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Item Assessment of Literacy Learning Outcomes among Upper Basic Students in Kwara State, Nigeria(Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) Branch, Sheda, Abuja, 2018-12) Jimoh, M. I.; Abdullahi, O. E.Item Challenges Encountered by Undergraduates Writing Online Examination Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic(Department of Educational Management, Faculty of Education, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria, 2024) Jimoh, M. I.; Ayoku, O.B.Item Comparability of Literacy Skills Scores in School Based Assessment of Male and Female Middle Basic Pupils in Moro Local Government Area, Kwara State, Nigeria(Faculty of Education, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria, 2016) Jimoh, M. I.; Balogun, A. O.; Yusuf, O. A.The underlying principle in School-Based Assessment (SBA) is the transformation from Continuous Assessment (CA) in accordance with the National Policy on Education (2f) 13). The study therefore compared literacy skill scores generated from SBA of male and female middle basic pupils in Moro Local Government Area, Kwara State, Nigeria This study adopted ex-post facto design. The population for the study covered of all the basic I to 9 pupils in public schools in Moro LGA, Kwara State, Nigeria. The target population comprised 148 schools and 12,493 middle basics (Basic 4 to 6 pupils) in Moro LGA, Kwara State, Nigeria. A simple random sampling technique was used to sample 59 (39.87%) schools and 1,180 pupils' results in the English Language. A proforma was used as an instrument to collect the 2015/2016 academic session pupils' scores in the English Language. One research question was raised and answered using curvilinear transformation on the percentile scale. One research hypothesis was raised and tested using the independent sampled t-test. It was found that the scores obtained by male pupils were higher than female pupils in 2015 English Language SBA in Moro LGA, Kwara State. It was also found that a significant difference was found in the scores obtained by male and female pupils in English Language SBA. One of the recommendations revealed that school-based assessments should be conducted to provide feedback to stakeholders in the education industry. Teachers should endeavor to follow the recommended assessment procedures as specified by the National curriculum.Item Comparability of SSE multiple-choice Economics items using IRT approach among senior secondary students in Kwara State, Nigeria(The Faculty of Education, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria, 2017) Jimoh, M. I.; Yusuf, O. A.; Laaro, Y. B.This study was conducted on three-parameter comparison of WASSCE and NECO multiple-choice Economics items among Senior Secondary School students in Kwara State, Nigeria. Students' abilities and item parameters (item difficulty, discrimination and guessing) of WASSCE and NECO Economics items were investigated. Descriptive survey research design was adopted. Twenty-four randomly selected public Senior Secondary Schools were sampled and 768 Senior Secondary School III students were sampled using multi-stage sampling technique 2015WASSCE and NECO multiple-choice Economics items were used as the instrument. The data obtained were scored dichotomously, Students' abilities and item parameters were generated using WinGen IRT software package. The t-test statistic was used to test hypotheses postulated at 0.05 level of significance. One of the findings revealed that: the examinees sampled were of medium ability in WASSCE but higher in NECO. The WASSCE Economics items had more difficult items than NECO Economics items. NECO Economics items discriminated more than WASSCE. Economics items in 2015 had negative discrimination and as such excluded from calibration. More items were prone to guessing in NECO than in WASSCE Economics test items. It was also found that significant differences did not exist in the difficulty, discrimination and guessing indices of WASSCE and NECO multiple-choice Economics items. One of the recommendations was that in WASSCE and NECO should properly review and edit their items so as to detect items with negative discrimination and reduce the guessing tendency of each item.Item Critical thinking as a corollate of numeracy learning outcomes among middle basic pupils in Kwara State, Nigeria(Association of Behavioural Research Analysts and Psychometricians, 2019-08) Jimoh, M. I.Item Emotional Intelligence as Determinant of Teachers’ Productivity in Middle Basic Schools in Kwara State, Nigeria(Department of Social Sciences Education, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria., 2013) Jimoh, M. I.; Saadu, T. U.; Akinboboye J. T.; Ipem, J. NItem Emotional Intelligence as Determinant of Teachers’ Productivity in Middle Basic Schools in Kwara State, Nigeria. Nigeria Journal of Educational Foundations. 12 (1); 70 - 85,(Department of Social Sciences Education, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria., 2013) Jimoh, M. I.; Saadu, T. U.; Akinboboye J. T.; Ipem, J. N.Item Family Factors and Academic Achievement of Adolescent Boys and Girls in Alvan Ikoku Federal Collage of Education, Owerri.