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Pandya, Samta P. – Roeper Review, 2021
Educational interventions with the intellectually gifted are increasingly focusing on social-emotional learning and techniques. Spiritual education programs are gaining prominence in working with gifted children. This article reports a study examining the effect of a spiritual education program (SEP) in managing emotions of intellectually gifted…
Descriptors: Intervention, Spiritual Development, Gifted Education, Scores
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Chukwuocha, Uchechukwu M.; Iwuoha, Greg N.; Ogara, Chisom M.; Dozie, Ikechukwu N. S. – Health Education, 2020
Purpose: This study assessed the effectiveness of malaria classroom corner (MCC), school-based intervention in the promotion of basic malaria awareness and common control practices among children of primary school age. Design/methodology/approach: A quasi-experimental design was employed, involving 206 children of primary 5 and 6 classes from two…
Descriptors: Diseases, Intervention, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
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Akinwumi, Julius Olaitan – Journal of Education and Practice, 2017
The purpose of this study was to find out the effects of gender and school location on the Ekiti State secondary school students achievement in reading comprehension in English language. The study adopted pre-test, post-test and control quasi-experimental research using two experimental groups and one control group. The sample for the study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Gender Differences, School Location
Adubasim, Ijeoma – Online Submission, 2018
This study investigated the effectiveness of Brainfeed intervention programme as an alternative approach for supporting people living with dyslexia. The study adopted a quasi-experimental research design. The population of this study is made up of twenty four thousand seven hundred and twenty seven (24,727) senior secondary school students (S.S.2)…
Descriptors: Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Nontraditional Education, Dyslexia
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Onyeaso, Adedamola Olutoyin – Journal of Education and Practice, 2016
Background/Objective: For effective bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), retention of CPR skills after the training is central. The objective of this study was to find out how much of the CPR skills a group of Nigerian secondary school students would retain six weeks after their first exposure to the conventional CPR training. Materials…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, First Aid, Skill Development
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Ugwuanyi, L. T.; Adaka, T. A. – International Journal of Special Education, 2015
The paper focused on the effect of auditory training on reading comprehension of children with hearing impairment in Enugu State. A total of 33 children with conductive, sensory neural and mixed hearing loss were sampled for the study in the two schools for the Deaf in Enugu State. The design employed for the study was a quasi experiment (pre-test…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Auditory Training, Children, Hearing Impairments
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Abe, Iyabo Idowu; Ilogu, Guy Chibuzoh; Madueke, Ify Louisa – Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research, 2014
The study investigated the effectiveness of goal-setting skills among Senior Secondary II students' academic performance in English language in Enugu Metropolis, Enugu state, Nigeria. Quasi-experimental pre-test, post-test control group design was adopted for the study. The initial sample was 147 participants (male and female) Senior Secondary…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Quasiexperimental Design
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Ofoha, Dorothy; Saidu, Rosemary – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2014
Despite the evidence pointing to its detrimental child outcomes, physical punishment remains one of the most commonly used techniques to discipline children in many Nigerian homes. Research has revealed that a majority of Nigerian parents are not aware of the negative consequences. They are also not aware of nonaversive ways to discipline…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Education, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness
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Awofala, Adeneye O. A. – International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 2014
This study investigated the effect of a personalised print-based instruction versus a non-personalised print-based instruction on the attitudes toward mathematics word problems of 350 senior secondary school year one Nigerian students within the blueprint of a quantitative research of pre-treatment-intervention-post-treatment non-equivalent…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Student Attitudes, Secondary School Students
Awofala, Adeneye O. A. – Online Submission, 2014
This study investigated the effect of a personalised print-based instruction versus a non-personalised print-based instruction on the attitudes toward mathematics word problems of 350 senior secondary school year one Nigerian students within the blueprint of a quantitative research of pre-treatment-intervention-post-treatment non-equivalent…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Student Attitudes, Secondary School Students
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Oyinloye, Olu; Popoola, Abiodun A. – International Journal of Education and Literacy Studies, 2013
This paper investigates the activation of students' prior knowledge for the development of vocabulary, concepts and mathematics. It has been observed that many secondary school students are not performing well in the examination conducted by the West African Examinations Council and National Examinations Council of Nigeria. The situation became…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Prior Learning, Vocabulary Development, Concept Formation
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Babudoh, Gladys B. – Journal of the International Association of Special Education, 2014
This study reports the effect of a treatment tool called "Babudoh's comprehension therapy" in enhancing the comprehension and writing skills of 10 junior secondary school students with congenital and profound hearing impairment in Plateau State, Nigeria. The study adopted the single group pretest-posttest quasi-experimental research…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Hearing Impairments, Deafness, Therapy
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Eniola, Mike S.; Adebiyi, Kunle – British Journal of Visual Impairment, 2007
This study examines emotional intelligence and goal setting in enhancing motivation to work among visually impaired students. The study employed a pre- and post-test experimental group design (N = 32) in which participants completed the Work Value Inventory. The study was carried out over a period of six weeks. The results obtained indicated that…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Work Attitudes, Visual Impairments, Goal Orientation
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Obiunu, Jude J. – Educational Research and Reviews, 2008
The study investigated the effects of reciprocal peer tutoring in the enhancement of career decision making process among secondary school adolescent students. The interaction of sex with treatment on career decision making process of secondary school adolescent students was also investigated. 120 students from two co-educational secondary schools…
Descriptors: Intervention, Adolescents, Likert Scales, Measures (Individuals)