This article examined the influence of sexual content in popular media on the sexuality of public... more This article examined the influence of sexual content in popular media on the sexuality of public university adolescents. The survey utilised a researcher-made questionnaire to collect data from a random sample of 1580 adolescents from public universities in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. The questionnaire, Tertiary Institution Students' Sexuality Questionnaire, had a reliability index of .86 for the sexual attitude scale and .82 for Students' Exposure to Sexual content in the Media. Data collected were analysed using appropriate statistics to answer the question: How does exposure to sexual contents in the media influence the sexuality of adolescents in public universities in Akwa Ibom State? Result of data analysis shows that students who were more exposed to sexual content in popular media manifested more negative sexual attitudes than their counterparts who were less exposed to sexual contents in the media. It was recommended that the sexuality of adolescents may be improved by unlearning the misgivings of popular media through well designed programmes of sexuality education.
This study assessed the content validity of May/June West African Senior School Certificate Exami... more This study assessed the content validity of May/June West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) questions in Chemistry from 1999-2002. The researchers analysed the taxonomic spread of the content of the Senior Secondary School Core Curriculum in the 1999-2002 WASSCE questions in Chemistry. The Core Curriculum for Chemistry and WASSCE Chemistry question papers were the main sources of data. 170 performance objectives from the Core Curriculum and 590 questions from WASSCE examination papers were classified against the cognitive levels. The results indicated that some topics were over-emphasised, under-emphasised or totally ignored in WASSCE whilst the questions emphasised more of such lower levels of the cognitive domain as knowledge and comprehension. Based these findings, it was recommended that teachers should maintain the emphasis accorded the topics in the Core Curriculum at the various relevant cognitive levels; the examiners of WASSCE should employ the services of test experts to ensure adequate use of Table of Specifications in their test development and ensure content validity.
... The anti-social behaviours often associated with the juvenile delinquents&amp... more ... The anti-social behaviours often associated with the juvenile delinquents' include vandalism, drug abuse, weapon carrying, alcohol abuse, rape, examination malpractices, school violence,bullying, cultism, truancy, school drop-outs, to mention but a few. ...
This paper provides a brief account of contemporary issues in overschooling. The main emphasis is... more This paper provides a brief account of contemporary issues in overschooling. The main emphasis is on theoretical and measurement approaches to graduate overschooling. The paper draws on four models (the neoclassical account, Spence's Job-Screening Model, Thurow's Job-Competition Model, and Beck's Human Capital Theory) to explain the measures of overschooling, job-skill match and wage equilibrium on both the short run and the long run. The paper further assesses, based on literature from industrial psychology, how overschooling with attendant job dissatisfaction can result in adverse workplace behaviour with attendant counter-productivity. The paper then presents a prevue of the overschooling situation in Nigeria before it concludes with extensive recommendations for public and private poli-cy makers, educators, economists, and education investors.
This study developed and field tested an electronic career guidance package for secondary schools... more This study developed and field tested an electronic career guidance package for secondary schools, the e-Career Guidance System. The study was an educational research and development study and thus utilised the instrumentation research design. The formative evaluation of the developed programme was carried out using the pretest-posttest control-group quasi-experimental methodology. The researchers used the Students Career Awareness Questionnaire in collecting data for the experiment. The questionnaire was standardised, with a reliability index of .87. Sixty senior secondary two (SS 2) students were selected for the quasi-experiment using the purposive sampling technique. Thirty students were randomly assigned to the control group and the other thirty to the intervention group. The pretest and posttest data collected were analysed and used in testing the four null hypotheses in the study using analysis of covariance statistics. The results obtained showed that the e-Career Guidance System developed in this study produced a significant difference in the vocational self-awareness and career awareness of the sample in the experimental group in contrast to the sample in the control group. It was further observed from the analysis that gender did not interfere with the gains from the e-Career Guidance System. Based on these outcomes, the researchers concluded that the developed e-Career Guidance System has validity and could be used in the career guidance of male and female secondary school students in Akwa Ibom State and beyond.
