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Download full textAyinde, Oluwafeyisayomi; Olasehinde-Williams, F. A. O. – Anatolian Journal of Education, 2020
Children with deviant behaviours display difficulties adjusting to the classroom environment and also show social skill deficits, and low academic performance. This paper examined the psychosocial problems and academic achievement of deviant pupils in basic schools in Oyo State, Nigeria. This study was a descriptive survey research method of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Antisocial Behavior, Foreign Countries, Public Schools
Direct linkChukwudum Collins Umoke; Musa Adekunle Ayanwale; Sunday Odo Nwangbo; Ngele Cletus Ezeoke; Sunday Okechukwu Abonyi; Stella Oluwakemi Olatunbosun – Discover Education, 2025
Innovative instructional strategies are critical for fostering engagement and inclusivity in education, especially in technology-driven fields such as computer studies. Despite their potential, the broader impacts of modeling instructional approaches on student interest remain underexplored, particularly in secondary education. This study…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Teaching Methods, Models, Junior High School Students
Faremi, Yinusa Akintoye; Akinwarere, Kehinde C.; Fakolujo, Abayomi Babatunde – European Journal of Educational Sciences, 2017
The study examined mental ability of Junior Secondary School Students in Basic Technology in Nigeria. The study adopted survey research design. The purpose of this study is to compare the mental abilities of junior secondary school students in basic technology in terms of age, sex and types of school (Urban and Rural). Two hundred students were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Junior High School Students, Cognitive Ability, Technological Literacy
Alimi, Fatai Oyekola; Tella, Adedeji; Adeyemo, Gabriel Olufemi; Oyeweso, Musibau Oyewale – International Online Journal of Primary Education, 2020
The study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of mother tongue instruction on the achievement of primary five (V) pupils in literacy and numerical skills in Osun state. It also examined the moderating effect of gender. The Cummins interdependence theory provided the framework, while the pre-test/post-test control group quasi experimental…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Native Language, Elementary School Students, Grade 5
Lederman, Judith; Lederman, Norman; Bartels, Selina; Jimenez, Juan; Akubo, Mark; Aly, Shereen; Bao, Chengcheng; Blanquet, Estelle; Blonder, Ron; Bologna Soares de Andrade, Mariana; Buntting, Catherine; Cakir, Mustafa; EL-Deghaidy, Heba; ElZorkani, Ahmed; Gaigher, Estelle; Guo, Shuchen; Hakanen, Arvi; Hamed Al-Lal, Soraya; Han-Tosunoglu, Cigdem; Hattingh, Annemarie; Hume, Anne; Irez, Serhat; Kay, Gillian; Kivilcan Dogan, Ozgur; Kremer, Kerstin; Kuo, Pi-Chu; Lavonen, Jari; Lin, Shu-Fen; Liu, Cheng; Liu, Enshan; Liu, Shiang-Yao; Lv, Bin; Mamlok-Naaman, Rachel; McDonald, Christine; Neumann, Irene; Pan, Yaozhen; Picholle, Eric; Rivero García, Ana; Rundgren, Carl-Johan; Santibáñez-Gómez, David; Saunders, Kathy; Schwartz, Renee; Voitle, Frauke; von Gyllenpalm, Jakob; Wei, Fangbing; Wishart, Jocelyn; Wu, Zhifeng; Xiao, Huang; Yalaki, Yalcin; Zhou, Qiaoxue – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2019
Although understandings of scientific inquiry (as opposed to conducting inquiry) are included in science education reform documents around the world, little is known about what students have learned about inquiry during their elementary school years. This is partially due to the lack of any assessment instrument to measure understandings about…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Middle School Students, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Pepple, Tamunosisi Furo; Ogologo, Gift A. – Journal of the International Society for Teacher Education, 2017
This study investigated how the Niger Delta crisis affected students' access to educational resources, attitude to schooling, and academic achievement in basic science. An ex post facto design was used for the study. Participants included 400 students and 16 principals from 16 secondary schools drawn from four local government areas of Rivers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Access to Education, Educational Attitudes, Science Achievement
Udoukpong, Bassey E.; Emah, Ime E.; Umoren, Shirley E. – International Education Studies, 2012
The research examined the differences in the academic performance in Business Studies of a sampled secondary school junior students in Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria. A sample of 290 (138 male and 152 female) Junior Secondary Three (9th grade) students was surveyed. The students' variables' being examined vis-à-vis academic performance in Business…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Junior High School Students, Business Education, Academic Achievement
Salako, Ekima C.; Eze, Ifeoma R.; Adu, Emmanuel O. – Education, 2013
Knowledge and attitudes to multicultural education concepts in Social Studies are invaluable experiences of analysing various cultures in today's interdependent world. It increases students' capacity for intellectual open-mindedness and global perspective about issues. Equity pedagogy exists when teachers modify their teaching strategies in ways…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Junior High School Students, Cooperative Learning, Multicultural Education
Ugwuanyi, L. T.; Adaka, T. A. – International Journal of Special Education, 2015
The paper focused on the effect of auditory training on reading comprehension of children with hearing impairment in Enugu State. A total of 33 children with conductive, sensory neural and mixed hearing loss were sampled for the study in the two schools for the Deaf in Enugu State. The design employed for the study was a quasi experiment (pre-test…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Auditory Training, Children, Hearing Impairments
Iji, C. O.; Ogbole, P. O.; Uka, N. K. – Educational Research and Reviews, 2014
Among all approaches aimed at reducing poor mathematics achievement among the students, adoption of appropriate methods of teaching appears to be more rewarding. In this study, improvised instructional materials were used to ascertain students' geometry achievement at the upper basic education one. Two research questions were asked with associated…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Instructional Materials, Mathematics Achievement, Geometry
Nwafor, Chika E.; Obodo, Abigail Chikaodinaka; Okafor, Gabriel – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
This study explored the effect of self-regulated learning approach on junior secondary school students' achievement in basic science. Quasi-experimental design was used for the study.Two co-educational schools were drawn for the study through simple random sampling technique. One school was assigned to the treatment group while the other was…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Science Achievement, Junior High School Students, Quasiexperimental Design
Mohammed, Babagana; Ahmed Emigilati, Mohammed; Ishiaku, Ibrahim – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
This study investigates the preconceptions of junior secondary school students in Niger State on scientific ideas. The sample was made up of three hundred and sixty (360) junior secondary school students (JSSS I) who were randomly selected from twelve secondary schools. Four schools in each three educational zones with thirty (30) students from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Misconceptions, Scientific Attitudes
Fasasi, Rasheed Adekunle – International Journal of Science Education, 2017
This study investigated the effect of Ethnoscience instruction and moderating effects of school location and parental educational status on students' attitude to science. It employed pretest-posttest, non-equivalent control group quasiexperimental design. Participants were 352 Junior Secondary School 1 (aged 9-12 years) students from two schools,…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Effect Size, Statistical Analysis, Parent Background
James, Ajogbeje Oke; Folorunso, Alonge Micheal – International Education Studies, 2012
The study investigated the effects of feedback and remediation as instructional strategies on junior secondary school students' achievement in mathematics. The effects of gender and socio economic status on these learning outcomes were also examined. The sample for the study consisted of 240 junior secondary two (JSS II) students in intact classes…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Achievement, Secondary School Mathematics, Junior High School Students
