Valentine Joseph Owan

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• NCE; B.Ed; M.Ed
• Research student at University of Calabar

Parents' contentment with their child's education is the subject of a modest but increasing corpus of research. However, little has been done to identify specific school services that attract parents' attention. This study assessed institutional variables and how they influence parental satisfaction with the quality of teaching, care for pupils, an...

The perception of interdisciplinary research collaboration (PIRC) scale is a meticulously developed and validated tool comprising 64 items, crafted through concept analysis, content validity procedures, and expert panel refinement. Pilot testing involved 1,932 academic staff members from six universities in South-South Nigeria, revealing six dimens...

Previous studies tend to not only assess principals’ demographic variables but also use other dependent variables, such as administrative effectiveness, job performance, and student achievement. In the literature, principals’ demographic qualities and the misuse of material capital have been under-assessed. This study used a quantitative approach t...

p>The study investigated the indiscipline of senior secondary school students and the contribution of home behaviour control and religiosity in Cross River State, Nigeria. An ex-post facto research design was adopted for the study. The population comprised 62,501 senior secondary school students in three educational zones. A multistage sampling pro...

This study employed repeated measures ANOVA to assess the reliability of an instrument designed to measure utilization, awareness, and perception of AI in research among 150 undergraduate students. Validated instruments with robust psychometric properties were used for the study. Data collection occurred in three phases spaced two weeks apart, foll...

This study aimed to identify the process errors made by senior secondary school students in geometry in Cross River State, Nigeria. A sample of 300 students, selected using a proportionate sampling technique, participated in the study. The Geometry Diagnostic Test (GDT) was used to collect data upon validation by mathematics education and psychomet...

While previous studies have explored students’ use of different AI tools for academic purposes, studies that have specifically investigated students’ use of ChatGPT for dishonest academic purposes in Nigeria are lacking. The consequence of this contextual and knowledge gap is a lack of specific understanding regarding students' engagement with Chat...

Limited access to research data continues to pose a serious challenge to researchers in developing countries. This study used the predictive modelling approach to investigate the relationship between research data accessibility and the research attitude of postgraduate students in South-South Nigeria. A correlational survey design was adopted for t...

Research assessment and grant funding are vital to higher education. However, the reliance on quantitative metrics in these processes has raised concerns about their validity and potential negative consequences. This study aims to investigate the game of numbers in research assessment and grant funding, focusing on the perspectives of experienced r...

Previous studies have extensively examined how teachers and students utilize Facebook for instructional engagement, writing, research dissemination, and e-learning. However, there is a lack of research focusing on Facebook as a tool for collecting research data. This study aims to fill this gap by analyzing how final-year students utilize Facebook...

Academic publishing is a critical aspect of research, contributing to knowledge dissemination and career advancement. However, there is a paucity of standardised instruments for assessing academics' persistence in publishing. This study developed and validated the Persistence to Publish Questionnaire (PPQ) as a valid and reliable tool for evaluatin...

Previous research has assessed school facilities, administrative expenditures and curriculum and their relative contributions to students' cognitive learning outcomes. This suggested the need to investigate further how these predictors may impact students' affective and psychomotor outcomes. The current research studied the combined and relative pr...

The achievement of positive learning outcomes is central to students' educational experience. Various important issues in students' learning outcomes are prevalent in the educational landscape. These issues encompass the significance of using valid and reliable assessments, the mounting pressure on accountability, the necessity for equal access to...

For several decades, the academic landscape has operated a production system where the producers operated at a loss in favour of the middlemen (publishers) and the final consumers. In basic economic terms, it is well known that the intention of every producer is to maximise profits with a given level of inputs (land, labour and capital). This model...

Previous research has extensively analysed teachers' and students' Facebook use for instructional engagement, writing, research dissemination and e-learning. However, Facebook as a data collection mechanism for research has scarcely been the subject of previous studies. The current study addressed these gaps by analysing students' awareness, willin...

