Bamikole Oludare Ogunleye

• PhD Science Education
• Professor (Full) at National Open University Of Nigeria, Abuja

Open Educational Resources (OER) are borne out of initiatives attempting to clear barriers which hinder access to knowledge, achieve equality to educational resources, expand access to learning, reduce cost of distribution of educational materials, offer augmentation of classroom materials and achieve continuous improvement of available resources....

The consistent subpar level of students' performance in the Senior School Certificate Chemistry (SSC) examinations has been traced to students' weak science process skills as well as teachers' poor implementation of the SSCE Chemistry practicals. As a panacea, the use of PhET Simulations within the context of a Teacher Professional Development Prog...

The pursuit of athletic excellence is a multifaceted endeavour that draws upon a diverse range of disciplines including sports science and chemistry. In recent years, there has been a growing recognition of the pivotal role that chemical processes play in determining athletic performance. This paper explores the interface between sports science and...

The missing links between school and industry, curriculum and practice, policy and implementation, have rendered the Nigerian school system and the industrial space both ineffective and unproductive judging by students' poor performance and underdeveloped socioeconomic landscape. This is traceable to poorly planned curriculum and poor delivery of i...

The new National curriculum for Basic Science in Nigeria has been in use in schools for a decade with students' performance in the subject and in subsequent science venture manifesting poor status. The purpose of this research work, therefore, was to evaluate the implementation of the Basic Science curriculum in junior schools in Lagos, Nigeria. A...

The effective teaching and learning of Biology in schools have roles to play in the overall science education programme. Among science students whose future careers depend on good performance not only in Biology but in other science subjects, the quality of teaching and learning with the use of strategies that could help improve achievement and sus...

The challenging developmental stage of adolescence, coupled with the associated educational and mental health issues have been the bane of success in school work and life generally. One major mental health condition prevalent among in-school adolescents is depression, which is a more serious disorder compared with stress and anxiety. Depression, a...

Poor student achievement in science is a global challenge. Sustainable Development Goals 3 and 4 targeting people's well-being and quality education as well as the findings of previous studies linking physical exercises to improved student memory and increased concentration become an issue of growing interest and particular relevance. The primary o...

Entrepreneurship behaviour is a 21 st century attribute required for transforming the industrial and employment spaces into spaces of high performance and increased productivity. Science students are a critical factor towards the achievement of these requirements. To ensure quality entrepreneurship education, science teachers' entrepreneurship back...

Poor student achievement in science is a global challenge. Sustainable Development Goals 3 and 4 targeting people's well-being and quality education as well as the findings of previous studies linking physical exercises to improved student memory and increased concentration become an issue of growing interest and particular relevance. The primary o...

This study investigated National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) students’ perception of the University’s services. Specifically, it explored students’ level of satisfaction of the five core aspects of the services provided by the institution of learning: admission and registration, course materials, Information Communication Technology (ICT), Le...

Science and technology has great roles to play in the contemporary society and is persistently affecting our daily lives and activities already. Over the years, students' performance in science subjects especially chemistry have continued to depend on Mathematical knowledge. This is so because chemistry houses a good number of concepts and principl...

Experts in education, industry and national security are in consensus about imperatives for producing graduates who possess a thorough understanding of Science, Technology and Mathematics (STEM). Since the preschool level is the first and most important of all levels of education, teaching STEM to early learners whose curiosity is very high, lays a...

This study investigated some determinants (publication metadata, joint reference databases, open access publishing, self-archiving, research profiles and networks in social media) for achieving publication visibility boost among early career educational researchers in Southwest, Nigeria. The study adopted the ex-post facto descriptive method with a...

This study investigated the effect of mind mapping strategy on students' achievement in Basic Science in Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers state. It also found the moderating effect of gender on students' Basic Science achievement within the experimental setting. The study adopted a non-equivalent quasi-experimental design involving the pretest...