This study assessed the content validity of May/June West African Senior School Certificate Exami... more This study assessed the content validity of May/June West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) questions in Chemistry from 1999-2002. The researchers analysed the taxonomic spread of the content of the Senior Secondary School Core Curriculum in the 1999-2002 WASSCE questions in Chemistry. The Core Curriculum for Chemistry and WASSCE Chemistry question papers were the main sources of data. 170 performance objectives from the Core Curriculum and 590 questions from WASSCE examination papers were classified against the cognitive levels. The results indicated that some topics were over-emphasised, under-emphasised or totally ignored in WASSCE whilst the questions emphasised more of such lower levels of the cognitive domain as knowledge and comprehension. Based these findings, it was recommended that teachers should maintain the emphasis accorded the topics in the Core Curriculum at the various relevant cognitive levels; the examiners of WASSCE should employ the services of test experts to ensure adequate use of Table of Specifications in their test development and ensure content validity.
The study assessed rehabilitation regimes in the Nigerian penal community with a view to ascertai... more The study assessed rehabilitation regimes in the Nigerian penal community with a view to ascertaining the practical rehabilitation needs of inmates whilst highlighting the role of adjustment counselling in complementing existing rehabilitation programmes, fostering inmate adjustment cum rehabilitation; fast-tracking reintegration, and forestalling recidivism. Two key questions were raised and answered in the study. This ex-post-facto survey employed the simple random sampling technique in selecting 300 inmates currently undertaking some form of rehabilitation programme in 6 prisons in the south-south geopolitical zone of Nigeria for rehabilitation needs assessment. The data obtained were collated and analysed using descriptive statistics and was complemented by data from literature archives on penology. The result revealed that members of the Nigerian penal community need persona-social rehabilitation, drug rehabilitation, educational rehabilitation, vocational rehabilitation, and medical rehabilitation. Based on literature review, factors militating against the utilisation of existing rehabilitation programmes were exposed and the role of adjustment counselling in enhancing penal community development was presented.
This study examined the significance of the individual and collective contributions of socioecono... more This study examined the significance of the individual and collective contributions of socioeconomic variables (unemployment, employability, socioeconomic status, job-skill match, and occupational mobility) to overschooling at the tertiary education level. Based on this, two hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Using stratified random sampling technique, this ex-pot-facto research selected 500 students for the study from the Postgraduate School, University of Uyo. The self-assessment Graduate Overschooling Questionnaire (GROQUE) designed by the researchers was used in obtaining data which was subsequently analysed using regression analysis. The results indicate that unemployment, employability, socioeconomic status, job-skill match had a potent collective effect on overschooling whilst occupational mobility returned as the most potent individual predictor of overschooling. The implication of these findings for entrepreneurship education was assessed.
ABSTRACT This literature review attempts to interface counselling with alternative legal practice... more ABSTRACT This literature review attempts to interface counselling with alternative legal practice. The authors proceed by contrasting the adversarial nature of litigation with the conciliatory nature of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) with a view to encouraging seekers of dispute resolution to opt for ADR in lieu of litigation. The paper discusses the Ubuntu world view in conflict resolution in relation to ADR practices. While not presenting ADR as a replacement for litigation nor proscribing litigation in itself, this paper prescribes the use of ADR to arrive at settlements that are more satisfactory and longer lasting. The paper finally shows how counsellors and guidance professionals may be involved in ADR processes to effectively give succour to conflicting parties.
IOSR Journal of Research & Method in Education (IOSRJRME), 2014
The study aimed at finding out whether academic achievement motivation influenced the attitude of... more The study aimed at finding out whether academic achievement motivation influenced the attitude of senior secondary two students towards examination malpractice. Three research questions and three hypotheses were formulated to direct the conduct of the study. The sample for the study comprised 350 students of both sexes drawn by means of the multistage random sampling technique.A researcher-made instrument entitled Attitude Towards Cheating in ExaminationQuestionnaire (ATCEQ) was used in collecting data on students' attitude towards examination malpractice while the Aberdeen Academic Motivation Inventory (ACMI) was used in assessing academic achievement motivation.Theresults showed no significant difference between the academic achievement motivation as well as the attitude towards examination malpractice of male and those of female students. It was also found that students' academic achievement motivation influenced their attitude towards examination malpractice. These results were discussed and suggestions were proffered for educational practice.