(Journal of Nigerian of Educational Psychologists, 2014) Ipem, J. N.; Pual-Cookery, N.; Jimoh, M. I.This study is a descriptive survey design which aimed at investigating the influence of family factors on adolescents' academic achievement. Out of the total population of 13,149 students, nine hundred and twenty-five (925) Alvan Students from three randomly selected schools (Arts, Natural Science and Education) constituted the sample for the study. The instrument used for data collection was a structured questionnaire titled Family Factors, and Academic Achievement Questionnaire (FF AAQ). Two research questions were formulated. The instrument used was validated by experts in Measurement and Evaluation, using Pearson Product Moment Correlation statistics and a reliability coefficient of 0.62 was obtained. Data collected were analyzed using percentage and rank order. The results revealed that marital happiness found to be a prominent factor in the factor that influences adolescents' academic achievement (98.37%). It was also revealed that high income caring parents pay their children's school fees as at when due than low-income earners (88.97%) and that students whose parents abstain from drinking are more likely to perform better academically. It was recommended that parents should try as much as: possible to keep their homes at peace because their happiness motivates their children in school. Parents should be hardworking and find something doing to earn a good living to take proper care of their children. Alcohol is dangerous to health and mental ability; therefore, parents should abstain from taking it.Item Impact of Opon-imo on senior students’ academic performance in Osun State, Nigeria(Department of Educational Management University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria, 2005) Daramola, D. S.; Owolabi, H. O.; Jimoh, M. I.; Ogunjimi, M. O.; Olorunlero, I.; Olutola, A. T.In 2013, Osun State Government launched a tablet programme called "Open- Imo" (Tablet of Knowledge). This tablet provides Senior School students with the learning materials required to essentially prepare them for external examinations. The question then is after two academic sessions of implementation, have students improve academically? This study, therefore, investigated the impact of Opon-Imo on Senior School Students' academic performance in Osun State. Specifically, the study investigated the impact of Opon-Imo on senior school students' academic performance in English Language after the use of Opon-Imo. Also, the relationship between gender, senatorial district, subject combination and students' performance was investigated. Ex-post facto design was adopted for the study. Multi-stage sampling techniques that included stratified and purposive were used to sample 440 Senior Secondary 3 students. Students' second term scores in the English Language before and after Opon-imo were given to them were collected and standardized. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the collected data. Findings revealed the below-average academic performance of senior school students in English Language and negative significant impact of mobile tablet on senior School student's academic performance in the English Language. Also, the use of mobile tablets did not significantly have an impact on students' academic performance in the English Language based on gender and senatorial district, but it does base on subject combination. Based on these findings, it was recommended among others that students should be properly monitored to ensure that the tablet is appropriately utilized so as to achieve the intended objectives.Item Lectures’ Perception of Causes of Unemployment among Educated Youths in Nigeria: The Social Implications(Institute of Education and Professional Development, University of Uyo, Akwam Ibom State, Nigeria, 2017) Balogun, A. O.; Jimoh, M. I.; Okafor, I. P.; Oniye, R. K.; Iyekolo, O. A.; Igudia, A. I.; Muhammad, G. M. F.Item School-Based Assessment as a determinant of Students’ Achievement in WAEC and NECO Examinations: Geography in Focus(Department of Educational Foundations, Faculty of Education, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria., 2015) Jimoh, M. I.; Olutola, A. T.; Balogun A. O.Item SELF-CONCEPT AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF UPPER BASIC SECONDARY SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES STUDENTS IN KWARA STATE, NIGERIA(Social Studies Association of Nigeria, 2013-10) Abdulsalam, A. A.; Jimoh, M. I.; Rasheed, S. A.The study examined Self-concept and academic performance of Upper basic secondary school Social Studies students in Kwara State, Nigeria. The study employed descriptive survey design. The population for this study consisted of students of Social Studies in public Upper Basic Schools in Kwara State and the sample for the study consisted of schools that had been presenting candidates for Junior School Certificate Examination (JSCE). The result showed that there was a significant relationship between self-concept and the academic performance of Social Studies students (r=.427). The study concluded that the factors determining the formation of the self-concept of an individual are: the environment, the people with whom the individual lives and who plays a very crucial role in the molding of individual's behaviours.Item Sexual Communication Techniques among Staff of Colleges of Education in Kwara State, Nigeria(Department of Guidance and Counselling