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Item Impact of mother tongue on primary pupils’ literacy and numeracy skills in Osun State(2020) Alimi, F. O.; Tella, A.; Adeyemo, G. O.; Oyeweso, M. O.The study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of mother tongue instruction on the achievement of primary five (V) pupils in literacy and numerical skills in Osun state. It also examined the moderating effect of gender. The Cummins interdependence theory provided the framework, while the pre-test/post-test control group quasi experimental design was adopted. Two Local Government Areas in Osun state were randomly selected. From each LGA, three public primary schools were randomly selected, while an intact class of primary V pupils was selected from each school, totalling 233 pupils. The instruments used were Pupils literacy (α=.82), Pupils numeracy skills (α=.89) Questionnaires and instructional guides. Data were subjected to Analysis of covariance at .05 level of significance. 53.5% of the participants were females. There was a significant difference in the achievement of pupils taught with mother tongue and conventional strategies in literacy and numeracy skills (F(2,232)=27.94; p<.05, partial η2=.20). Pupils exposed to mother tongue strategy had highest post mean literacy and numerical skills (70.47). Mother tongue strategy enhanced pupils’ literacy and numerical skills in primary schools in Osun state, regardless of their gender. Teachers should adopt these strategies to improve pupils’ achievement in literacy and numerical skills.Item The effect of peer tutoring and explicit instructional strategies on primary school pupils learning outcomes in mathematics(St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia, 2013) Tella, A.The study investigated the effect of explicit and peer tutoring instructional strategies (treatment), pupils ability and gender on learning outcomes in primary school Mathematics. Data analysis involved the use of analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). The sample consisted of 170 primary 5 pupils selected through simple random from eight schools. The findings revealed that there was significant main effect of treatment on achievement in Mathematics and attitude towards Mathematics. Pupil's ability and gender were found not to have significant main effect on achievement in Mathematics and attitude toward Mathematics. However there was a significant interaction effect of treatment and pupils’ ability on pupils’ attitude towards Mathematics. All the two and three ways interaction effects on achievement and attitude were found not to be significant. These findings and application indicate that the significant main effect of treatment on mathematics achievement and attitude respectively provide empirical basis to suggest that primary school practicing Mathematics teacher should constantly use peer-tutoring and explicit teaching instructional strategies in Mathematics classrooms. The use of these instructional strategies in improving Mathematics achievement and attitude toward the subject should also be encouraged irrespective of student pupil’s ability and gender. There is also a need for developers of curriculum materials (e.g. teacher trainee's, textbook associated trainer's guide) in Mathematics methodology to incorporate the significant findings of the present study. The textual material should contain detail of hour peer-tutoring and explicit -teaching instructional strategies could be made an integral part of Mathematics teaching at the primary school level.Item Relationship among demographic variables and pupils’ reasoning ability(2008) Tella, A.; Tella, A.; Adika, L. O.; Toyobo, M. O.Introduction: Pupils reasoning ability is a sine-qua-non to the evaluation of their performance in learning and an indicator of their potential predictors of future performance. Method: The study examined the relationship among demographic variables and reasoning ability of primary school pupils. It drew four hundred pupils from ten (10) purposefully selected public primary schools in Ibadan, Nigeria. The age of these pupils ranged from 9-11 years. A Reasoning Assessment Test developed by (Sokan, 1998) with r = 0.89 cronbach alpha was used for the collection of data. Two hypotheses were developed to guide the study. These were analysed using Pearson Multiple Correlation Matrix and Multiple Regression statistical methods. Results: The results indicate that demographic variables like age, class, and gender correlates positively with pupils reasoning ability and that these three variables significantly predict pupils reasoning ability better than other variables. Discussion and Conclusion: Based on these findings teachers and parents are called upon to see to it that they start stimulation of the children thinking at an early age as soon as they enter school through provision fascinating toys, computers and simulation games.Item Perceived status of school-based oral health education (SBOHE) in primary schools in Enugu State(Health Promotion Research Association of Nigeria, 2014-10) Ani, N. R.; Famuyiwa, S. A.The study was a cross- sectional survey research, aimed at ascertaining primary school teachers ’perception of status of school -based oral health education (SBOHE) in primary schools in Enugu State. Three research questions and one null hypothesis guided the study. The population for the study was 12,783 teachers in 1,208 governments owned primary schools in the 17 local government areas of Enugu State. A total of640primary school teachers were sampled using multi - stage sampling procedure. A 15-item 4-point scale questionnaire known as School -Based Oral Health Education Questionnaire (SBOHEQ) which was developed by the researcher was used to collect data from the respondents. The instrument was validated by three experts and Cronbach Alpha was used to ascertain the internal consistency of the instrument which yielded an index ofO .81. Mean was used to answer the research questions while the null hypothesis was tested using Z-test at P<.05. The findings revealed that the status of existence of oral health education methods, utilization of oral health education strategies and provision of oral health education materials in primary schools in Enugu State were low, and that it was not dependent on location. Based on the foregoing, a number of recommendations aimed at improving the status of school -based oral health education (SBOHE) in primary schools in Enugu State were put forward, which include that Enugu State Universal Basic Education Board (ESUBEB) should organize periodic workshops and seminars for teachers under their employ.