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The study analysed teachers‟ perception of strategies for improving the use of instructional materials in agricultural science in senior secondary schools in Kano State, Nigeria. Five specific Objectives were stated, five research questions and five null hypotheses were stated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study used descriptive survey design. The population of the study was 424 agricultural science teachers from 413 senior secondary schools in Kano State. T...

Background to the Study

Education is the most powerful tool in the development of personality and human skills, and for any nation to progress (whether developed, developing or under developed) it needs education. Education gives proper direction to the attitude and behavior of individuals. Education is a full-fledged comprehensive process that directs people towards better survival and rapid growth in this world. To make changes in any society and to manage future challenges, there...

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The study was conducted to assess the adequacy of business studies curriculum implementation on students‟ skill acquisition in the secondary schools in Yobe State, Nigeria.

The study was necessitated by the continuous increase in the rate of unemployment of secondary school leavers in the state which was resultingto high rate of insecurity in the state.   Four research questions were raised for the study, while four null hypotheses were drawn, and tested...

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This research work was carried out on the assessment of availability and utilization of resources for teaching and learning of Business Education in Federal Colleges of Education in North-west zone Nigeria. The study had four objectives, four research questions and four null hypotheses. The hypotheses were tested at 0.05 alpha levels of significance. Survey and ex- post facto research designs were employed. The populations of the study consisted of 140 lectures and 952 N C...

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The purpose of the study was to assess the influence of entrepreneurship education on self-employability among business education graduates of Ahmadu Bello University Zaria. Three specific objectives were to determine the influence of an entrepreneurship education on the ability of business education graduates of Ahmadu Bello University to establish a new business, among others. To achieve these objectives three research questions were formulated from the objective to guide...

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The research study was carried out to assess the perception of the use of Information Communication Technology (ICT) among agricultural extensions agents in Zamfara State. In order to achieve the broad objectives of the study, four specific objectives were raised which included determination of the influence of the level of income and educational attainment of extension agents on the use of ICT in Zamfara State, Nigeria. Four research questions andtwo null hypotheses were f...

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The study focused on assessment of the availability, accessibility and utilization of computers on students‟ proficiency in word-processing in Colleges of Education, North- West, Nigeria.   Four research questions and four Null Hypotheses were drawn to guide the study. The research adopted descriptive survey design. The population for the study was 300 secretarial students drawn from 9 (nine) Federal and State Colleges of Education, NCE III doing word-processing i...

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The need for small and medium scale enterprises to utilize Information and Communication Technology ( ICT) applications to boost their business necessitated this study which bordered on assessing the extent Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) utilize e-marketing applications in their business operations in South- Eastern States of Nigeria. Five research questions guided the study and five null hypotheses were tested. Survey research design was adopted for the study. The pop...

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The study assessed the relationship between business education student’s learning styles and their performance in shorthand in the college of education in North-west Zone, Nigeria. The study had five objectives, five research questions and four null hypotheses. Ex post facto research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study was 1,616 NCE 1 business education students in colleges of education in North-west Zone, Nigeria in 2015/2016 academic sessio...

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This study is a comparative analysis of academic performance of part-time and regular students of business education in federal colleges of education in North-west Nigeria. Five research questions were answered and five null hypotheses were tested. The study used ex-post facto research design and the total population used was 886 NCE III regular and NCE IV part-time business education students in Five Federal Colleges of Education in the North-west Zone, Nigeria from 2015 t...

1.1Background to the study

Agricultural Science subject is part of the vocational subject taught in primary schools and secondary school which inculcated the process of farming in all its branches and among other things includes the cultivation and tillage of the soil, dairying, the production, cultivation, growing, and harvesting of any Agricultural commodities, the raising of livestock or poultry, and any practices performed by a farmer on a farm as an incident to or in conjunctio...

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The study was a comparative analysis of the management of public and private secondary schools in Kaduna State, Nigeria. The study had five specific objectives, five research questions and five null hypotheses. Descriptive survey research design was used for the study. The population of the study is one thousand five hundred and twenty eight (1528) which consists of principals from all public and private secondary schools in Kaduna State. Out of this number, three hundred a...

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TheComparative Effectiveness of Using Computer and Typewriter for Teachingword processing in business education or instruction generally, has often been a serious area of discourse among business educators, teachers and students.    One of such areas of concerns has to do with the level of effectiveness in the various applications or skills of the computer by business education students. The problem is that at Federal College of Education Kano, the convention...

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This study titled correlation between child abuse and social behaviour of school-age children from low-income families in Kaduna and Kano states, Nigeria was aimed to study the relationship between child abuse and social behavior of School-age Children from low-income families in Kaduna and Kano States. In line with the above four specific objectives, four research questions were raised and four Null hypotheses were formulated. Descriptive survey research design using struc...

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This study investigated the effect of accounting background and gender on students‟ performance in principles of accounts in colleges of education in North –Central State of Nigeria. To carry out the research, five research questions were raised to guide the study while, five hypotheses were postulated and tested at 0.05 level of significant.Quasi experimental design was used for the study. Six hundred and sixty-two (662) NCE 1 Business Education Students of Federal C...

