Indonesian Journal of Elementary Teachers Education

ANALYSIS OF CAI UTILIZATION AND TEACHERS' ATTITUDES ON BASIC SCIENCE STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN OSUN STATE, NIGERIA

2024-12-28T09:34:07+07:00

ABSTRACT

Basic Science teachers in Nigerian schools are statistically few which might influence the way the subject is being taught. Teachers have deployed different techniques or methods to teach Basic Science yet, students’ performance in the subject appeared low. This study examined influence of Basic Science teacher use of Computer Aided Instruction (CAI) on junior secondary school students’ academic performance in Osun State. Four research objectives guided the study. It adopted regression research design. All Basic Science teachers and students constituted population for the study. A sample size of 26 teachers and 307 junior secondary school students were selected using multistage sampling technique. Two instruments validated with reliability coefficient of 0.67 and 0.74 obtained using the split half method were used. Multiple regression analysis was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 significant level. Findings of this study revealed that teachers’ characteristics do not statistically significant (F_(8,17)=1.227, p= 0.342) predict the teacher’s use of CAI in teaching Basic Science in Osun State schools. It also found no significant variance in the intention to use CAI that predicted teacher characteristics (F_{(8, 17)} = 1.227, p > .001, R² = 0.366). It further showed no teacher characteristics showing statistically significant influence on intention to use CAI in teaching Basic Science. It however found a statistically significant relationship (F_{(1, 305)} = 10.269, p = 0.001) between teachers' intention to use CAI and junior secondary students' academic performance in Basic Science. It concluded that the teacher’s intention to use CAI significantly influence Basic Science students’ performance.

Keywords: educational technology; Computer aided instruction; Teacher’s intention to use; Student’s Achievement; academic performance; Basic Science

ANALYSIS OF GAME-BASED ACTIVITIES AND DRAMATIC PLAY EFFECTS ON PRE-SCHOOLERS’ EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING

2024-12-28T09:34:07+07:00

Executive function are mental skills that includes flexible thinking, working memory, and self-control needed daily to learn, work, and manage daily life. This study evaluates a comparative analysis of game-based activities and dramatic play effects on executive functioning among pre-school children. A pre-test, post-test, and control group quasi-experimental research design was used in this work. The study included a sample of eighty (80) pre-schoolers from public and private schools in six local government areas of the Ogun East Senatorial District, ranging in age from five to six years. For six weeks, each group had intervention meetings. Data were gathered using Dawson and Guare's (2010) Executive Function Skills Questionnaire for Children (Preschool and Kindergarten Version). Data were analysed using a One-way ANCOVA with results tested at .0 level of significance. Findings revealed among others, that game-based activities and dramatic play intervention had similar effects on executive functioning of pre-school children (F(1, 79) = 2.265; p > .05). The study concluded that both intervention strategies are effective in the improvement of pre-school children executive functioning.

The Impact of Visual Cartoons on Student Learning Outcomes in Science Education

2024-12-28T09:36:29+07:00

ABSTRACT

The issue addressed in this study pertains to the substandard academic performance of students at SD Negeri 2 Mekarwangi, Lebakwangi Subdistrict, as evidenced by a 74% failure rate to meet the Minimum Criteria for Mastery (KKM). The research aims to explore the impact of employing visual media cartoons on student learning outcomes in the subject of Changing Earth and Sky Appearances for fourth-grade students. The study employs a quasi-experimental design, dividing students into experimental and control groups (IV A and IV B, totaling 30 students each) to assess the efficacy of visual media cartoons. Data is collected through pre and post-tests consisting of 20 multiple-choice questions. Analysis methods include tests for data normality, homogeneity, hypothesis, and N-Gain. The pre-test averages were 50.17 and 51.67 for the experimental and control groups, respectively. Post-test averages were notably higher for the experimental group (78.17) compared to the control group (66.83), indicating a positive influence of visual media cartoons on student learning outcomes. Statistical analysis confirmed the significance of this influence (t-value = 5.70 > t-critical = 2.00), thereby supporting the alternative hypothesis (Ha). In summary, the study provides evidence that the integration of visual media cartoons enhances science learning outcomes for fourth-grade students at SD Negeri 2 Mekarwangi, Lebakwangi District, Kuningan Regency.

Keywords: Visual Media Cartoons, Student Learning Outcomes.Science Education

Strengthening Early Childhood Mathematics Education with Effective Math Teachers

2024-12-28T09:34:07+07:00

The effective learning and instruction of early math is a top priority in every country's system of education. Math is first introduced to young children in a structured educational setting in their early years. It is crucial to take precautions of this crucial phase in order to support and build a strong, firm foundation throughout their math learning as well as other subjects. Throughout this era of life, children may develop mathematical concepts and skills for use in the future and scholastic success. Everybody has to be proficient in math since it is so important to our everyday life. To teach math effectively, teachers must be efficient in the subject. One prerequisite for this effective math education was the creation of an appropriate atmosphere for learning in the school setting. The classroom should be a comfortable place to study. By analyzing effective mathematics teaching, the study aimed to raise students' interest in and comprehension of mathematics. A review of certain research was conducted about the efficacy of arithmetic training. The study examines innovative math teachers and different strategies for stimulating students' interest in arithmetic through effective teaching techniques.

A Systematic Review of Theories and Discourses on Oral Literature for Children: Pedagogical and Moral Implications for Nigeria Children

2024-12-28T09:34:07+07:00

Oral literature, over the centuries, has been applauded to have winsome and efficacious effects on the audience to which it is targeted. While it has been relegated to the background because it lacks, so to speak, codification or it is not written down in black and white, its pedagogical input and importance in the parlance of early childhood education catches the attention of the researchers in this paper. A review of the theories and discourses on children in oral literature was done with a view to positioning it in the right place. The paper also mirrors the immense benefits that oral literature offers children at the early stage of their sojourn in academic life. While academic excellence had been and is being given prioritised attention, the importance of moral, which has become a sine qua non in the face and present phase of decadence, immorality, hooliganism and social breakdown that permeate human society calls for the attention of every human that live on the planet earth. Early childhood educators are not left out in providing succor and sanity needed to build up children that would take the mantle of leadership in the decades to come. The authors opine that if early childhood educators tenaciously hold to the dictate and tenet of National Policy on Education, as drafted by the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Education, oral literature would unequivocally serve as a compass that would positively direct the psyche of Nigerians in the appropriate direction from early childhood to late adulthood.