Efforts to provide tertiary education for the teeming population of prospective students who could not access the conventional system in Nigeria are being made by the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) and already producing results. Current undergraduate enrolment is 51,911, while some 4,308 students graduated in 2014. NOUN offers Science,...

This study investigated the effects of two modes of peer tutoring instructional strategies on senior secondary school students’ acquisition of practical skills in Chemistry practical. The moderating effects of pre-requisite and attitude were also investigated. The study adopted pre-test and post-test, control group quasi experimental design using a...

This research investigated staff and students' assessment of the Learner Support Services in the National Open University of Nigeria. Descriptive Survey of Expo-facto research design was used. Modified African Council for Distance Education Quality Assurance and Accreditation Agency (ACDE QAAA) tools and instruments for evaluation of quality in ope...

The study examined climate change awareness among selected junior secondary school teachers in Ebonyi state, Nigeria. Descriptive research design of expost-facto was employed in 85 junior secondary schools that spread across the 17 local government areas of Ebonyi State. This study comprised all public junior secondary school teachers stratified al...

This study examined the effect of Explicit Instructional Strategy (EIS) on students' attitude to mathematics. It also investigated the moderating influence of gender on dependent variable. The study adopted the pretest-posttest, control group, quasi experimental design. One hundred and ninety-seven senior secondary II students from four public scho...

The poor performance of Chemistry students generally and in practical aspect of the subject specifically have reinforced the vigour with which practical work is being pursued in the implementation of the Senior School Chemistry curricula. The efforts, however, appear to be thwarted by the problem of lack of equipment, facilities and reagents for th...

This study determined the effects of Case-Based Learning Strategy on Students’ Chemistry Achievement and Attitudes in six senior Secondary Schools in Ibadan North Local Government Area of Oyo State, Nigeria. The pretest, posttest control group quasi-experimental design was used to provide answers to two research questions and to test two hypotheses...

This study determined the effects of two modes of teacher reflection viz: reflection-on-action and reflection-inaction on senior secondary school students' achievement in Chemistry. The study, which tested an hypothesis and provided answers to two research questions, purposively sampled two hundred and ninety-five senior secondary school chemistry...

The paper is on the role of COL-supported RETRIDAL in the National Ope University of Nigeria, in promoting Quality Assurance practices in higher educational institutions offering ODL programmes in the West African sub-region.

Effective learning of science by pupils is by doing, asking question and exploring answers to their questions through the application of the processes of science rather than by mere acquisition of facts, theories and principles. Indeed, the whole essence of Constructivism is for pupils to build their knowledge from personal experience and activity....

The study investigated the relationship of students’ prerequisite knowledge and attitudes to Chemistry practical with their performance and practical skills in the subject. The correlational type of descriptive design was adopted for the study. Three hundred and twenty-six SS2 Chemistry students from ten senior secondary schools participated in the...

Chemistry offers students with chemical literacy, practical skills and scientific attitude which, over the years, have suffered setbacks and attendant poor student performance due to ineffective teaching. This study determined the effects of classwide peer tutoring (CWPT) instructional strategy on students' concept attainment and achievement in pra...

The role of Chemistry as a science subject in the Senior Secondary School curriculum transverses both the school and national landscapes. Ranging from inculcation of scientific knowledge, processes and practical skills to production of goods and basic needs for the human community, the subject also serves as a pre-requisite to the study of science...

This study determined the impact of a content-process training programme on pre-service teachers’ knowledge of the science process skills and reflective classroom teaching practice. The problem that necessitated this venture has to do with the current practices in science teacher preparation programmes in Nigeria which do not feature adequate agree...

The study determined the effect of Reflective Reciprocal Teaching and the moderating effect of mode of entry on pre-service teachers’ science process skills. The pretest, posttest, control group quasi-experimental design with a 2x2 factorial matrix was adopted for the study. The sample was made up of one hundred and eighty-six Integrated Science st...

The nature of science which is both experimental and experiential makes it imperative for the teacher to possess adequate knowledge, skills and attitude towards science. By extension, effective Chemistry teaching not only requires these attributes of the teacher but demands the inculcation of such capabilities in the students most of whom hitherto...