Education, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria, 2012) Jimoh, M. I.; Balogun, A. O.; Akinboboye, J. T.This study examined sexual communication techniques among the staff of colleges of Education in Kwara State. The research design adopted for the study was a descriptive survey .The population comprised of the entire staff (academic and non-academic) of all the Colleges of Education in Kwara State. A researcher self-developed questionnaire was designed and validated using content validity to determine the extent to which the items of the questionnaire corresponded with the objectives of the study. The reliability of the instrument was established by employing split-half reliability method. Cronbach alpha reliability statistic was used and a coefficient 0.74 was obtained. The t-test and ANOVA statistics were used to test hypotheses one and two postulated respectively. The findings revealed that there was a significant difference in the sexual communication techniques of respondent based on gender and ethnicity. It was concluded that sexual communication and good sexual behaviours are crucial elements in a healthy relationship. One of the recommendations is the need for training on marital adjustment, mutual respect, validation of feeling, active listening and willingness to compromise and negotiate between couples.Item Social Studies Educators Perceptions of Retrogression in Family Values as Source of Civil Unrest in North-central, Nigeria(Department of Educational Foundations, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria, 2016) Rasheed, S. A.; Abdulsalam, A. A.; Jimoh, M. I.This paper is descriptive research, examined the Social Studies educators' perceptions of retrogression in family values as a source of civil unrest in North-central Nigeria. The populations for this study comprised Social Studies Educators in North-Central Nigeria.150 Social Studies Educators were randomly sampled in tertiary institutions offering Social Studies education in North-Central, Nigeria. The main instrument used to obtain data in this study was the researchers’ designed questionnaire. Four research questions and two research hypotheses were formulated. Data collected were collated and analyzed using frequency counts, percentages, mean ranking and t-test. Based on the findings of this study; the first three foremost perceived retrogression in family value that predisposed youth to civil unrest in North Central Nigeria are high rates of divorce and single parenthood with mean score of 3.80, changes in family roles and children exposition to peer group and mass media with mean score of 3.66 as well as the use of physical force to instill discipline in children with mean score of 3.63. The study thus recommended that marital disputes that would lead to divorce should be avoided, parent should also have adequate attention for their children despite their involvement in white-collar jobs. Moral talks and counseling approaches should be used instead of corporal punishment to enforce discipline.Item Teachers’ Awareness of Life Skills in Universal Basic Education Schools in Kwara State, Nigeria(The Nigerian Association of Educational Researchers and Evaluators, 2014) Jimoh, M. I.; Olatuji, D. S.; Balogun, A. O.If the country is to achieve objectives of the National Policy on Education in the modern world, then literacy, numeracy and life skills in particular in Universal Basic Education must be assessed. The main purpose of this study is to assess the level of teachers' awareness of life skills on the implementation of Universal Basic Education (UBE) in Kwara State, Nigeria. Three research questions and three hypotheses were raised, answered and tested at a level of significance 0.05. The research design adopted was a descriptive survey type. The population of this study consisted of the entire teachers of primary schools in Nigeria while the target population was the teachers of primary schools in Kwara State, Nigeria. Stratified and proportional random samplings techniques were used to select respondents on the basis of senatorial districts. A total of 1,086 teachers formed the sampled size. The researcher used a self-developed questionnaire titled "Teachers' Awareness on Life Skills" (TALS) to elicit information from the respondents (Teachers). The validity of the questionnaire was ascertained using face and content validity approaches while the split-half method of reliability was used and obtained 0.725 coefficient. All three hypotheses tested were rejected which implied that primary schools teachers had low level of awareness of life skills on the implementation Universal Basic Education (UBE) in Kwara State, Nigeria. Based on the teachers' gender, senatorial districts and their cadres. It could be concluded that proper attention was not given to life skills as in Literacy and numeracy. It could also be concluded that there is an underutilization of the child center approach in the existing structures in various schools that could assist in the realization of life skills. One of the recommendations put forward was that more focused life skills education in line with UBE objectives could be established and Ministry 0/ Education could set up its supervisory roles on the process and progress of life skills education in schools.Item Teachers’ Effectiveness in Maintaining Standards in Basic Education in Kwara State Central