Browsing by Author "Lapite, Akolade Olubunmi"

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    Assessment of Academic Performance of Public and Private Primary Schools in Lagos State, Nigeria
    (Common Ground Publishing LLC, Illinois, USA, 2012) Lapite, Akolade Olubunmi; Ogunjimi, Mayowa Olurotimi
    In recent time in Nigeria, privately owned primary schools have been on the increase against the government owned schools. The study therefore was carried out to compare the academic performance of private and public primary schools in Lagos State, Nigeria. A sample of 480 pupils were randomly selected from 24 primary schools in the six (6) education district zones in Lagos State. Achievement test adapted from past common entrance examination questions were administered to the selected samples. From the three hypotheses generated, it was found that the academic performance of private primary school pupils was significantly different from that of public schools. It was recommended that government should make public education to be of high standard by giving proper attention to the facilities and activities that will enhance academic performance of the pupils in public primary schools.
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    Assessment of Achievement Goals and Study Strategies of In-service Teachers of Degree Programmes in Nigeria
    (University of Nairobi’s Centre for Pedagogy and Andragogy (CEPA)., 2023-12-06) Ogunjimi, Mayowa Olurotimi; Lapite, Akolade Olubunmi; Ewumi, Abosede M.
    Students' study strategies and goal orientations direct their effort and performance, serving as a form of motivation to accomplish an academic task successfully. Hence, this study was designed to assess the achievement goals and study strategies of in-service teachers of degree programmes in the Southwestern part of Nigeria. Using descriptive research design, the study population consists of all the students of the sandwich degree programme of Federal Universities in Southwestern Nigeria. A sample size of six hundred students was selected across the five levels of the degree programme in three selected federal universities using proportionate stratified sampling techniques. Data were gathered with a self-constructed questionnaire titled “Study Strategies Achievement Goals Questionnaire (SSAGQ) which has a Cronbach Alpha reliability value of 0.83. The data were analyzed with descriptive and inferential statistical methods. The findings revealed that sandwich students had a higher tendency towards surface strategy than deep strategy and also had performance goals than learning goals. The result further revealed a positive relationship between students’ study strategies and their achievement goals. It was suggested that educational institutions should clearly articulate their learning agenda and seek ways to align it with their students’ learning agenda in a way that demands deep content knowledge for all students.
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    Exploring the Parenting Style and Truancy Behaviour of Primary School Pupils in Lagos State, Nigeria
    (Department of Psychology and Education, Faculty of Educational Studies, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana, 2018-12) Effrim, Paul Kobina; Lapite, Akolade Olubunmi; Ogunjimi, Mayowa Olurotimi
    Educationists have long been interested in how parents affect child’s behaviour in school. Research is required to establish the links between specific actions of parents and truancy behaviour among primary school pupils. Hence, this study examined the parenting styles as determinant/predictor of truancy behaviour among primary school pupils in Lagos State, Nigeria. The study population is all primary school pupils in Lagos State, while a sample size of 300subjects were purposively selected from five primary schools in each of the six local education districts in the State. The age of the subjects ranged from 9 to 13 with mean of 10.7. Data was generated with questionnaires by the researchers, and analysed with descriptive statistics and inferential statistical method. Three hypotheses were generated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. All the hypotheses were not accepted. The findings revealed that there was significant relationship between parenting style and truancy behaviour of pupils. The study also revealed that poor and ineffective parenting styles were adopted by parents. The researchers however, suggested that concerted efforts should be made by parents to ensure their children are adequately provided for and morally groomed. The implications of these findings were discussed and recommendations made.
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    Perceived Impact of Teachers’ Discipline Strategies on Social Competence of Middle Basic Pupils in Ilorin South, Kwara State
    (Faculty of Education, University of Portharcourt, Portharcourt, Nigeria, 2024-02) Lapite, Akolade Olubunmi; Ogunjimi, Mayowa Olurotimi; Adedotun, Kikelomo
    This study examines the perceived impact of teachers' discipline strategies on social competence of middle basic pupils Ilorin South Local Government Area. The study adopts a descriptive research design. The population of the study covers all teachers in registered basic schools in Ilorin South Local Government Area while the target population consisted of 100 middle basic school teachers from both private and government owned schools. Ten (10) teachers were randomly selected from ten sampled schools. One research question and three hypotheses were raised to guide this study. The instrument used for data collection was self-constructed questionnaire titled: Perceived impact of teachers’ discipline strategies on social competence of basic school pupils. The instrument was validated for content analysis while the test-retest reliability method used yielded a value of 0.74. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistic and inferential statistic respectively, with the use of Statistical Packaged for Social Science to generate answers to the research questions and hypothesis respectively. The study revealed that primary school teachers showed positive perception towards the impact of teachers’ discipline strategies on social competence of basic school pupils in Ilorin South LGA and the school management should ensure that perfect discipline strategies are put in place to shape and mold pupils’ social competence.