GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING

GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING

POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT AS A PRIME FACTOR IN TEACHING AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF STUDENTS (A CASE STUDY OF SOME SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN IKORODU LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF LAGOS STATE)

We are often talking about students reward for obtaining high grade or getting first position. We are regularly using reinforcement in our daily life in different forms. But mostly this term is used with motivation. Students motivation is the responsibility of both parents and teachers. Some of the high standard organizations are also following the […]

POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT AS A PRIME FACTOR IN TEACHING AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF STUDENTS (A CASE STUDY OF SOME SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN IKORODU LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF LAGOS STATE) Read More »

POLYGAMY AND FAMILY SIZE AS DETERMINANTS OF STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN IKORODU EDUCATIONAL DISTRICT OF LAGOS STATE

INTRODUCTIONIt is assumed that the more stable the family is the more secure the child will be in the home.The child living in the shadow of the broken home is often bewildered by comings and goingsand by the mere fact that essential relationships are not promoted or are broken off anddisrupted at a very impressionable

POLYGAMY AND FAMILY SIZE AS DETERMINANTS OF STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN IKORODU EDUCATIONAL DISTRICT OF LAGOS STATE Read More »

PEER GROUP INFLUENCE AND THE TEACHING AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENT ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS FROM SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN MAINLAND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF LAGOS STATE

Introduction 1.1 Background to the Study Adolescents are categories of children that usually form groups in the schools. Truly speaking, adolescence is the most chaotic and stressful of all stages in human life (Wikipedia). In addition, the complexities of contemporaries’ life have made adolescence a major developmental period compared to the ritualized transition; it has

PEER GROUP INFLUENCE AND THE TEACHING AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENT ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS FROM SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN MAINLAND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF LAGOS STATE Read More »

PATTERN OF CAREER ASPIRATION AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL CHEMISTRY STUDENTS

CHAPTER ONE: 1.0 Introduction   Career aspiration is vitally important for today’s youth, who are more than ever “motivated but directionless” (Schneider and Stevenson, 1999). Young people have high ambitions, expecting to be highly educated and have professional careers, yet research has shown that many do not develop coherent plans for achieving their goals (Schneider and

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EFFECT OF ASSERTIVENESS AND EMOTIONAL SELF-AWARENESS ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN ACCOUNTING IN ONDO STATE

I. INTRODUCTION Education is considered as a powerful instrument which brings about favorable changes in the socio-cultural life of nations (Hussain, 2004). While giving and receiving, quality of education depends on emotional balance of the giver and the receiver in the process of education. Teacher’s role is also crucial (Mishera, 2012). According to Zumwalt and

EFFECT OF ASSERTIVENESS AND EMOTIONAL SELF-AWARENESS ON STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN ACCOUNTING IN ONDO STATE Read More »

INVESTIGATING THE INFLUENCE OF STUDENTS ATTITUDINAL BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS EXAMINATION MALPRACTICE ON THEIR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE

Introduction Examinations are becoming ends in themselves rather than means to an end. Examinations have become the sole determinants of the student’s academic progress and promotion to higher educational levels. Examinations are major instruments of social mobility and promotions. Maduka (2001) sees undue emphasis placed on certificate as one of the causes of examination malpractice

INVESTIGATING THE INFLUENCE OF STUDENTS ATTITUDINAL BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS EXAMINATION MALPRACTICE ON THEIR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE Read More »

INFLUENCE OF PARENTAL DISCIPLINE ON EMOTIONAL ADJUSTMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN LAGOS STATE

Introduction Whereas the goal of parents’ discipline practices is often the acquisition of children’s compliance to parental standards of behavior, the goal of parents’ emotion socialization is to teach children how to understand and manage emotion-laden situations (e.g., disappointment, frustration). A fundamental assumption of emotion-socialization theory and research is that parents’ emotion socialization can account

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INFLUENCE OF BROKEN HOMES ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE (A Case Study of Selected Secondary Schools In Ikorodu Local Government)

CHAPTER ONE Introduction   1.1 Background of the study Broken homes in this context is one that is not structurally intact, as a result of divorce, separation, death of one of parent and illegitimacy. According to Frazer (2004), psychological home conditions arise mainly from illegitimacy of children, the label of adopted child, broken homes, divorce and

INFLUENCE OF BROKEN HOMES ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE (A Case Study of Selected Secondary Schools In Ikorodu Local Government) Read More »

EVALUATION OF DISCIPLINARY PROCESS AND IMPLICATION FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION (A CASE STUDY OF OJO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL DISTRICT OF LAGOS STATE),

The study aims at evaluating disciplinary process and implication for secondary school administration (A case study of Ojo Local Educational District of Lagos State). Three null hypotheses were formulated accordingly to guide the study. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. Census technique was adopted in selecting the entire population of 108 secondary school

EVALUATION OF DISCIPLINARY PROCESS AND IMPLICATION FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION (A CASE STUDY OF OJO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL DISTRICT OF LAGOS STATE), Read More »

DISTRIBUTION AND UTILIZATION OF EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES IN TWO STATE/FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OWNED SCHOOLS IN LAGOS STATE

Abstract This work looked at the distribution and utilization of educational resources in two state/federal government owned schools in Lagos state. Educational resource is seen as the physical, material, human and financial inputs in the teaching-learning process. Quality is viewed as an accepted standard measure by which product distribution and utilization of educational resources in

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