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{"title":"Gender and mathematics anxiety among senior high school students","authors":"Hardi Abdul Rahaman, Christopher Saaha Bornaa, Abdulai Boare Iddrisu, Enoch Kabinaa Suglo, Stephen Atepor, Francis Xavier Adams","doi":"10.31248/ijet2023.196","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31248/ijet2023.196","url":null,"abstract":"A multitude of researchers have consistently emphasized that Mathematics Anxiety holds a substantial role as a predictive factor for academic achievement. Although the factors shaping students' anxiety levels have been extensively explored, the existing literature indicates a notable gap in understanding the gender-based implications on students' Mathematics Anxiety Levels, specifically within the context of the Sagnarigu Municipality. Consequently, this study seeks to investigate whether gender disparities exist in the extent of Mathematics Anxiety among senior high school students. Employing a quantitative approach with an analytical cross-sectional design, the study engaged 385 students selected through simple random sampling. An extensive literature review complemented primary data collection utilizing a dedicated questionnaire, the Mathematics Anxiety Scale. The gathered data underwent thorough analysis utilizing descriptive and inferential statistics. Frequencies and percentages facilitated the categorization of students' Mathematics Anxiety Levels, while the comparison of mean Mathematics Anxiety scores between genders utilized the Mann-Whitney U Test. The study's findings unveiled that Mathematics Anxiety levels among students in the Sagnarigu Municipality, located in the Northern Region of Ghana, were notably high, and gender exerted a significant influence. Specifically, females exhibited higher levels of Mathematical Anxiety compared to their male counterparts. As a recommendation, the study underscores the importance for mathematics educators in Sagnarigu Municipal Senior High Schools to allocate focused attention to female students, aiming to alleviate their apprehensions around mathematics and consequently enhance their academic performance.","PeriodicalId":474385,"journal":{"name":"Integrity Journal of Education and Training","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136242737","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}

{"title":"Teachers’ demand and supply for effective junior secondary school administration in Rivers State from 2017 – 2021","authors":"Baribor Abarile Gimah","doi":"10.31248/ijet2023.188","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31248/ijet2023.188","url":null,"abstract":"This paper investigated teachers’ demand and supply for effective secondary school’s administration in Rivers State. Two research questions guided the study. Descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The population of the study was 230 UBE Board Staff of Rivers State. The sample of the study was 115 staff of UBE Board drawn from the population using simple random sampling technique which represents 50% of the staff. The instrument for the data collection was document analysis (Teacher's data). The percentage of teachers demand and supply was used in answering the question. The findings revealed that there are shortages of teachers in the junior secondary schools in Rivers State. Based on the findings, the study recommends among others, that government should recruit more qualified teachers to correspond with the increased in students’ enrollment. Conclusively, teachers’ welfare package should be made more attractive to motivate teachers and to encourage young graduates to join the teaching profession.","PeriodicalId":474385,"journal":{"name":"Integrity Journal of Education and Training","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136242738","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}

{"title":"Alternative assessment challenges of teachers in inclusive senior high schools in Northern Ghana","authors":"Isaac Attia, Maxwell Kwesi Nyatsikor, Richard Amoako","doi":"10.31248/ijet2022.151","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31248/ijet2022.151","url":null,"abstract":"The paper presents findings of teachers’ challenges in using alternative assessment procedures to assess learners with visual impairment in two purposively sampled inclusive senior high schools in the Northern part of Ghana with particular reference to Sirugu and Wa Senior High Schools in the Upper East and Upper West Regions, respectively. The study’s population comprised teachers in inclusive senior high schools in Ghana. Experts in authors’ institutions reviewed and validated the content and construct validity of the instrument. The reliability was established by pilot testing the instrument using respondents from Wenchi Methodist Senior High School, an inclusive school in the Bono Region of Ghana. The Cronbach’s coefficient alpha derived for the questionnaire was 0.79. The study used a cross-sectional descriptive survey design and a sample size of 136 teachers selected using the simple random sampling technique. Data were collected using the authors’ self-developed questionnaire after pilot-testing for its refinement. Descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) were used to analyse the data. The findings revealed that most teachers had constraints using alternative assessment methods to evaluate learners who are visually impaired in the classroom due to their inadequate expertise. Overcrowded classrooms leading to large teacher-learner ratios, lack of assessment materials and logistics also posed formidable challenges to using alternative assessments. The study recommends the expansion of existing infrastructure and equipping teachers in inclusive schools with the requisite skills and competencies to use alternative assessment methods effectively. It is also imperative for the government and stakeholders to provide the required logistics to facilitate effective teaching, learning and assessment of learners with visual impairment in schools.","PeriodicalId":474385,"journal":{"name":"Integrity Journal of Education and Training","volume":"364 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136368608","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}