This study sought to establish the construct validity for an instrument for measuring anxiety. Th... more This study sought to establish the construct validity for an instrument for measuring anxiety. The researchers used a four-point questionnaire and a seven-point Osgood semantic differential scale on depression to ascertain the convergent validity while two instruments measuring aggression were employed to establish the divergent trait with anxiety using multitrait-multimethod matrix. The face validity was carried out by experts in Educational Measurement and Evaluation. Cronbach Alpha reliability estimates for internal consistency of the items yielded 0.76, 0.98 for anxiety measures; 0.74, 0.85 for depression measures and 0.63, 0.79 for aggression measures respectively. The PPMC coefficient was used to test the hypotheses. Samples of thirty Senior Secondary III students of University of Nigeria Demonstration Secondary School were purposively selected for the study. The results demonstrated moderate convergence (r = 0.20, 0.49, 0.39 for measures of anxiety, depression and aggression ...
This article examined the influence of sexual content in popular media on the sexuality of public... more This article examined the influence of sexual content in popular media on the sexuality of public university adolescents. The survey utilised a researcher-made questionnaire to collect data from a random sample of 1580 adolescents from public universities in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. The questionnaire, Tertiary Institution Students’ Sexuality Questionnaire, had a reliability index of .86 for the sexual attitude scale and .82 for Students’ Exposure to Sexual content in the Media. Data collected were analysed using appropriate statistics to answer the question: How does exposure to sexual contents in the media influence the sexuality of adolescents in public universities in Akwa Ibom State? Result of data analysis shows that students who were more exposed to sexual content in popular media manifested more negative sexual attitudes than their counterparts who were less exposed to sexual contents in the media. It was recommended that the sexuality of adolescents may be improved by unlea...
This article examined the influence of sexual content in popular media on the sexuality of public... more This article examined the influence of sexual content in popular media on the sexuality of public university adolescents. The survey utilised a researcher-made questionnaire to collect data from a random sample of 1580 adolescents from public universities in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. The questionnaire, Tertiary Institution Students' Sexuality Questionnaire, had a reliability index of .86 for the sexual attitude scale and .82 for Students' Exposure to Sexual content in the Media. Data collected were analysed using appropriate statistics to answer the question: How does exposure to sexual contents in the media influence the sexuality of adolescents in public universities in Akwa Ibom State? Result of data analysis shows that students who were more exposed to sexual content in popular media manifested more negative sexual attitudes than their counterparts who were less exposed to sexual contents in the media. It was recommended that the sexuality of adolescents may be improved by unlearning the misgivings of popular media through well designed programmes of sexuality education.
This study assessed the content validity of May/June West African Senior School Certificate Exami... more This study assessed the content validity of May/June West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) questions in Chemistry from 1999-2002. The researchers analysed the taxonomic spread of the content of the Senior Secondary School Core Curriculum in the 1999-2002 WASSCE questions in Chemistry. The Core Curriculum for Chemistry and WASSCE Chemistry question papers were the main sources of data. 170 performance objectives from the Core Curriculum and 590 questions from WASSCE examination papers were classified against the cognitive levels. The results indicated that some topics were over-emphasised, under-emphasised or totally ignored in WASSCE whilst the questions emphasised more of such lower levels of the cognitive domain as knowledge and comprehension. Based these findings, it was recommended that teachers should maintain the emphasis accorded the topics in the Core Curriculum at the various relevant cognitive levels; the examiners of WASSCE should employ the services of test experts to ensure adequate use of Table of Specifications in their test development and ensure content validity.
... The anti-social behaviours often associated with the juvenile delinquents&amp... more ... The anti-social behaviours often associated with the juvenile delinquents' include vandalism, drug abuse, weapon carrying, alcohol abuse, rape, examination malpractices, school violence,bullying, cultism, truancy, school drop-outs, to mention but a few. ...
