Ola-Alani, Eniola Keji (Ph.D)2024-05-082024-05-082019Ola-Alani E. K. (2019)2672-5304https://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/123456789/13898This study centered on the influence of moonlight play on pupils 'cognitive development in Irepodun Local Government Area of Osun State. The targeted populations are the pupils in the primary schools within the study area. Five (5) middle schools were selected and twenty (20) pupils were randomly selected from each school to make a total of 100 samples for this study. The questionnaire was divided into two sections, section A comprises respondents' demographic data. Section B comprises items on the influence of moonlight play on pupils' cognitive development. Frequency counts and percentages, mean and standard deviation were used to analyse the demographic data and research questions respectively. Independent t-test was used to test the hypotheses generated. The findings show that moonlight play bas positive influence on the cognitive development of pupils' in Irepodun Local Government Area of Osun State, pupils' cognitive development is influenced by moonlight play based on school type,(p-value <0.05;p=0.000)and there is no significant difference in the influence of moonlight play on pupils' cognitive development based on gender (p-value>0.05;p 0.493). It was recommended that, awareness campaign in promoting the use of folklore and folktales should be made to all primary school teachers and Osun State Universal Basic Education Board (OSUBEB) should make it compulsory that every Yoruba language teacher in primary school bas adequate knowledge of folktales and folklore. Possession of such knowledge could be used as one of the requirements for employment and promotion.enMoonlight playcognitive developmentmoral developmentplayfolktalesfolkloresArticle