ABSTRACT This study determined the Effects of Concept Mapping on Higher National Diploma (HND) Students’ Achievement and Retention in Marketing communication in Polytechnics in Benue and Kogi The states of Nigeria. The study adopted a quasi-experimental research design. The study was carried out in Benue and Kogi States, Nigeria. The population for the study comprised 228 HND II students offering marketing in the four polytechnics in Benue and Kogi States of Nigeria. Purposive sampling tec...
ABSTRACT This study focused on determining the competency improvement needs of financial accounting lecturers in colleges of education in North-West Nigeria. This study adopted a descriptive survey design. The population for the study comprised of all the 36 Financial Accounting Lecturers currently teaching in the public Colleges of Education in North West Nigeria out of which 28 were male and 8 was female. There was no sample and sampling because of the manageable size of the population he...
ABSTRACT The study determined the effect of the guided-discovery method on students’ academic achievement, interest and retention in financial accounting in Colleges of Education in North West, Nigeria. The study adopted quasi-experimental research design. The population for the study comprised 667 NCE I students offering financial accounting in nine Colleges of Education in North West, Nigeria. Random sampling technique was used to select Federal College of Education, Kano and Kaduna Stat...
ABSTRACT This research study examined the extent of application of instructional methods and strategies by business teachers in Technical Schools in Taraba State. The study was undertaking to address the problem of the application of instructional methods and strategies in the teaching of business studies. Consequently, the nature of the content of business subjects requires that business teachers affect learning through the use of diverse instructional methods and strategies. This study, th...
Abstract This study surveyed the move towards accrual-based accounting in financial reporting: perception of accountants in the ministries in Bayelsa State. The study surveyed 232 out of 551 accountants in the ministries and parastatals in the State. Four research questions and four null hypotheses guided the study. Data was collected using a structured questionnaire. The test instrument was a four point scale which was subjected for face validation by three experts and a reliability of 0.88...
ABSTRACT This study was embarked upon for the purposes of finding out constraints to the distribution of agricultural products by local producers in Taraba State, and to identify strategies for improving the distribution of agricultural products. In carrying out the study, five research questions were developed and five null hypotheses were formulated. The questionnaire was the only instrument used for data collection. Local producers of tea, tomatoes and dairy products in the Central Zone ...
ABSTRACT The major purpose of this study was to determine the accounting skills required by personal income tax administrators in Plateau state for effective operations. The study sought answers to four research questions and tested four null hypotheses. Survey research design was adopted for the study and the population comprised 209 inspectors of taxes and 62 accounting lecturers. The entire population was studied. A structured questionnaire was used for data collection while Cronbach Alph...
ABSTRACT The study was survey research that assessed the human resource factors in the implementation of business education programme in colleges of education in Anambra and Enugu States. Three research questions and null hypotheses guided the study. The population of the study consists of 122 business education lecturers in colleges of education in Anambra and Enugu States. The whole population was studied using structured questionnaire. The data collected were analysed using the mean in an...
Abstract The major purpose of this study was to investigate job satisfaction amongst accounting teachers in senior secondary schools in Kaduna state. Five research questions were raised and four null hypotheses were tested at a 0.05 level of significance. The population for the study consisted of 110 accounting teacher made up of 71 male accounting teachers and 39 female accounting teachers drawn from the 74 public secondary schools in Kaduna state. The study adopted a descriptive survey des...
ABSTRACT A survey study was carried out to assess the biosecurity practices and evaluate their benefit-cost implications in commercial poultry farms in Enugu State, Nigeria. A total of 152 poultry farms were selected through a stratified random sampling technique for assessment of biosecurity and management practices in Enugu State. Thirty-four poultry farms (seventeen farms from those that adopted biosecurity measures and seventeen farms from those that did not adopt biosecurity measures) w...
ABSTRACT The study sought to determine the safety skills required by technical college electrical installation students in handling equipment. The study was carried out in Plateau and The Kaduna States. A survey research design was employed for the study. The population for the study was 80 comprising of 39 electrical installation teachers and 41 electrical installation workers in the field. The entire population was used for the study. A structured questionnaire item was used for collecting...
ABSTRACT The study was carried out to determine the role of community-based microcredit financing organizations to small scale entrepreneurship development in Ekiti State. A survey research design was adopted for the study. Five research questions were developed and answered in line with the purpose of the study. Five null hypotheses were formulated and tested at the probability of 0.05 level of significance. A structured questionnaire was developed from the related literature reviewed for t...
Abstract The major purpose of the study was to determine the working capital management competencies needed by graduates of business education for management of small and medium scale business enterprises in Anambra State. The study utilized a survey research design. The population of the study was 188 comprising 95 business education teachers in institution of higher learning and 93 managers of registered small and medium scale enterprises in Anambra State. The entire population was studied...
ABSTRACT The patterns of E-Waste Management and Stakeholders Perceptions in Enugu Metropolis, Nigeria was assessed in this project. The study was prompted by the problems emanating from e-waste. Some conceptual frameworks were highlighted of the problems that may arise from e-waste. Relevant literature on the thoughts of writers on the topic, were reviewed. The management of e-waste were studied through some postulated hypothesis on the generation, disposal, recycling and the health and envi...
Abstract The main purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of computer-aided instruction on the academic achievement of students in commerce in senior secondary schools in Delta State. The study utilized a quasi-experimental design. Six research questions were used, so as to help find a good instructional method that will help to improve students academic performance in commerce. An instrument titled Commerce Achievement Test (CAT) with 50 structured instruments was used for data ...