Oludola SARAH Sopekan

• University of Lagos

This study investigated the effectiveness of implementing the Jolly Phonics strategy on pupils’ reading achievement and attitude within the context of lower basic schools in Lagos State, Nigeria. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted the quasi-experimental pre-testing, post-test, control group experimental de...

The study was carried out to examine the predictive estimate of openness to experience and self-efficacy on early years teachers’ perception of hands-on materials for classroom teaching in Lagos, Nigeria. The participants in the research were all the public and private elementary schools teachers in Lagos however snowball non-probability the sampli...

"Parents are the close social agents of the children. The impact of parental influence and achievement motivation as determinants of upper primary school pupils’ achievement in Lagos metropolis. To achieve the objectives of this study, four research questions were formulated while the descriptive survey research design was adopted. The study was ca...

One construct that lies in between the cognitive and affective domains of mathematics education is belief and this concept is rarely investigated in the Nigerian mathematics education community. Thus, an investigation of early-years future teachers’ mathematical beliefs as determinants of performance in primary mathematics within the blueprint of t...

This study examined the evidence as to the effectiveness of early childhood education teacher preparation programmes in South East and South West Nigerian Universities by assessing the course content, teaching methods employed by educators for the implementation of the programme, available facilities and their level of use and particularly what stu...

Primary School pupils constitute a sub-group of young people world-wide exposed to the risk of HIV infection despite various awareness programmes to combat HIV/AIDS prevalence as stated by Goal six of the millennium development goals (MDGs), about its prevalence. Increase in death rates showed that there was low correlation between pupils’ achievem...