 Curriculum Support Officers (CSOs), 128 teachers, 15 principals, 15 chairmen of School Management Boards (CSMBs), and 925 Form four students. Random sampling was used to select 150 students and 45 teachers. Census sample of 15 Principals, Five CSOs. The total sample size was 230. This corresponded to a confidence interval of .05 and a confidence level of 95%, corresponding to a z-score of 1.96 and a standard deviation (SD) of .5. The study findings revealed that resources and institutionalization play a key role in the influence of transition rates of students. Also, the study concluded that the categorization of schools threatens the transition rates. The study suggested adequate capitation to schools be provided by the government regular in-service courses for teachers be held. The study also suggested staffing schools with adequate teachers. The study further recommended that stakeholders be sensitized to providing adequate infrastructure and instructional materials.
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Pub Date : 2023-07-01DOI: 10.22159/ijoe.2023v11i4.47648
Richard Salufu Mwazi, K. Garegae, K. Katukula, Linus Kambeyo
This study investigated mathematics teachers’ understanding and practices of learner-centered teaching (LCT) in junior secondary schools within Katima Circuit in the Zambezi Region of Namibia. A qualitative study method was used and purposeful sampling procedures were used to select participants. Research instruments included open-ended interviews and recordings from twenty mathematics teachers in selected junior secondary schools in the Zambezi Region. Results of the study indicate that teachers understand the concepts of LCT and have adequate training and knowledge on the benefits and teaching approach in LCT due to the inclusion of the LCT methods in teacher education and other training workshops. However, the study also found that most mathematics teachers use only cooperative learning during teaching and learning mathematics. The study also identified significant challenges teachers face in implementing LCT, including overcrowded classrooms, lack of resources, and learners’ lack of motivation. Considering the above findings, the study recommends that the government and stakeholders support teachers with resources and further staff development opportunities.
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Pub Date : 2023-07-01DOI: 10.22159/ijoe.2023v11i4.47752
Parisa Sabaghi, Mona Tabatabaee-Yazdi
As one of the recent and motivating teaching methods, this research aimed to study team teaching as its focus. The study investigated any significant effect of team teaching on English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Iranian learners’ grammar. Two classes of 25 learners (Experimental and control groups) were held. In these classes, 10 grammar tenses were chosen by the institute through learners’ weaknesses, such as present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous, and perfect tenses. Two teachers participated in this study, one as the main teacher responsible for teaching the materials and the assistant teacher responsible for doing the activities, answering learners’ questions, checking learners’ homework, and giving feedback to them. A grammar test was administered as the pre-test and post-test for both groups. The pre-test was taken before the 10 sessions and the post-test was taken after finishing the 10 sessions. The researcher analyzed both groups’ scores and the results indicate a significant positive effect of team teaching on the experimental group, signifying that the study’s treatment was statistically and significantly effective. Moreover, no significant difference was found between boys and girls in students’ grammar success as a result of team teaching.
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Pub Date : 2023-07-01DOI: 10.22159/ijoe.2023v11i4.48463
J. Popović, Miloš Popović, Goran Ranković, Tijana Purenović-Ivanović, R. Popović
This paper is based on the results of the cross-sectional experiment that was implemented in the school year 2021/2022 among women students in the first year of bachelor studies at the Faculty of Sport and Physical Education (FSPE) in Leposavić, University of Priština (temporarily allocated in Kosovska Mitrovica). The study design model was implemented during the obligatory course Outdoor activities (2nd semester, weekly classes 1 + 4, and 15 + 60 classes per semester) for the first time. Body composition assessment was realized along with the pedagogical practice of summer outdoor activities camp on Gazivode Lake in Kosovo (as a practical exam study curriculum requirement). The sample includes seven women FSPE students. Based on the body composition and health status assessment, students’ results are presented in figures (for the evaluation of measured variables) and diagrams for estimating the individual student’s results. Comparative analysis of results within the group was used, considering the differences among examined students regarding calculated mean values, recorded min and max results, and confidence interval. The student profile model scores were selected according to the best results achieved in general placement in most variables and evaluated regarding the case study report. The results were evaluated based on the digital system for the assessment of body composition (Omron BF511) and the interpretation of results for the following variables: Body Fat (BF%), Visceral Fat (VF), Skeletal Muscles Percentage (SM%), Body Mass Index (BMI), and Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR). Health status assessments were performed by an electronic digital blood pressure monitor (Prizma YE660E) for the measurement of Systolic (SYS), Diastolic Blood Pressure (DIA), and Resting Heart Rate (RHR). The results show the expected intra-group differences in body composition parameters, which are not inherited conditionally, for all selected body parameters (except for BMI). However, most of the values are in the recommended range, especially those with small percentages of high BF% and BMI, as well as SM% values, indicating the heterogeneity of the participants, their sports orientation, health status, and level of physical activity.
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Pub Date : 2023-07-01DOI: 10.22159/ijoe.2023v11i4.48070
S. Venkatesan, Yashodhara-Kumar G.Y., I. K. Gopalkrishnan
Disability experience need not always bring up negativity. The quality of life, satisfaction, and well-being of such people can be positive, optimistic, hopeful, and marked with independence, healthy coping skills, strong resilience, and self-determination. This narrative seeks to break the perception gap between public perception and the private inner experience of affected persons by outlining a few threads of positivity within the realm of disability. Heavily tilted towards rights-based models, person-in-environment social and cultural aspects of the disability experience are taken into account, while the use of positive rather than negative emotions is explained. Finally, before inviting more empirical attention to this neglected field of study, mention is made of the sparse research related to this area.
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Pub Date : 2023-07-01DOI: 10.22159/ijoe.2023v11i4.48206
B. Odalonu
This study examined the socioeconomic effect of banditry in Niger State, Nigeria. The study adopted a survey research design. The data for the study were collected from primary and secondary sources. The content-analysis technique was adopted to analyze and categorize the data collected into key themes of the study. The study is anchored on situational action theory that explicated the reasons behind the rising banditry in Niger State. Findings revealed that the drivers of banditry in Niger State were attributed to poverty, unemployment, large swathes of ungoverned forest reserves, thriving illegal mining activities, the porosity of borders, proliferation of arms and a weak security system. It also revealed that banditry activities have led to the displacement of residents, payment of huge ransoms, abandonment of means of livelihood, and shortage of food and have triggered an adverse socioeconomic crisis for the people. Based on the findings, the study recommended that the ungoverned forests where the bandits operate need to be combed by the military personnel through an air raid and community policing should be established and equipped with security tools to enable them to secure the various communities against banditry, Nigerian porous borders should be blocked to prevent the influx of foreign criminal elements and bandits into the country, the security agencies manning the borders should be strengthened and technologies such as closed circuit cameras, drones, and other technologies should be deployed at the borders to enhance maximum security and more security personnel should be deployed to rural communities that are mostly affected by the activity of bandits.
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