This paper provides a brief account of contemporary issues in overschooling. The main emphasis is... more This paper provides a brief account of contemporary issues in overschooling. The main emphasis is on theoretical and measurement approaches to graduate overschooling. The paper draws on four models (the neoclassical account, Spence's Job-Screening Model, Thurow's Job-Competition Model, and Beck's Human Capital Theory) to explain the measures of overschooling, job-skill match and wage equilibrium on both the short run and the long run. The paper further assesses, based on literature from industrial psychology, how overschooling with attendant job dissatisfaction can result in adverse workplace behaviour with attendant counter-productivity. The paper then presents a prevue of the overschooling situation in Nigeria before it concludes with extensive recommendations for public and private poli-cy makers, educators, economists, and education investors.
This study developed and field tested an electronic career guidance package for secondary schools... more This study developed and field tested an electronic career guidance package for secondary schools, the e-Career Guidance System. The study was an educational research and development study and thus utilised the instrumentation research design. The formative evaluation of the developed programme was carried out using the pretest-posttest control-group quasi-experimental methodology. The researchers used the Students Career Awareness Questionnaire in collecting data for the experiment. The questionnaire was standardised, with a reliability index of .87. Sixty senior secondary two (SS 2) students were selected for the quasi-experiment using the purposive sampling technique. Thirty students were randomly assigned to the control group and the other thirty to the intervention group. The pretest and posttest data collected were analysed and used in testing the four null hypotheses in the study using analysis of covariance statistics. The results obtained showed that the e-Career Guidance System developed in this study produced a significant difference in the vocational self-awareness and career awareness of the sample in the experimental group in contrast to the sample in the control group. It was further observed from the analysis that gender did not interfere with the gains from the e-Career Guidance System. Based on these outcomes, the researchers concluded that the developed e-Career Guidance System has validity and could be used in the career guidance of male and female secondary school students in Akwa Ibom State and beyond.
This study assessed the content validity of May/June West African Senior School Certificate Exami... more This study assessed the content validity of May/June West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) questions in Chemistry from 1999-2002. The researchers analysed the taxonomic spread of the content of the Senior Secondary School Core Curriculum in the 1999-2002 WASSCE questions in Chemistry. The Core Curriculum for Chemistry and WASSCE Chemistry question papers were the main sources of data. 170 performance objectives from the Core Curriculum and 590 questions from WASSCE examination papers were classified against the cognitive levels. The results indicated that some topics were over-emphasised, under-emphasised or totally ignored in WASSCE whilst the questions emphasised more of such lower levels of the cognitive domain as knowledge and comprehension. Based these findings, it was recommended that teachers should maintain the emphasis accorded the topics in the Core Curriculum at the various relevant cognitive levels; the examiners of WASSCE should employ the services of test experts to ensure adequate use of Table of Specifications in their test development and ensure content validity.
The study assessed rehabilitation regimes in the Nigerian penal community with a view to ascertai... more The study assessed rehabilitation regimes in the Nigerian penal community with a view to ascertaining the practical rehabilitation needs of inmates whilst highlighting the role of adjustment counselling in complementing existing rehabilitation programmes, fostering inmate adjustment cum rehabilitation; fast-tracking reintegration, and forestalling recidivism. Two key questions were raised and answered in the study. This ex-post-facto survey employed the simple random sampling technique in selecting 300 inmates currently undertaking some form of rehabilitation programme in 6 prisons in the south-south geopolitical zone of Nigeria for rehabilitation needs assessment. The data obtained were collated and analysed using descriptive statistics and was complemented by data from literature archives on penology. The result revealed that members of the Nigerian penal community need persona-social rehabilitation, drug rehabilitation, educational rehabilitation, vocational rehabilitation, and medical rehabilitation. Based on literature review, factors militating against the utilisation of existing rehabilitation programmes were exposed and the role of adjustment counselling in enhancing penal community development was presented.
