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Lazarous Mbulo; Glenda Blutcher-Nelson; Pranesh P. Chowdhury; Catherine O. Egbe; Abdallahi Bouhabib; Krishna Palipudi – Health Education Research, 2024
We utilized Global Adult Tobacco Survey data to examine singlestick purchases and related demographic characteristics in 10 African countries (Botswana, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria, Mauritania, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda and Tanzania). Results show the weighted percentages and prevalence ratios with predicted marginal means to evaluate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Smoking, Demography, Age Differences
Onu, V. C.; Eskay, M.; Igbo, J. N.; Obiyo, N.; Agbo, O. – Online Submission, 2012
This study examined the effect of training in math metacognition on fractional mathematics among primary school pupils, with a quasi-experimental design, specifically a post-test only control group design. Two intact classes were randomly selected and assigned to treatment and control conditions. Sixty primary six pupils constituted the sample…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Quasiexperimental Design, Achievement Tests, Metacognition
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Saalu, L. C.; Abraham A. A.; Aina, W. O. – Educational Research and Reviews, 2010
Problem-based learning (PBL) is a method of teaching that uses hypothetical clinical cases, individual investigation and group process. In recent years, in medical education, problem-based learning (PBL) has increasingly been adopted as the preferred pedagogy in many countries around the world. Controversy, however, still exists as the potential…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Medical Students, Student Attitudes, Problem Based Learning
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Achor, Emmanuel E.; Imoko, Benjamin I.; Uloko, Emmanuel S. – Educational Research and Reviews, 2009
This study determined the effectiveness of ethnomathematics teaching approach, ETA on students' achievement and retention in Locus. The study was carried out in education zone B of Benue State of Nigeria using a sample size of 253 Senior Secondary 2 (SS 2) students. It was a non equivalent quasi-experimental study which was guided by two research…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, Statistical Analysis, Teaching Methods
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Uhumuavbi, P. O.; Mamudu, J. A. – College Student Journal, 2009
This study compared the effects of Programmed Instruction and Demonstration methods on students academic performance in science in Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State. A sampling technique (balloting) was used in selecting two schools in Esan West local government area for the study. Two intact classes of fifty (50) students each from the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Quasiexperimental Design, Intermode Differences, Foreign Countries
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Kurumeh, M. S. C.; Achor, E. E. – Educational Research and Reviews, 2008
This study determined the effect of Cuisenaire Rods' approach on some Nigeria primary pupils' achievement in decimal fractions. Three hypotheses guided the study. A total of 200 Primary six pupils (that is, 6th grade) from randomly selected schools in Makurdi metropolis of Benue State of Nigeria served as the sample for the study. A Mathematics…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Mathematics Achievement, Foreign Countries, Grade 6
Wober, Mallory – Percept Mot Skills, 1970
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Comparative Testing, Visual Perception
Awomolo, Ademola – 1992
The evolution of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) and certification process is traced. The challenges posed by combining, for certification purposes, the scores from internal and external assessments of school candidates are discussed in the face of the low reliability of teachers'…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Comparative Testing, Educational Assessment, Educational Certificates