This study was conducted to investigate the degree to which institutional variables such as: institutional location, ownership and leadership influence the job performance of academic staff across three dimensions: teaching, research productivity and community service. This ex-post facto study by design, tested three hypotheses. A total of 449 acad...

Several studies have examined the challenges affecting the smooth implementation of inclusive education; focusing on resource inadequacies. However, these studies primarily relied on descriptive statistics: describing resource availability but not assessing their impact on policy implementation. The current study addresses this gap by analysing the...

This study investigated the role of students' skills in their career decisions while preparing for university education. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. The study's population comprised 5,656 Senior Secondary class three (SS III) students distributed across 101 public secondary schools in Ikom Education Zone, Cross River Sta...

This chapter introduces a framework for indigenous research and data management in electronic archives that aligns with indigenous worldviews and practices. It discusses indigenous communities' challenges in owning and controlling their data and the need for a culturally relevant framework for managing indigenous data in electronic archives. The pr...

This study examined the degree to which students indulge in six prominent misconducts in Distance Education Institutions (DEIs). The study also quantified how class size, instructional delivery and institutional policies predict students' indulgence in sharp practices using a general linear modelling approach. A sample of 871 participants was drawn...

This book chapter provides a comprehensive overview of indigenous clay pot production, including its definition, importance, and history. It explores how clay pot production is practised in different parts of Africa, such as Ghana, Tanzania, and Nigeria, and its significance in various cultures. The chapter examines the types of clay used in pot pr...

Indigenous arts, crafts, and culture are critical components of the world's diverse cultural heritage. Unfortunately, preserving this rich heritage remains challenging for most developing countries, especially with the increasing use of electronic media and the marginalisation of indigenous communities. This chapter discussed digital documentation...

This chapter used a qualitative approach to investigate and describe the palm wine production and alcohol distillation practices of the indigenous people of the Yala-Obubra community in Cross River State, Nigeria. The chapter involved palm wine tappers and alcohol distillers (n = 10). A focus group discussion was held with the respondents, with aud...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming various industries, and education is no exception. Rapid advancements in AI technology have become essential for educators and educational assessment professionals to enhance teaching and learning experiences. AI-powered educational assessment tools provide numerous benefits, including improving the accu...

Purpose: This study evaluates staff Training and Development Programmes (TDPs) in secondary schools based on the views of administrators and teachers. The research was implemented in public secondary schools in Cross River State, Nigeria. Design/Methodology/Approach: The study adopted the survey research design with 5408 participants (administrator...

This study estimated the direct and indirect contributions of mentorship and institutional support (IS) to academic staff's research productivity (RP) at a public university in Cross River State. Two mediator variables—collaboration and institutional culture (IC), were introduced to determine their roles in the nexus between the predictors and the...

Introduction: Mistakes made while solving Mathematical problems can provide insight into their difficulties in learning Mathematics. Identifying frequently occurring mistakes can be an essential tool for teachers to assess their students' proficiency in Mathematics. Purpose: This study was designed to examine the extent to which process errors are...

This chapter is written with behavioural science students and emerging scholars in mind. Behavioural science in this context includes but is not limited to management sciences, social sciences, psychology, education, and any discipline that deals with human actions. The chapter is written to sharpen the knowledge and skills of students in these are...

Due to the importance of teachers in providing quality education, research in the last two decades has consistently focused on their effectiveness. However, there are inconclusive debates in the literature on the nature of relationships that exist between different supervisory strategies and their links to teachers’ job performance. This study used...

Due to the importance of teachers in providing quality education, research in the last two decades has consistently focused on their effectiveness. However, there are inconclusive debates in the literature on the nature of relationships that exist between different supervisory strategies and their links to teachers' job performance. This study used...

There are contradictory results regarding how students' learning outcomes can be predicted by various family and community inputs among previous studies, creating an evidence gap. Furthermore, previous studies have mostly concentrated on the cognitive aspect of students' learning outcomes, ignoring the affective and psychomotor dimensions, creating...