{"title":"Test anxiety and academic motivation among Usmanu Danfodiyo University Students, Sokoto State, Nigeria","authors":"Abubakar Wakeh Yawa, Ijale Martina, Akeem Busari","doi":"10.31248/ijet2023.180","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31248/ijet2023.180","url":null,"abstract":"This study examined the relationship between test anxiety and academic motivation among Usmanu Danfodiyo University students Sokoto State, Nigeria. The study adopted a correlational research design. The target population of the study were six thousand five hundred and four (6504) undergraduate students. The sample of the study were 346 participants drawn from 300 level students. Data was collected using Test Anxiety Inventory (TAI) and Academic Motivation Inventory (AMI) face and content were validated and had reliability for test anxiety 0.802 also motivation has a reliability of 0.819 respectively after pilot testing. The data collected was processed and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics (Pearson Product Moment Correlation) was used to test the hypotheses. All tests were done at 0.05 alpha level of significance. The finding shows that significant relationship exists between test anxiety and intrinsic motivation (r= 0.724, p=0.00). The finding also revealed significant relationship exists between test anxiety and extrinsic motivation (r= 0.709, p=0.00). From the results, it was recommended that test anxiety should be controlled and managed with the help of professional school counsellors as this have inverse relationship on students’ academic motivation.","PeriodicalId":474385,"journal":{"name":"Integrity Journal of Education and Training","volume":"239 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136368607","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}

{"title":"Mathematics teachers’ perceptions and challenges in using blended learning for optimum mathematics delivery in the post COVID - 19 classrooms","authors":"Blessing C. Anakpua, Emmanuel C. Nzeakor, Chinyere N. Emefo, Adeline N. Okeke","doi":"10.31248/ijet2023.183","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31248/ijet2023.183","url":null,"abstract":"The study examined mathematics teachers’ perceptions and challenges in using blended learning for optimum mathematics delivery in the post Covid-19 classrooms in Anambra State, Nigeria. Descriptive survey design was adopted. Two research questions and one hypothesis guided the study. The population for the study was 89 mathematics teachers in Awka Education zone of Anambra State. The population was made up of 54 mathematics teachers in urban areas and 35 mathematics teachers in rural areas. A 20-item “Questionnaire for Mathematics Teachers’ Perceptions and Challenges in using Blended Learning for Optimum Mathematics Delivery (QMTPCBLOMD)” was validated by three experts and rated on four Likert scales. Cronbach Alpha was used to establish the reliability co-efficient of the instrument. The Cronbach Alpha reliability co-efficient was estimated at 0.84. Research questions were answered using mean and standard deviation, while the hypothesis was tested using z-test at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study showed that both urban and rural mathematics teachers perceived blended learning as the learning process that provides forum for interactive learning, promotes e-learning, fosters collaborative learning experience, incorporates both personalized and group learning, helps to share mathematics information and ideas globally and promotes student-centred learning. Challenges in using blended learning include lack of ICT compliance, low level of interest in mathematics, time factor, low speed connectivity and poor funding of secondary education. There was no significant difference between the mean response of perceptions of urban and rural mathematics teachers in using blended learning for optimum mathematics delivery in the post COVID-19 classrooms. It was recommended among others that both mathematics teachers and students should be ICT compliant and adequate time should be given for teaching of mathematics. Then capacity building workshop on blended learning should be organized for both mathematics teachers and students and government should fund secondary education adequately.","PeriodicalId":474385,"journal":{"name":"Integrity Journal of Education and Training","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136368609","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}