The place of Basic Science in the overall teaching and learning of science in schools is such that the subject lays the foundation for the entire science education. The subject as it has turned out to be is, however, not meeting the needs of the learners who lack both adequate knowledge of the subject and displays poor attitudes towards it. These p...

This study determined the effects of “Team Pair Solo” (TPS) cooperativelearning strategy and students’ personality type on achievement and attitudeto Chemistry. 175 SS2 Chemistry students from eight schools constituted thesample for the study. Three hypotheses were tested using ANCOVA within a2x3 factorial setting and a pretest-posttest control gro...

This study is premised upon the conception that students are less committed to science as well as the yet to be resolved issue of gender difference in science education. The study therefore investigated the effect of students’ commitment to science and gender on their achievement and practical skills in Physics. Findings showed a significant effect...

The enrolment and performance of students in the core science subjects, especially in the certificate examinations at the Senior Secondary School level in Nigeria, need to be monitored in order to keep the implementation of school science curricula on course. This study, therefore, analysed the trends and patterns in Nigerian students ‘entry and pe...

The period 1999 to 2009 in Nigeria witnessed persistent poor students' performance in Physics at the Senior School Certificate level. This has been linked to the adoption of instructional strategies which did not give enough consideration to learners' previous knowledge and how they reasoned in order for learners to construct their knowledge based...

The study integrated some everyday phenomena into the teaching and learning of Physics and determined impact of its implementation on students' achievement, attitude and practical skills. The one group pretest-posttest control group quasi-experimental design was adopted. 171 SS2 Physics students (86 males and 86 females) purposively selected from f...

This study determined the effect of Predict-Observe - Explain (POE) instructional strategy on Senior Secondary School students’ practical skills in Physics. This initiative was borne out of the current status of science teaching generally, and physics instruction in particular, which provides for inadequate exposure of students to practical activit...

The experimental nature of Chemistry coupled with the poor performance of students in the subject in School Certificate Examinations necessitated this study. The paper examined the implementation of practical work in Chemistry in selected secondary schools in Ogun State, Nigeria. A questionnaire "Teachers' Questionnaire on the Implementation of Pra...

This study was based on the inadequacies observed in students’ competence in the practical aspect of chemistry. Against the background of the social roles which chemistry plays in any society, there is the need for Chemistry learning to assume dimensions which would provide students with opportunities to interact with the environment while acquirin...

Teacher integration of ICT tools in Chemistry teaching and learning in the Southwest,Nigeria.

The need for Chemistry education and the invaluable role it plays in the development of the present day technology-driven society as well as the empowerment of students both for meaningful living and for career place the subject at a vantage position among the science subjects. To achieve the goals of chemistry education, the quality of students of...

The Chemistry curriculum designed to inculcate knowledge of chemical concepts but also of environmental issues, attitudes and skills needs to be taught to achieve the desired goals. This study therefore assessed the effectiveness of classroom teaching of the environmental concepts in the curriculum based on conduciveness and classroom organisation,...

This investigation stems out of the concern about the dwindling fortunes of the present educational system in Nigeria and more especially the foundation of the entire system. It attempted to find out the perceptions of pre-primary and primary school teachers on the role of educational research in the practice of education. The descriptive survey de...

A probe into teachers' perceived barriers which actually do limit them in the successfuliplemetation of ICT in the teaching of science subjects in schools. A 2007 study but still relevant in 2019!

This study investigated availability of computer facilities in 30 Senior Secondary Schools in Ogun West Senatorial District of Ogun State. It also surveyed the level of computer literacy, attitude to computer use and its level of utilization among the Chemistry teachers in the teaching of the subject. In this survey, an expost-facto type of the des...

A META-ANALYSIS OF RESEARCH STUDIES IN THE AREA OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE EDUCATION WITH EMPHASIS ON HOW TO IMPROVE CURRICULUM IMPLEMENTATION.