In this study, a cohort of 170 university students was observed for malpractice behaviour under three forms of sitting arrangement. The aim was to identify the conditions under which test-takers are more likely to engage in different forms of examination malpractice. The study was primarily concerned with providing answers to four research question...

Keywords Abstract Gender separation; higher education; inter-class integration; malpractice; sitting pattern. In this study, a cohort of 170 university students was observed for malpractice behaviour under three forms of sitting arrangement. The aim was to identify the conditions under which test-takers are more likely to engage in different forms...

A preponderance of empirical research in higher education exists on the use of electronic resources to promote university education and learning. This suggests that this area of research has attracted significant interest worldwide. However, there seems to be inadequate information on the association between specific electronic infrastructures, how...

BACKGROUND: Few researchers have examined the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy in treating aggressive behaviors among individuals with dual diagnosis (intellectual disability and mental health conditions) due to the relatively recent interest in the field of psychopathology in intellectual disability. This study investigated the effect...

Background/purpose-This study assessed personal characteristics and teaching adjustment to the new normal among academic staff at a public university in Cross River State, Nigeria. Two null hypotheses were formulated and tested in the study. Materials/methods-The descriptive survey design research design was adopted for the study. Using the multist...

Curriculum reengineering, web-based technology acquisition, and job creation among Nigerian tertiary institution graduates were all examined in this research. The researchers used a descriptive survey design following the quantitative research approach. The study included all Nigerian graduates eligible for national service or its exemption who ear...

An assessment of the possible effect of mathematics symbol instruction on achievement in word problems was the main thrust of the study. Two null hypotheses were tested in the study. The non-equivalent group pre-test- post-test quasi-experimental research design was adopted. The multistage sampling technique was used to select a sample of 387 parti...

Background Previous studies assessing students’ learning outcomes and identifying contributing factors have often dwelt on the cognitive domain. Furthermore, school evaluation decisions are often made using scores from cognitive-based tests to rank students. This practice often skews evaluation results, given that education aims to improve the thre...

A large body of literature focuses on teachers' service delivery and other related concepts. However, most of them have been judged to be generic. Measuring teachers' service delivery generally does not picture events in specific areas. This study used a bootstrapped structural equation modelling to analyse how teachers' use of library research mat...

Previous research has interlinked alcohol consumption (AC), mental stress (MS), psychotic experiences (PE) and academic performance (AP) of students and psychological behaviour of the general population. The current study seems to be the first to consider the joint and partial mediation effects of MS and PE in linking AC to graduates' job performan...

This study analysed the behavioural characteristics of ICT users among postgraduate students leveraging the Latent Class Analysis (LCA). The study, anchored on the Planned Behaviour Theory, followed the exploratory research design. It adopted the cluster random sampling technique in selecting 1,023 respondents from a population of 2,923 postgraduat...

Research has assessed the diverse characteristics of principals and teachers in analysing students’ educational outcomes at various levels. However, these studies often focus on the cognitive domain of learning, ignoring the affective and psychomotor aspects. Bridging this gap, we used hierarchical linear regression to link two inputs of teachers a...

Academic publishing refers to the action taken by individuals or organisations to make scholarly materials publicly available. The research process is not complete and relevant until research results are made available to the public through publication (Owan et al., 2021). The essence of any scholarly venture is to create knowledge or modify existi...

There are two primary roles of universities-a place of learning and where new ideas and technologies are created. Universities profit from teaching and learning, research, and technology positions. It is the responsibility of institutions of higher learning to produce capable and self-directed learners who are confident and capable of contributing...

BACKGROUND: Graduates' job performance has become a matter that needs urgent attention. This is because many stakeholders are increasingly becoming interested in understanding the extent schools are able to produce output that meets the yearnings of society. Along these lines, we examined the contributions of alcohol intake to the job performance o...

The state of the availability of digital resources and institutional compliance to COVID-19 mitigation measures was evaluated by the researchers in this study. Informed by the need to answer two research questions, the study adopted the descriptive survey design. A sample of 409 participants was drawn from a population of 2,410 academic staff at th...

