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Item Influence of Academic Processing Speed on Pre-Service Physics Teachers’ Performance in Ilorin, Nigeria(Department of Science Education, Faculty of Education, Prince Abubakar Audu University, Anyigba, Kogi Sate, Nigeria, 2023) Abdulkadir A. S.; Yahaya W. O.; Shehu A.; Yahaya Q.; Akanbi A. O.Academic processing speed is an essential cognitive factor that determines to a greater extent the performance of every student success in their academic tasks ranging from classroom lesson, self or group learning, extra-curricular activities and writing of continuous assessment test or examination which were always carried under a specified period of time. The purpose of this study is to determine the influence of academic processing speed on performance of pre-service physics teachers. This study adopted descriptive survey type of research of ex-post facto as this method was found appropriate because it help the researchers to collect and collate numeric data and to make use of correlations among existing variables. Students’gender (female and male) occurs at two level. The population for this study comprised all college of education penultimate year students in Kwara State. Penultimate year students that offers physics as a minor course constituted the target population while one hundred and seven (107) students responded to the Google-form -prepared test and inventory via WhatsApp. 24 academic-processing-speed item adapted from Randy Kulman’s academic processing speed inventory (2017) and 5 researchers designed short answered questions was used in the study. Findings from the study show a significant value from the table was 0.12 (p>0.05) which was found to be higher than the alpha level of significant (0.05). The formulated research hypothesis that stated that academic processing speed has no significant influence on students’ performance in physics was retained/not rejected. Recommendations from the study revealed that academic processing speed helps in categorizing students into the different levels. Also the educators at all level need to work on the students’ academic processing speed in other to determine the level at which each student can carried out academic activities in timed situations.Item Influence of time-of-day of instruction on the performance of senior school students in physics in Ilorin, Nigeria(Didactics of Exact Sciences Department, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 2020) Akanbi A. O.; Shehu A.The study examined the influence of time-of-day of instruction on students’ performance in physics.The study was a descriptive research and 578 senior secondary two (SS II) students were randomly selected from twenty co-educational public secondary schools based on the time-of-day physics.Proforma, questionnaire and physics lesson timetable were the instruments used. Percentage was used to answer the research questions raised and the hypotheses were tested with t-test at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that students who received physics instruction at times-of-day akin to their peak time-of-day outperformed those who received the instruction at times other than their peak time-of-day. Gender and score levels influenced the time-of-day of instruction on the performance of students in physics. It was recommended among others that school management, especially of the schools that enrol male students only, should construct the timetable and place physics lessons in accordance with the time-of-day that is congruent to the majority of the students.Item Relationship between Students’ Academic Mindset, Engagement and Performance in Physics in Kwara State, Nigeria(Department of Educational Sciences and Early Childhood Education - University of Patras, Greece, Europe, 2024) Akanbi A. O.; Quadri Y.; Shehu A.; Yahaya W. O.The study explored the correlation between academic mindset, engagement, and performance of students in education and physics majors. 120 students participated in the correlational survey research. SmartPLS statistical software was used for data analysis. Results indicate that academic mindset and student performance have a weak, low, and non-significant relationship, and academic mindset and student engagement positively affect academic performance in physics. It was concluded that academic mindset and student engagement are among the factors that are positively involved in the academic performance of secondary school students in the field of physics.Item Views of Tertiary Institution Science Laboratory Technologists on Virtual Laboratory Amidst Covid-19 Outbreak in Nigeria(Department of Science Education, Faculty of Education, Prince Abubakar Audu University, Anyigba, Kogi Sate, Nigeria, 2023) Yahaya W. O.; Akanbi A. O.; Owodunni B. A.; Shehu A.; Yahaya Q.; Abdulkadir A. S.Usage and switching from physical to virtual laboratories is fast growing and gaining more momentum and popularity among the teachers, students and technologists as a result of advancement and improvement in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in this 21st century otherwise known as digital age which is also necessitated by the spread of Covid-19. The design for this study was descriptive study. The study sampled thirteen (13) laboratory technologists who were conveniently selected across the federal and state tertiary institutions in Nigeria responded to the Google form questionnaire link shared on their various WhatsApp platform. The instrument used for this study was adapted and tagged “views of Science Laboratory Technologist on Virtual Labs Questionnaire” with three possible Likert scales (Agree, Neutral and Disagree). The face and construct validity of the instrument was determined by ICT experts and analyzed with a validity and reliability indexes of 0.72 & 0.68. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics (frequency, percentages and chart diagram) Overall feedback shows that most laboratory scientists’ (75%) concluded that virtual laboratories aid teaching-learning process, especially during the period of Corona Virus pandemic lockdown and to a greater extent, it helps the application of students’ theoretical knowledge into practice, it promotes students self-learning, prepare students to get more familiar with experiments’ and also helps them to handle the equipment correctly before entering physical labs.