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Effect of Two Instructional Strategies on Students’ Achievement at Selected Abstract Concepts : A Case Study on Biology Learning in Kwara State, Nigeria Adewumi, Gabriel Segun; Akanbi, Adejoke Arinlade; Muraina, Kamilu Olanrewaju
Journal of Pedagogy and Education Science Vol 3 No 02 (2024): Journal of Pedagogy and Education Science
Publisher : The Indonesian Institute of Science and Technology Research

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.56741/jpes.v3i02.529

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This study determined the effects of two instructional strategies (Project and Inquiry) on students’ achievement in selected abstract concepts of Biology. The study adopted the pretest-posttest control group, a quasi-experimental design. 120 SS II Biology students from six co-educational schools in two Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Kwara state were randomly selected. Participants were randomly assigned to treatment groups. The instruments used were: the Biology Student Achievement Test (r=0.88) and Teachers Instructional guides on Project and Inquiry strategies. Two hypotheses were formulated and tested at a 0.05 level of significance. The data collected were analyzed using analysis of covariance, the treatment had a significant main effect on students’ achievement on some selected abstract concepts in Biology(F(2, 107) =12.061; p<0.05, partial η2 = 0.184). Project strategy (PS) treatment group 1 has the highest adjusted mean achievement scores (x ̅=23.21) than those in the Inquiry Strategy (IS) treatment group11 (x ̅=17.81) and the students in the Conventional Strategy (CS) control group have the lowest adjusted mean achievement scores (x ̅=17.20). This order is represented as PS >IS > CS.  The male students showed greater improvements in mean gain of achievement scores by 21.94 and female students by 17.13. Based on the findings Project and Inquiry strategies should be adopted for the improvement of students’ achievement in abstract concepts in biology.
The Future of Guidance and Counselling in the 21st Century in Nigeria: Changing Face-to-Face Counselling through Cyberspace Counselling Muraina, Kamilu Olanrewaju; G, Saleh Musa; Kabir, Zahrau Muhammad
International Journal of Research in STEM Education Vol. 2 No. 2 (2020): November Issue
Publisher : Universitas Terbuka

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The use of technology in all spheres of lives has brought about significant changes worldwide. The use of internet has replaced the face-to-face counselling in the western world. The future is being shaped by current and emerging technologies that are drastically changing the way in which people interact. Such changes are as a result of development in the field of science and technology. Consequently, cyberspace counselling is at the forefront of the paradigm changes that are shaping the future of face-to-face counselling. This paper reflects on the potential benefits of cyberspace counselling in the 21st century, its implication, challenges and prospects for counsellors and the counsellees in Nigeria. Building upon this, the paper also concludes why these technologies can change theface-to-face traditional counselling to cyberspace counselling thereby making both counsellors and clients in the realm of counselling context.
Political Interest and Academic Achievement among Students Offering Government in Senior Secondary School Muraina, Kamilu Olanrewaju; Kehinde, Muraina Maruf; Omolara, Oladele
Mimbar Ilmu Vol. 29 No. 1 (2024): April
Publisher : Universitas Pendidikan Ganesha

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.23887/mi.v29i1.73829

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Students do not realize their obligation to participate in the development of a society that can promote unity and peaceful coexistence within the nation in terms of political and societal interests. The purpose of this study was to analyze political interest and academic achievement among students offering Government in senior secondary school. Five hundred participants constituted the study’s sample out of which only 478 were used after data administration. Both the independent and dependent variables were measured with validated instruments with 0.85 and the data obtained was analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) Statistical method. Two research hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The result showed that there was significant relationship between political interest and Students’ academic performance in Government (r= .777; p<0.05) as well as between political interest and Students’ attitudes to Government (r= .548; p<0.05). The implication of this showed that political interest had significant influence on academic achievement among students offering Government in senior secondary school. In view of these findings, it was recommended that educational stakeholders should intensify their effort to organize workshops on the implications of political interest on academic achievement among students offering Government in senior secondary school.