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Item The impact of motivation on student’s academic achievement and learning outcomes in mathematics among secondary school students in Nigeria(MOMENT Kazim Karabekir Cad., Ankara-Turkey, 2007-05) Tella, A.In our match towards scientific and technological advancement, we need nothing short of good performance in mathematics at all levels of schooling. In an effort to achieve this, this study investigated the impact of motivation on students’ school academic achievement in mathematics in secondary schools using motivation for academic preference scale (α = 0.82) as a measuring instrument and achievement test in mathematics (ATM) Two hypotheses were tested for significant at 0.05 margin of error using t-test and analysis of variance (ANOVA) Results showed that gender difference were significant when impact of motivation on academic achievement was compared in male and female students. Also, other result indicates significant difference when extent of motivation was taken as variable of interest on academic achievement in mathematics based on the degree of their motivation. Implications, suggestions and recommendations on students, parents, government, counsellors, educational stakeholders, etc were discussed.Item The impact of motivation on student’s academic achievement and learning outcomes in mathematics among secondary school students in Nigeria(MOMENT Kazim Karabekir Cad., Ankara-Turkey, 2007-05) Tella, A.In our match towards scientific and technological advancement, we need nothing short of good performance in mathematics at all levels of schooling. In an effort to achieve this, this study investigated the impact of motivation on students’ school academic achievement in mathematics in secondary schools using motivation for academic preference scale (α = 0.82) as a measuring instrument and achievement test in mathematics (ATM) Two hypotheses were tested for significant at 0.05 margin of error using t-test and analysis of variance (ANOVA) Results showed that gender difference were significant when impact of motivation on academic achievement was compared in male and female students. Also other result indicates significant difference when extent of motivation was taken as variable of interest on academic achievement in mathematics based on the degree of their motivation. Implications, suggestions and recommendations on students, parents, government, counsellors, educational stakeholders, etc were discussed.Item Strategies for promoting achievement motivation among the underachieving gifted students(2013) Adelodun, G. A.The underachievement of gifted children is an area of concern for many parents, teachers and educators generally. Although the study of student underachievement has a long educational history, it is more productive to consider what motivates gifted students to do well. Students tend to be motivated when they find their efforts supported by those around them. in this paper, effort has been made to state the concept of underachievement, causes of underachievement among the gifted learners and strategies for promoting achievement motivation among the underachieving gifted students. The factors that motivate a gifted underachiever to accomplish a given task were explained as well. as some motivation strategies like: utility motivation strategies, intrinsic motivation strategies, motivation strategies to recognize growth, motivation strategies to encourage mastery attribution, motivation strategies to enhance environmental perceptions, motivation strategies to promote study skills and motivation strategies for self-regulation. in conclusion. the way and manner parents and teachers can intervene and reverse underachievement of gifted learners both individually and collectively were ,extensively examined. It was recommended that parents should be role models and must provide their children with opportunities to develop their own interests and areas of giftedness. Teachers in their own case, must know their students, incorporate the students’ gifts and must be supportive, kind and open.Item Academic staff’s motivation for online teaching in Nigerian universities: empirical evidence from the University of Ibadan(2022-07) Itasanmi, S. A.; Oni, M. T.; Ekpenyong, V. O.; Ajani, O. A.; Omorinkoba, O. G.This study investigated the academic staff’s motivation for online teaching in Nigerian universities using a mixed-methods case study research design. The main instrument used for this study was a questionnaire named ‘Academic Staff’s Motivation for Online Teaching Survey (SMOTS)', which was complemented by in-depth interviews. A total of 195 academic staff across various academic faculties and units in the University of Ibadan participated in the study. Data analysis was done using frequency count, simple percentages, mean and standard deviation, while the in-depth interviews were thematically analysed. The result of the study revealed that the majority of the academic staff have not taught using online platforms before and their frequency of online teaching consideration is occasional. Additionally, they have a high perception of online teaching in terms of helping to learn new technology and encouraging intellectual challenges. The academic staff indicated that individual training opportunities, personal decisions and group training opportunities are among the major resources that can motivate them for online teaching. Likewise, the introduction to new technology for teaching, institutional expectation, and students’ enrolment are the major external motivating factors for online teaching. It was further revealed that most of the academic staff feel motivated to teach online. However, erratic power supply, work overload, and limited knowledge of e-learning stand as major hindrances to online teaching adoption among academic staff. This study has discovered the need for Nigerian university managements to vigorously embark on capacity building of academic staff for online teaching. This will help them to cultivate or enhance basic information and communication technology skills and other essential competencies needed to manage online learning environmentsItem Language methodology, learners’ strategies and motivation as determining factors in the learners’ success in french language(Pan-African Book Company in association with JIMST, Medina New Road, Accra, Ghana., 2011) Araromi, M. O.Affirming that French Language is unavoidably important and indispensable in Nigeria is not an overstatement. Nigeria is a giant of Africa and in view of the roles she plays in the international politics in Africa, she needs French language more than any other essential resources one may think of. . This assertion is quiet sound because of the great number of Francophone countries that surround Nigeria and the diplomatic and economic ties between Nigeria and the neighbouring French speaking countries. The decline in the study of French language in Nigeria has been a major concern to the stakeholders in the field of French language education. Many researchers in this field have made frantic efforts to unravel the misery behind the slow pace of development in the study of French in Nigeria. Ogike (2005) opines that the problem that has bedeviled the teaching of French language after the political independence is beyond the control of the Nigerian French teachers. These factors responsible for this decline are multifaceted. This paper discusses the concept of language teaching methodology as an excruciating phenomenon in the success in language learning. Methodology of language learning cannot be under estimated while discussing the issue of foreign language education. In addition, the paper discusses the learners learning strategies in foreign language learning situation. Finally, the concept of motivation towards language learning would be considered in the light of the teachers' motivational skills.Item Analysis of the use of exercise imagery functions by exercisers in Nigeria(2011) Adegbesan, O. A.; Oladipo, I. O.It is a general position that imagery plays a cognitive behavioral role in enhancing the performance of sport skills as noted in Short and Short (2005), the use of imagery is also more equally significant in exercise activities and can bring to fruition the performance of an individual exerciser because of its unique motivational function. Research studies has been conducted, examining imagery use by different categories of participants related to sport and exercise in the developed world, there have been dearth of literature on imagery use on similar participants in the deve1oping countries, hence the purpose of this study. Participants (482) male and female students were recruited from universities of Nigeria (mean age 24.0 ±SD4,7; male, n=256) and (mean age 23.0±SD5.2, female, n=226). A demographic questionnaire and the Exercise Imagery Questionnaire (EIQ) Hausenblas et. a1 (1999) were used for data collection. Results indicated that no significant difference (p>0.5) was found on the three imagery functions by sex. But significant difference (p<0.5) was located on the appearance imagery function based on the criterion independent variables of three exercise activity groups of the exercise participants.