{"title":"Development of intelligent tutor for enhancing Think-Pair-Share in learning of Electrical Machines in Colleges of Education (Technical) in North East, Nigeria","authors":"Ahmed MOHAMMED, J. D. Medugu, J. Zambwa","doi":"10.31248/ijet2023.189","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31248/ijet2023.189","url":null,"abstract":"This study developed an Intelligent Tutor for enhancing Think-Pair-Share in learning of Electrical Machines in Colleges of Education (Technical) in North East, Nigeria that will improve access to students and give them flexibility in learning. The study adopted a multi-method research design involving Research and Development (R & D) and Descriptive Survey research designs. The population of the study was 25 persons consisting of 10 lecturers of Electrical/Electronic Programme in Federal College of Education (Technical) Potiskum and Federal College of Education (Technical) Gombe, 15 industrial personnel, 5 each from Ashaka Cement, Bajoga, Savannah Sugar Plantation, Numan and Adama Beverages, Yola. Three research questions and three null hypotheses guided the study. The instruments were subjected to face and content validation by experts. The instrument, Intelligent Tutor Questionnaire for Electrical Machines (ITQEM) was then incorporated in the Intelligent Tutor (IT) for enhancing Think-Pair-Share in learning of Electrical Machines. Data collected from industrial personnel and lecturers’ validation were analyzed using mean and standard deviation, two-tail t-test was used for test of significance between the responses of industrial personnel and Electrical/Electronic lecturers at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study showed that three topics and 60 items were found to be appropriate for inclusion in the Intelligent Tutor. It was recommended among others that, since Research grants such as Tetfund NRF, Bench-work and PTDF should give priorities to scholars working on Intelligent Tutors and Artificial Intelligences in general to allow equal access for learners from all angles of the country which would in turn harnesses the untapped resourcefulness of the lecturers in Electrical Machines Principles of Operation.","PeriodicalId":474385,"journal":{"name":"Integrity Journal of Education and Training","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136368610","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}

{"title":"Library orientation as a predictor of library use among freshers in two selected academic libraries in Kwara State, Nigeria","authors":"Odunola Adefunke ADEBAYO, Folasade Busayo OGUNTOYE, Tunde Idris YUSUF, Jimoh Omotayo JIMOH","doi":"10.31248/ijet2023.172","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31248/ijet2023.172","url":null,"abstract":"The paper is a study on library orientation as a predictor of library use among freshers in two selected academic libraries in Kwara State, Nigeria. The survey design was used for this study with a total population of two thousand and ten (2,010) registered students from Summit University, Offa (94) and Federal Polytechnic Offa (1916) for the 2021/2022 academic session. Two stage sampling technique was used in the study. The first stage selected departments similar to each of the institutions, these departments are Accounting, Business Administration, Banking and Finance, Computer Science and Mass Communication. The second stage involved the use of sampling fraction of 20% to select the sample size from each of the selected departments. This, therefore, gave a total sampling size of 201. Out of 201 questionnaires distributed to respondents, 200 questionnaires (representing 99.5%) were returned and found valid for analysis. The data collected were analysed using frequency table and mean. The hypothesis was tested using linear regression. Findings revealed that there is a significant relationship between library orientation and utilisation of library resources among newly admitted students in selected institutions in Kwara State, Nigeria. The findings showed the challenges confronting library orientation in academic libraries in Kwara State including but not limited to over population, and lack of instructional materials, among others. It was recommended that library orientation programmes in academic libraries of this nature should be imposed on newly admitted students. Library staff should adopt regular interaction with students and be willing to help and have a user-friendly disposition with them in their quest for services.","PeriodicalId":474385,"journal":{"name":"Integrity Journal of Education and Training","volume":"64 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135803146","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}