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This study determined the effect of computer assisted instruction on the academic performance of agricultural Science students in Kaduna State College of Education Gidan-Waya, Kaduna State Nigeria. The study had four specific objectives.Four research questions stated and four research hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The design adopted for the research was quasi pretest-post-test, experimental design.The population comprisedof sixty one (...

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The study was carried out to determine the effects of computer utilization on instructional delivery of animal husbandry in secondary schools in Katsina State, Nigeria. The specific objectives of the study were to assess the available learner –to – computer ratio, teachers and students’ skills to use computers, level at which computers are used and effects of using computers on academic performance of students. The study had four (4) specific objectives, f...

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This study was conducted on the effects of computer-aided instruction on students‟ academic performance in financial accounting in Federal Colleges of Education; North- west Geo-political Zone, Nigeria. Four research questions were raised to guide the study. Four null hypotheses were formulated for the study and tested at the probability

0.05 level of significance. Quasi-experimental research design was used for the study. The population of the study was eight hun...

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This study investigated the effect of scaffolding and drilling teaching methods on students‟ academic performance in Shorthand in government senior secondary schools in Zaria,Kaduna State. With the emergence of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), there is a tendency to deviate from the use of conventional teaching method for Shorthand in secondary schools. It was on the basis of this, that this study was conceived. Five research questions were raised to guide th...

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The study was carried out to determine the effectiveness of demonstration and discovery teaching methods in agricultural education in colleges of education in North-west zone Nigeria. Pre-test, post-test quasi experimental design was adopted for the study. The study had three (3) specific objectives three research questions and three null hypotheses. The entire 1010 NCE II Agricultural education students of the twelve (12) colleges of education in North-west zone formed pop...

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This research work was conducted to determine the effects of class-size and field trip on academic performance of agricultural science students in senior secondary schools in Kaduna state. The study raised four (4) specific objectives, research questions and null hypotheses each to guide the study. With and without quasi-experimental design was adopted for the study. The population for the study was 12,370 SS III students of agricultural science. Purposively sampling techni...

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The study was carried out on the effects of cooperative and competitive teaching methods on academic performance of secondary school students in financial accounting in Kaduna state, Nigeria. The study had five objectives, five research questions and five null hypotheses. Quasi-experimental research design was used for the study. The population of the study was two thousand, one hundred and seventy five (2,175). The sample size was 80 and purposive sampling technique was us...

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The study investigated the effects of guided discovery and think-pair-share method of teaching on academic performance in economics in colleges of education in north- west Nigeria. The study had five objectives, five research question and five null hypotheses which were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. A quasi experimental research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study was 1007 N.C.E. I business education students of 2017/2018 aca...

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The study investigated the Effect of Guided-discovery and Tutorial Teaching Method on Performance of Business Education Students in Economics in Federal College of Education, Zaria, Nigeria. Five research questions were answered and five null hypotheses were tested. This study used quasi experimental design. The population was 581Business Education students in Federal College of Education Zaria. The sample size was 180 and purposive sampling was used in selecting NCE II Bus...

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This study was carried out to determine the effects of instructional resources on students‘ academic performance in agricultural science in senior secondary schools in Kaduna State, Nigeria. The desire to embark on the research study therefore, stemmed from the fact that inadequate andlack of use of instructional resources was seen as major factors behind the poor academic performance of students in Kaduna State. The objective for this study was thereforeto determine...

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This research was carried out on the effects of lecture-time on academic performance of business education students in accounting in colleges of education in north-east geo-political zone, Nigeria. The study was necessitated by the continuous decline in the performance of students in accounting in colleges of education of north-east geo-political zone, Nigeria. Three (3) research questions were raised to guide the study while three null hypotheses were formulated and tested...

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The study investigated the Effects of problem-solving and cooperative methods on Business Education Students‟ Performance in Financial Accounting in Colleges of Education in North-West Nigeria. The study had five objectives, five research questions, and five null hypotheses which were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. A quasi-experimental design with pre-test, post-test and control group was adopted for the study. The population for the study was 1471 NCE...

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The research investigated the effects of scaffolding and scenario based teaching methods on the performance of NCEI students in financial accounting in Federal College of Education, Kontagora, Niger State. Four research questions were answered and four hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. A population of 234 students who offered financial accounting in federal college of education kontagora, Niger state were identified and the same population was used as th...

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The study was carried out to determine the effects of school farm on the academic performance of senior secondary school students in agricultural science in Kaduna state. Pre-test post test quasi-experimental design was adopted for the study. The study had three (3) specific objectives: (i) to determine the effects of school farm on academic performance of agricultural science students (ii) compare the academic performance of agricultural science students&r...

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The study on employers‟ assessment of adequacy of office technology and management curriculum for graduates‟ employability skills acquisition in North- West Nigeria was necessitated by the need to ensure that the products perform satisfactorily in employment. Five research questions guided the study and ten null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Ex-post facto and survey research design were used for the study. Population of 456 principal officers of publ...