Assessment of Innovative Skills and Librarians Services Delivery in University Libraries in South-South, Nigeria (Published)
The purpose of the study was to assess the influence of innovation skills on Librarians service delivery in the University Libraries in the South-South Nigeria. In particularly, the study seeks to determine the impact of innovative skills in the area of emerging technology in service delivery in academic library. A descriptive research design was adopted for the study to investigate the views of librarians on innovative skills on service delivery in the University libraries. The researchers used questionnaire as the main instrument for data collection from 218 librarians in the study area, and four academic libraries involved in the study. The data collected was analyses using mean and standard deviation to answer research questions and simple linear regression analysis to test the hypothesis at .05 level of significance. The findings reveals that innovative skill play a vital role in service delivery and also reveals that digital literacy skills significantly play a vital role in services delivery in the University libraries, as it account for 81.2% on service delivery. This underscores the important of innovative skills in service delivery in the contemporary age. Implication: The results of the study will help academic libraries and librarians to appreciate the critical role which innovation and digital skills play in effective and efficient service delivery in academic libraries to sustain good patronage.
Keywords: Academic Libraries, South-south Nigeria., innovative skills, services delivery
Formative Assessment Practices, Attitude and Learning Outcome of Students in Mathematics in Selected Secondary Schools in South-South Nigeria (Published)
The study was conducted to examine the effect of formative assessment practices, and attitude on learning outcome of students in Mathematics in selected secondary schools in south-south Nigeria. Three research questions and hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The quasi-experimental design was used in the study with a population of all Senor Secondary school three (SS3) students in Mathematics in selected public secondary schools in south-south (Cross River, Rivers and Akwa Ibom States) of Nigeria numbering 21,657. The sample of the study consisted of 541 (2.5%), SS3 students in Mathematics. The proportionate stratified random sampling technique was employed in the study. The instruments for data collection are; the Formative Assessment Practice Questionnaire (FAPQ), Attitude Scale (AS) and Learning Outcome Test in Mathematics (LOTM) which were validated by experts in Mathematics and Measurement and Evaluation. Internal consistency was established with split half reliability method and the index ranged from .78 to .92 respectively. The stated hypotheses formulated for the study were tested at 0.05 level of significance using Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA). Findings from the study revealed that there is a significant effect of formative assessment, attitude and gender on learning outcome of students in Mathematics.
Keywords: Formative assessment, Learning Outcome, Mathematics, Practices, South-south Nigeria., attitude