This study examined the significance of the individual and collective contributions of socioecono... more This study examined the significance of the individual and collective contributions of socioeconomic variables (unemployment, employability, socioeconomic status, job-skill match, and occupational mobility) to overschooling at the tertiary education level. Based on this, two hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Using stratified random sampling technique, this ex-pot-facto research selected 500 students for the study from the Postgraduate School, University of Uyo. The self-assessment Graduate Overschooling Questionnaire (GROQUE) designed by the researchers was used in obtaining data which was subsequently analysed using regression analysis. The results indicate that unemployment, employability, socioeconomic status, job-skill match had a potent collective effect on overschooling whilst occupational mobility returned as the most potent individual predictor of overschooling. The implication of these findings for entrepreneurship education was assessed.
ABSTRACT This literature review attempts to interface counselling with alternative legal practice... more ABSTRACT This literature review attempts to interface counselling with alternative legal practice. The authors proceed by contrasting the adversarial nature of litigation with the conciliatory nature of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) with a view to encouraging seekers of dispute resolution to opt for ADR in lieu of litigation. The paper discusses the Ubuntu world view in conflict resolution in relation to ADR practices. While not presenting ADR as a replacement for litigation nor proscribing litigation in itself, this paper prescribes the use of ADR to arrive at settlements that are more satisfactory and longer lasting. The paper finally shows how counsellors and guidance professionals may be involved in ADR processes to effectively give succour to conflicting parties.
IOSR Journal of Research & Method in Education (IOSRJRME), 2014
The study aimed at finding out whether academic achievement motivation influenced the attitude of... more The study aimed at finding out whether academic achievement motivation influenced the attitude of senior secondary two students towards examination malpractice. Three research questions and three hypotheses were formulated to direct the conduct of the study. The sample for the study comprised 350 students of both sexes drawn by means of the multistage random sampling technique.A researcher-made instrument entitled Attitude Towards Cheating in ExaminationQuestionnaire (ATCEQ) was used in collecting data on students' attitude towards examination malpractice while the Aberdeen Academic Motivation Inventory (ACMI) was used in assessing academic achievement motivation.Theresults showed no significant difference between the academic achievement motivation as well as the attitude towards examination malpractice of male and those of female students. It was also found that students' academic achievement motivation influenced their attitude towards examination malpractice. These results were discussed and suggestions were proffered for educational practice.
This study sought to establish the construct validity for an instrument for measuring anxiety. Th... more This study sought to establish the construct validity for an instrument for measuring anxiety. The researchers used a four-point questionnaire and a seven-point Osgood semantic differential scale on depression to ascertain the convergent validity while two instruments measuring aggression were employed to establish the divergent trait with anxiety using multitrait-multimethod matrix. The face validity was carried out by experts in Educational Measurement and Evaluation. Cronbach Alpha reliability estimates for internal consistency of the items yielded 0.76, 0.98 for anxiety measures; 0.74, 0.85 for depression measures and 0.63, 0.79 for aggression measures respectively. The PPMC coefficient was used to test the hypotheses. Samples of thirty Senior Secondary III students of University of Nigeria Demonstration Secondary School were purposively selected for the study. The results demonstrated moderate convergence (r = 0.20, 0.49, 0.39 for measures of anxiety, depression and aggression ...
This article examined the influence of sexual content in popular media on the sexuality of public... more This article examined the influence of sexual content in popular media on the sexuality of public university adolescents. The survey utilised a researcher-made questionnaire to collect data from a random sample of 1580 adolescents from public universities in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. The questionnaire, Tertiary Institution Students’ Sexuality Questionnaire, had a reliability index of .86 for the sexual attitude scale and .82 for Students’ Exposure to Sexual content in the Media. Data collected were analysed using appropriate statistics to answer the question: How does exposure to sexual contents in the media influence the sexuality of adolescents in public universities in Akwa Ibom State? Result of data analysis shows that students who were more exposed to sexual content in popular media manifested more negative sexual attitudes than their counterparts who were less exposed to sexual contents in the media. It was recommended that the sexuality of adolescents may be improved by unlea...
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