This research examined the management of financial and non-financial resources by Calabar Metropolis' public secondary school principals in relation to the fulfillment of institutional goals. Null hypotheses were developed based on the two specific objectives guiding the study. The study used the ex-post facto research design under the quantitative...

Background: The National Youth Service Corps programme is, among other targets, aimed at promoting national inclusiveness and tolerance in a culturally heterogeneous society. Despite the importance of this programme, little has been done to evaluate its degree of success. Where evaluations are done, they are never made public. There is a need for t...

Introduction: Research has documented the prevalence of different HIV/AIDS prevention programs launched to reduce the spread of the virus. However, the extent to which the success or otherwise of these programs are achieved is rarely discussed. This study addresses this gap by analyzing the impact of three socioeconomic parameters on the evaluation...

This study used a partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) to estimate curriculum management's direct and indirect effects on university graduate programmes' viability. The study also examined the role of institutional effectiveness in mediating the nexus between the predictor and response variables. This is a correlational stu...

Objective: Food proteins provide amino acids (AAs) and serve as building blocks of all vital organs, muscles, hormones, and biological fluids such as blood. Eggs are known as a good source of protein. This study compared the protein quality of bird eggs (raw and boiled), using their AA scores since some individuals consume raw eggs for various rea...

Available reports provide an account of academic staff’s poor job performance in higher education institutions and universities in particular. Consequently, a growing body of research has been attracted to this area, including those seeking ways to understand the problem and others aimed at proffering solutions. This study contributes to the litera...

Despite the changes in human behaviour and interactions occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic, many institutions are yet to adapt to the new normal fully. While some educational institutions switched entirely to e-learning to promote teaching and learning, others could not offer education due to physical and social restrictions. Previous studies in A...

INTRODUCTION: Many higher education students indulge in risky eating behaviours which tend to affect their physical, psychological and academic health. Previous studies have tried to understand the trend in students' eating patterns without paying adequate attention to contributing factors. PURPOSE: This study evaluated the influence of selected ps...

Technological advancement is gradually shifting the paradigm of how network records and transactions are processed and secured without third-party intervention. The importance of blockchain technology in performing these roles cannot be overstated. It has a wide application in the health, banking, insurance, real estate, media and transportation se...

Searching and retrieving relevant research materials from electronic databases is difficult for many students and early career researchers. Many individuals have abandoned beneficial and exciting topics or research projects because they believe that related literature is unavailable to ground their work. This chapter was written to guide students,...

This chapter discusses the Mendeley desktop application as a digital library in the hands of researchers, scientists, and scholars. The chapter presented an overview of a digital library and used the features of Mendeley to justify it as a digital library for researchers, scientists, and scholars. The chapter provided an extensive guide on how to w...

This chapter discusses some of the contemporary trends and emerging technologies in research libraries. The chapter begins by explaining the concept of a research library and differentiating between the services offered in traditional versus digital research libraries. The contemporary trends and technologies discussed in this study include big dat...

Background: The National Youth Service Corps programme is, among other targets, aimed at promoting national inclusiveness and tolerance in a culturally heterogeneous society. Despite the importance of this programme, little has been done to evaluate its degree of success. Where evaluations are done, they are never made public. There is a need for t...

This study used a latent variable structural equation modelling to quantify how staff motivation, placement and retraining partially and grossly affect teachers' job commitment across three areas. The research was quantitative, and the design adopted was the ex-post facto. This study included 500 school managers from204 public secondary schools in...

This research studied the interaction influence of demographic characteristics (marital status, job rank, gender and age) and occupational stress level, on the work performance of faculty members in Calabar Metropolis. The descriptive survey design was utilized for this investigation. A sample of 150 respondents was identified using the systematic...

Article History Keywords Age Gender Job performance Job rank Marital status Stress Universities. This research studied the interaction influence of demographic characteristics (marital status, job rank, gender and age) and occupational stress level, on the work performance of faculty members in Calabar Metropolis. The descriptive survey design was...