District(Department of Teacher Education, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria, 2014-05) Olatunji, D. S.; Jimoh, M. I.; Balogun, A. O.; Saidu, A; Alhassan, Y. S.This study investigated teachers' effectiveness in maintaining standards in basic education in Kwara Central Senatorial District. Specifically, the study determined the influence of teaching qualification, years of teaching experience, areas of specialization and gender on teachers' effectiveness. The population of the study was 3,410 Upper basic teachers in the 84 schools in the district out of which 300 teachers were randomly drawn from 30 schools as a sample for the study. A questionnaire titled My Teacher Effectiveness Inventory (MTEI) was used to collect data about the teachers' effectiveness from their students. The collected data were analyzed with percentages and chi-squares. The findings showed that teachers in Basic Schools possess a minimum teaching qualification. Teachers' gender, teaching qualifications, years of teaching experience and area of specialization significantly influenced their effectiveness. Based on these findings, it was recommended that B.Ed/B.Sc (Ed)/ B.A (Ed) should be the least qualification for teaching in Upper Basic schools in Kwara Central Senatorial District. The experienced teachers should mentor the less experienced and newly recruited teachers; teachers' areas of specialization or discipline should be adhered to in the recruitment and placement of teachers. Also, male teachers should update their knowledge through a series of in-service training and refresher courses. These would improve teachers' effectiveness and standard in Basic Education would be assured.Item Uniudimentionality of Basic Education Certificate in Nigeria: A Case Study of National Examinations Council(Department of Education Management, Faculty of Education, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria., 2015) Akinboboye, J. T.; Akande, J. A.; Jimoh, M. I.; Adewuni, D. A.Item University staff perception of causes and social implications of educated youth unemployment in Nigeria(Department of Educational Foundations and Curriculum, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, 2014) Balogun, A. O.; Jimoh, M. I.; Okafor, I. P.; Iyekolo, O. A.This study examined University staff perception of the causes and social implications of educated youth unemployment in Nigeria. The population for the study comprised all 99 Faculty of Education Lecturers in the University of Ilorin. Questionnaire titled University Staff Perception of the Causes and Social transformation o f Educated Youth Unemployment Questionnaire was used to elicit information from the respondents. The (USPCASEYUQ) revealed that outdated school curricular and lack of findings of the study emphasis on University certificates, neglect fo skill employable skills, too much of equal educational opportunities were the major acquisition training in Nigeria. Findings also revealed that causes of educated youth unemployment for school completion and civil i n c r e a s e i n i n s e c u r i t y , r e d u c t i o n i n i n c e n t i v e s o f e d u c a t e d hyout disorder were identified as the major implications that government in Nigeria. The study therefore recommended that employment opportunities for teaming educated policies and should provide of the government to review the educational youths and the ability that will afford the youths the opportunity curriculum in such a way a n d make them to be self-reliant.Item Use of e-Learning Facilities in Assessing Undergraduates During Covid-19 in a Nigerian University(Centre for Research, Industrial Linkage and International Cooperation, Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Nigeria., 2023-06) Jimoh, M. I.; Ipem, J. N.E-learning is a form teaching that involved the interaction between the facilitator (teachers) and the learners with the aid computer, audio, video and other internet facilities. The study therefore, investigated the e-learning facilities in assessing undergraduates during covid-19 school restriction in a Nigerian university. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. All the lecturers in university of Ilorin constituted the population while the target population consisted of all the lecturers in faculty of education. The faculty has 187 lecturers out of which 180 were sampled. A self-developed questionnaire was used. It has two sections. Section “A” contained bio-data. Section “B” contained six items that addressed the use of e-learning facilities during covid-19 for students’ assessment. The items in section “B” were four-point Likert scale (Never used = 1, rarely used = 2, occasionally used =3 and frequently used = 4). The questionnaire was subjected to content validation and obtained S-CVI of 0.951 and test-retest reliability with 0.901coefficient. The findings revealed that LMS Module, Google Form and Computer Based Test were frequently used, Google Classroom was occasionally used while Google Meet and Microsoft Team were never used. The also finding revealed that there was no significant difference in the lecturers’ use of e-learning facilities to assess students based on gender and departments. One of the recommendations put forward is that university management should equip schools with modern e-Learning facilities to foster teaching and learning.