Performance

Effect of Quizziz Method on Mathematics Test Performance of Junior Secondary School Students in Port Harcourt Metropolis (Published)

The study focused on effect of Quizziz method on mathematics test performance of junior secondary school students in Port Harcourt metropolis. The study used quasi-experimental study to sample. The population of the study consisted of over 3,250 junior secondary school students in Port Harcourt metropolis. Participants in the study included 100 junior secondary school students from two lower UBE schools in the metropolis. Participants were randomly assigned to experimental (Quizizz group) and control groups. The instrument used in the study was the Mathematics Achievement Test (MAT). The instrument was validated by test experts while Cronbach Alpha method was used in determining a reliability index of 0.87. Experimental procedures involved a pre-test assessment which was administered to both the experimental and control. The experimental group received mathematics instruction using Quizizz for a period of three weeks. After the treatment, a post-test assessment was administered to both groups. Ethical Considerations included an informed consent from participants and parents or guardians. They were also ensured of confidentiality and anonymity while the study was also approved by an independent Research and Ethics expert. As stated earlier, the study lasted for a period of three weeks. The researchers collaborated with the classroom teachers which used the computer lab setting. After the posttest, data collected were analized using paired sample t-test and independent t-test. result showed that

Keywords: Mathematics, Performance, quizziz, test

English Language and Mathematics Senior Secondary School Two Unified Examination Results as Predictors of Senior School Certificate Physics Examination in Ondo State, Nigeria (Published)

This study investigated whether the performance of students in SSCE physics could be predicted from their grades in English and Mathematics at the senior secondary school two unified examination. (SSS 2E). Two research null hypotheses were generated to guide the study. The study employed descriptive research of expost-facto design. Five Secondary Schools were purposively selected from Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo State, Nigeria. A total of 175 2021/2022 SSS3 Physics students that sat for English Language and Mathematics SS2 unified examination in 2020/2021 academic session were involved in the selected public secondary schools. Data collected were analysed using Pearson product moment correlation. The two null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Results analysis indicated that performance of students in Mathematics could be used to predict results of SSCE physics; it was however found that result in English Language alone had low predictive value for performance in physics. Based on the findings of the study, it was therefore recommended among others that credit pass in English Language should not be made mandatory for student seeking admission for science.

Keywords: Correlation, Performance, Predictive, expost facto, unified examination

Effect of Dry Land Strength Training on Front- Crawl Swimming Performance Among Undergraduate Trainees of Lead City University, Ibadan, Nigeria (Published)

Swimming performance is a multi-factorial phenomenon involving energetic, biomechanics, hydrodynamics, and anthropometrics and strength parameters. Strength, endurance and speed are major factors determining performance of swimmers. Muscle power output is also an important issue in sport performance; it is also a reliable predictor of swim speed in front-crawl performance. Therefore, different training methods have been devised to improve performance. Several studies have been done on swimming performance but little effort has been directed towards improving performance using dry land as a tool. Therefore, this study investigated the effect of dry land strength training on front-crawl swimming performance among undergraduate trainees of Lead City University, Ibadan, Nigeria. Pretest-posttest/control group experimental research design using 2x2x3 factorial matrix was used for this study. Twenty two participants were used for the study using total enumeration sampling method. The participants were placed into two groups; experimental and control group. Participants were exposed to eight weeks training using the manual developed by the researcher. Data were collected before and after the intervention programme. Data was analysed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. The descriptive statistics used were frequency count and simple percentage while Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) was the inferential statistics used to determine the main as well as the interaction effects of the independent, dependent and moderating variables.Participants were male and female with a mean age of 19.6±1.7. There was significant main effect of treatment (F_{(1, 20)} =20.217; partial ƞ²=.822) and gender (F_{(1, 20)} =10.773; partial ƞ²=.366) on swimming performance of swimmers in Lead City University, Ibadan. Participant in experimental group obtained a lower posttest mean (10.649) than control (13.972). There was significant interaction effect of treatment and gender (F_{(1, 20)} =64.907; partial ƞ²=.671), treatment and body weight (F_{(1, 19)} =16.394; partial ƞ²=.222). There was no significant main effect of body weight and the interaction effect of gender and body weight was also not significant. There was significant 3-way interaction effect of treatment, gender and body weight (F_{(2, 19)} =52.099; partial ƞ²=.471). Dry-land training was effective on swimming performance among swimmers. It was therefore recommended that there is need for swimming coaches to be educated on the benefits of using dry-land exercises to improve swimming performance.

Keywords: Performance, body weight., dry-land, endurance and speed, strength