This dataset was collected from a total of 1,977 university lecturers across 24 African countries, that were purposively targeted due to their level of exposure to scholarly publications. The dataset was collected through an online survey that was sent to respondents through email, WhatsApp, and the Association of African Universities Telegram grou...

Background/purpose-This study analyzed the contribution of three mentorship practices relatively and cumulatively to the research productivity of early-career academics in the field of educational psychology in universities. The study was conducted in the South-South region of Nigeria. Materials/methods-The research method adopted was the quantitat...

This analysis examined the collaboration between schools and host communities using the leadership styles of principals and public relations skills as independent variables. As noted, and reported in the literature, the research was motivated by the conflicting links and alienative partnerships between schools and communities. The research followed...

This dataset was collected from a total of 1,977 university lecturers across 24 African countries, that were purposively targeted due to their level of exposure to scholarly publications. The dataset was collected through an online survey that was sent to respondents through email, WhatsApp, and the Association of African Universities Telegram grou...

This dataset was collected from a total of 1,977 university lecturers across 24 African countries, that were purposively targeted due to their level of exposure to scholarly publications. The dataset was collected through an online survey that was sent to respondents through email, WhatsApp, and the Association of African Universities Telegram grou...

Existing literature on entrepreneurship education has continually highlighted its potential for job creation. However, much attention has not been paid to the restructuring of the curriculum that can enable entrepreneurship education to thrive for job creation. This study used a structural equation modelling approach to understand the mediating rol...

A blockchain is a ground-breaking technique for connecting computer networks in a decentralised and distributed manner. It is a relatively new technology with many applications that could eventually affect the entire economy and be acknowledged as the most up-to-date general-purpose technology. This study aims to look at the growth and trends of bl...

The study evaluated primary texts' availability and utilisation status in core subjects (English Language, Mathematics, Social Studies and Basic Science) in primary schools' libraries in Obubra Local Government Area of Cross River State. The researchers formulated six null hypotheses to guide the study. The study adopted the descriptive survey rese...

Existing literature on entrepreneurship education has continually highlighted its potential for job creation. However, much attention has not been paid to the restructuring of the curriculum that can enable entrepreneurship education to thrive for job creation. This study used a structural equation modelling approach to understand the mediating rol...

This study analyzed the monitoring and evaluation of HIV/AIDS prevention programs in Southern Senatorial District of Cross River State, Nigeria. The study considered different levels of care/support and tested for locational variations in the monitoring/evaluation of HIV/AIDs prevention programs. A descriptive survey research design was utilized. T...

Existing literature on entrepreneurship education has continually highlighted its potential for job creation. However, much attention has not been paid to the restructuring of the curriculum that can enable entrepreneurship education to thrive for job creation. This study used a structural equation modelling approach to understand the mediating rol...

This study linked strategic planning and staff management relatively and cumulatively to the effectiveness of postgraduate programmes at two public Nigerian universities. The study was directed by the formulation and testing of three null hypotheses. The entire population of 157 administrators (including 24 deans and 133 HODs) participated in a sur...

There is a growing body of literature investigating the impact of retraining and motivation on employee work efficiency. However, little seems to be understood about the effects of employee placement on the commitment of teachers to their jobs. To the best of the researcher's awareness, the partial and composite impact of staff placement, retrainin...

This study estimated the direct and indirect contributions of two career empowerment variables – mentorship and institutional support to the research productivity of academic staff at a public university in Cross River State. Two mediator variables – collaboration and institutional culture were introduced to determine their roles in the nexus betwe...

This study assessed the partial as well as the collaborative impact of age and gender on academic staff preparedness to adopt Internet tools for research sharing in African universities during Covid-19. Although evidence abounds in the literature on gender and age as they affect relatively, scholars’ utilisation of digital tools for research commun...

This study assessed the professional variables of academic staff in African varsities and their readiness to Utilise Internet-Based Channels for Research Communication in an era of Covid-19. Drawing from Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory, the study was guided by four null hypotheses. The quantitative research method based on the virtual cross-sect...