{"title":"Science education for entrepreneurship and sustainable development: A call for overhaul of government agencies and institutions in Nigeria","authors":"Matthew CYRIL, Emmanuel I. ORJI","doi":"10.31248/ijet2023.178","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31248/ijet2023.178","url":null,"abstract":"Nigeria has a good number of Government Parastatals in the Ministry of Science and Technology, Industrial Development Centers, Federal and States Universities of Science and Technology, and Polytechnics, which are capable of promoting entrepreneurial activities as well as providing entrepreneurship education. Yet much is left to be desired; the epileptic power supply, unprofessionalism in government sectors, corruption by government officials, and the well-celebrated practice of substituting merit for a quota system. The paper discusses the need to overhaul Government Agencies and Institutions in Nigeria to meet the desired Entrepreneurship Education for Sustainable Development. Since skill acquisition is central to entrepreneurship, the paper highlighted the need for qualitative education as means for the attainment of appropriate skills for achieving sustainable development. Four skills relevant to different levels of education were identified. Challenges of entrepreneurship education for sustainable development as well as strategies for achieving entrepreneurship education for sustainable development were discussed. The paper recommends that Government Agencies and Institutions saddled with the responsibility of providing entrepreneurship training in the country should be overhauled.","PeriodicalId":474385,"journal":{"name":"Integrity Journal of Education and Training","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135803147","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}

{"title":"Policy reforms in Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) for sustainable development in Abia State, Nigeria","authors":"Namkere John UDOUDO, Favour Ijeoma IKEJI","doi":"10.31248/ijet2023.176","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31248/ijet2023.176","url":null,"abstract":"The study determined the relevance of policy reforms in Technical Vocational Education and Training for sustainable development in Abia State, Nigeria. The survey research design was used. The population of the study consisted of 4,302 persons made up of 300 officers of Vocational Technical Education Boards and 4,002 teachers of vocational subjects in all the Vocational Technical schools in Abia State in the 2020/2021 academic year. The sample comprised 356 respondents made up of 32 Vocational Technical Education Boards staff and 324 vocational teachers. The sample was selected using stratified random sampling technique. A questionnaire titled “TVET Policy Reforms for Sustainable Development in Abia State Questionnaire” was used for data collection. The questionnaire which contained 31 items structured on a four-point scale was validated by three experts and its internal consistency reliability index was 0.88 determined using Cronbach alpha statistics. The mean with standard deviation was used to answer the research questions while independent t-test was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings showed that reforms are needed in 10 areas of the TVET policy; and that TVET policy reforms are useful for sustainable development in 10 ways. Also, 10 challenges against achievement of TVET policy objectives were found. The researchers concluded that there is dire need for reforms in Nigeria’s TVET policy in the ten areas identified in this study in order to facilitate sustainable development in Abia State and the entire country. It was recommended among others, that the Federal Ministry of Education should initiate moves for significant reforms in Technical Vocational Education and Training policy in Nigeria as soon as is practicable.","PeriodicalId":474385,"journal":{"name":"Integrity Journal of Education and Training","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135803148","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}

{"title":"Improvement needs of lecturers of Agricultural Education for teaching Agricultural Mechanization in colleges of education in North Central Nigeria","authors":"Abdullahi A. Odus, D. G. Wever","doi":"10.31248/ijet2023.177","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31248/ijet2023.177","url":null,"abstract":"This study is on the improvement needs of lecturers of Agricultural Education for teaching Agricultural Mechanization. Two research questions and Two null hypotheses were formulated. A survey research design was adopted for the study. A total of 175 lecturers of Agricultural Education in public colleges of education were used. A structural questionnaire called Improvement Needs Questionnaire (CINQ) was developed and used for data collection. Five (5) experts validated the instrument. The reliability coefficient of the instrument was 0.89 using Alpha–Cronbach Method. Seven research hypotheses were tested at a 0.05 level of significance. Weighted mean and Improvement Needs Index (INI) was used to answer research questions while t-test statistics was used to test the hypotheses. It was found that lecturers of Agricultural Education in colleges of education in North Central Nigeria did not possess improvement needs for teaching Agricultural Mechanization. It was also found that Agricultural Education lecturers in North Central Nigeria required improvement needs in all the stages of teaching. It was therefore recommended that refresher training is required to help the lecturers acquire the needed improvement in teaching. This can be done through lecturers attending conferences and seminars organized for training lecturers for teaching in North Central Nigeria.","PeriodicalId":474385,"journal":{"name":"Integrity Journal of Education and Training","volume":"132 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135827165","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}