This study was carried out to assess the psychosocial effects of insecurity among internally displaced persons in Benue State. The research design used for this study was a descriptive survey research design. Two research questions guided the study and two null hypotheses were posited and tested at 0.05...

The study examined the differential item functioning of National Business-Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB) Agricultural Science multiple choice test items (2015-2017) in South East Zone. The study adopted Descriptive Survey research design and Ex-Post-Facto research design. Two research questions and...

The purpose of this study was to determine the influence of directivefcedback (DF) socio-competitive (SCI) and reward incentives (RI) on pupilscognitive achievement in primary science. Two primary schools and 270 priman six pupils in Ekwulobia urban of Aguata L.G.A. in Anambra State were used. each school...

The efficacy of CAI in science process skills acquisition was investigated. Observing, classifying, communicating, comparing, inferring, interpreting data. using models, and experimenting were the skills involved. Four private secondary schools which have computers in Onitsha metropolis were used. In each...

Regardless of the common use, statistical significance test procedures and P-values have been misinterpreted by authors and misunderstood by students in virtually every discipline. In light of this need, the researchers delves into the development and validation of an instrument for assessing students'...

The performance of student - teachers in the teaching practice exercise is often confounded by the 'one-shot' supervisory approach which most supervisors adopt contrary to the laid down supervision schedules of their institutions. In addition, most school principals engrossed with their administrative...

Record keeping is schools by headmasters, principals and their staff is one of the most crucial aspects of school management and administration. In fact the need for the keeping of adequate and accurate records of all that go on within the school system for effective administration and management of schools...

The tern planning as an important management and administrative function has beer dis u:sed earlier in this book Basically, to plan means to project, forecast, design, mark or chart out a course. We noted that no organization can expect efficiency in its operation and management without proper and sound...

The concept of individual difference is synonymous with the concept of personality. Each of us is an individual because each defers somewhat from every other person. The differences are not just physical variations of height, weight, shape, they are also variations in intelligence, temper, interest, needs,...

The proćess of identification of exceptional child can be casually done by a layperson or carefully carried out by a professional. At birth, for example, another or a nurse, can noticeany unusual characteristic of a child e.g. inability of the child tocry. If this happens, the nurse knows what to do to...

 This study examined the effect of cash flow components on the financial performance of quoted manufacturing firms in Nigeria. It examined the influence of the major cash flow components on the financial performance variables of quoted manufacturing firms in Nigeria. The research design adopted was the...

Late coming to school is an antisocial behaviour that has been widely reported as plaguing secondary schools in Nigeria. The concomitance is that it impedes learning, generally erodes class morale and retards the progress of students and adversely affects the achievement of educational objectives and...

The methods adopted for this research work were the combined geophysical and geochemical investigations along the coastal parts of Akwa Ibom state located within latitude 430 and 500'N of the equator and between longitude 730! and 820'E of the Greenwich meridian in southern Nigeria. This is to show the...

In two separate experiments, the replacement value of tiger nut meal (TNM) for maize offal was evaluated. The experiments were subjected to 4X4 Latin Square Design using four goats per experiment. ln the first experiment, nutrient digestibility and apparent nitrogen utilization by West African dwarf (WAD)...

 This study investigated the effects of crude extract and fractions from Moringa o/eifera leaves on glucose transport proteins, AMPkinase, Na/K-ATPase and other parameters in streptozotocin induced diabetes male wistar rats using acceptable chemical and biochemical methods. Crude extract and active...

Field experiments were conducted at the Teaching and Research Farm of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU) and the Research Farm of the National Root Crop Research Institute, (NRCRI) both in Umudike, Ikwuano Local Government Area of Ahia State in the 2012 and 2014 respectively on the...

 Food insecurity is a global problem especially in developing countries where most people are estimated to be malnourished. This study looked at food insecurity, coping strategies adopted by households and nutritional status of mothers in Abia and Imo States, Nigeria. The study was a crosssect1onal...

This cross-sectional study assessed metabolic syndrome in purposively selected patients attending Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia. Participants were 366 patients (156 males and 210 females) older than 20 years. A structured questionnaire was used to elicit information on sociodemographic characteristics,...

The main objective of this study is to construct a mathematical model which can be used to forecast dependable data for the future. The data for this study is a .. secondary one on the number of patients that report lo Federal Medical Center [F M CJ Umuahia who are sick of typhoid fever. The data is...

 This study was designed to investigate the influence of Mate Selection Preferences on Marital Stability of Abia Married Persons. The study was guided by three research questions and five hypotheses. The population consisted of all the married persons in Abia State aged 40-- 44 for married males and...

This study investigated the changes in nutrients that occurred at room (26+2C) and refrigeration (4C) temperatures after fermentation of castor oil bean. A portion of locally made ogiri was used as inoculum for the production of ogiri which was fermented for 96 h. The "ogiri" produced was divided into two...

In response to a Central Bank of Nigeria's policy to increase the minimum paid-up share capital requirement of Nigerian banks from N2 billion to N25 billion in July 2004, with December 31, 2005 as deadline, more than half of the 89 banks in Nigeria as at July 2004 were engaged in one form of merger and...

The effect of boiling durations of 0, 30, 60 and 90 minutes on nutrient, antinutrient and metabolizable energy of Anthonotha macrophylla seeds was . carried out using proximate composition, mineral assay, gross energy content, anti-nutritional factors and amino acid profile as indices. The true...

This study presents the numerical simulation of biomass pyrolysis under isothermal condition following a two-step parallel kinetic reaction scheme in a single reactor. Biochar, one of the end products of this process is considered an efficient vector for soil conditioning and sequestering carbon to offset...

 This study investigated the effects of inquiry-based learning and cooperative learning instructional strategies on secondary school Biology students' academic achievement and retention in Abia state. The need for the study arose from concerns expressed by stakeholder's, committed scholars and...