This research assessed certain socio-demographic variables and how they affect students’ satisfaction with the study of ICT in secondary schools. The study adopted a survey research design and was guided by six specific objectives. A total of 4,484 senior secondary school students represented the study’s population, while a simple random sampling t...

This study assessed the professional variables of academic staff in African varsities and their readiness to Utilise Internet-Based Channels for Research Communication in an era of Covid-19. Drawing from Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory, the study was guided by four null hypotheses. The quantitative research method based on the virtual cross-sect...

This study assessed the professional variables of academic staff in African varsities and their readiness to Utilise Internet-Based Channels for Research Communication in an era of Covid-19. Drawing from Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory, the study was guided by four null hypotheses. The quantitative research method based on the virtual cross-sect...

This study assessed the partial as well as the collaborative impact of age and gender on academic staff preparedness to adopt Internet tools for research sharing in African universities during Covid-19. Although evidence abounds in the literature on gender and age as they affect relatively, scholars’ utilisation of digital tools for research commun...

The literature is predominated by studies seeking to clarify the extent of the availability, functionality, accessibility and/or utilisation of library materials in schools at various levels. The extent of principals' management of library resources and their contribution to the lesson preparation activities of teachers seems to have been under-res...

Previous studies tend to have assessed principals' demographic variables, but with other dependent variables such as administrative effectiveness, job performance, students' achievement and so on. From the literature, principals' demographic qualities and the misuse of material, capital appears to have been under-assessed. This study used a quantit...

The study tested three forms of sitting to see how effective they were in restricting test-takers' malpractice behaviours in higher education. The researcher was primarily concerned with three study questions. In this study, data were collected using an observation inventory, together with eight sets of performance assessments, all conceived by the...

With the rapid advancement of society, online learning has become more popular in the entire world due to Covid-19 pandemic. The pandemic offered almost a total paradigm shift to online teaching and learning across various educational platforms. This paper was aimed at reviewing the teaching and learning changes in higher education during COVID-19...

Introduction: There is a general agreement among previous studies that gender, merit and catchment area criteria allows for access to university education, but the pattern of these variables over the years has not been proven in these studies. Purpose: This study used a times series approach to evaluate the enrolment patterns in federally owned un...

Introduction: There is a general agreement among previous studies that gender, merit and catchment area criteria allows for access to university education, but the pattern of these variables over the years has not been proven in these studies. Purpose: This study used a times series approach to evaluate the enrolment patterns in federally owned uni...

The use of impact factor (IF) in the scientific and academic world is not new. A phenomenon that has gained widespread recognition and utilization. However, in modern-day usage, there seems to be a trend in higher education where academics are evaluated based on the impact factor of journals where scholarly works are published. This trend is gradua...

This study derived ten standardized causal statistical equations to model the association between various proxies of curriculum management and the viability of graduate programmes in universities, with indices of institutional effectiveness mediating the association. The study was guided by three specific research objectives. Quantitative data were...

An assessment of the extent of the use of electronic platforms by African academic staff in universities to disseminate research was done in this study. The study is informed by the growing importance of online repositories and preprint servers in the scientific communication of scholarly output, especially in an era where the use of metrics for re...

The exploration of the literature indicated that much studies abound in related areas. Much seems yet to be known about the nature of the relationship that exists between managerial variables and the sustainability of graduate programmes. To bridge this gap, we utilized a standardised multiple regression approach to build up linear models that exam...

This study examined specifically, the effect of item sequencing on the academic performance in mathematics among SS3 students in Calabar Education Zone of Cross River State. One null hypothesis formulated by the researchers offered guidance to the study. The study followed the quasi-experimental research design using two experimental and one contro...

An assessment of the extent of the use of electronic platforms by African academic staff in universities to disseminate research was done in this study. The study is informed by the growing importance of online repositories and preprint servers in the scientific communication of scholarly output, especially in an era where the use of metrics for re...