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  Influence of cognitive ability on students’ conceptual change in particulate nature of matter in physics.

  When students were exposed to cognitive conflict and 5E teaching models, this study looked at the impact of cognitive ability on their conceptual change in the particulate nature of matter in physics. With a sample of 195 first-year upper secondary school students, the study used a quasi-experimental design with non-equivalent groups. The data were collected using the Conceptual Change Test (PNMCCT) and the Test of Logical Thinking (TOLT). Through the process of test-retest utilizing the split-half approach, a reliability coefficient of 0.79 was achieved for PNMCCT, and Cronbach's alpha reliability index of the TOLT was found to be 0.81. The TOLT was used to divide the respondents into three levels of cognitive ability: low, average, and high cognitive capacity. Analysis of variance and analysis of covariance were used to analyze the data. When students were exposed to two conceptual change instructional methods, the results demonstrated that cognitive capacity had a substantial impact on conceptual change. It was suggested that students be encouraged to think critically and rationally about physics issues.
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  Structural equation modeling of the influence of primary school teachers' demographics on their psychosocial work hazards.

  Most workers, especially teachers experience one form of psychosocial work hazards or the other. In the Nigerian context, there is a high prevalence of psychosocial work hazards and no study has been conducted to ascertain the influence of teachers’ demographics on their psychosocial work hazards. This study explored the influence of primary school teachers’ demographics on their psychosocial work hazards using the structural equation modeling approach. Drawing from the tenets of Job‐Demand‐Control‐Support theory, a correlational survey research design was used, using a sample of 254 primary school teachers, and the study was based on a quantitative research approach. The study's data were gathered utilizing a 28‐item question￾naire adapted from the 30‐item Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire developed by Kristensen and coworkers in 2005. The internal consistency reliability index of the questionnaire items was 0.74. The data were analyzed using a combination of frequency, percentage, chi‐square test of independent samples, hierarchical multiple regres￾sion analysis, and structural equation modeling. It was revealed that demographic characteristics of teachers correlated with their psychosocial work hazards. However, it was found that only the age and location of the teachers had significant (p < .05) relationships with their psycho￾social work hazards. The age and location of the teachers are significant determinants of their psychosocial work hazards. This our findings call for more research on the subject matter as some recent studies have documented that other demographics of teachers had significant relationships with psychosocial work hazards. It was therefore recommended that teachers’ demographics should be considered as important factors in the recruit￾ment of teachers.
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  Perspectives of university students on the impediments to fathers’ capabilities to actively participate in children’s early social development

  There is an array of literature on South African fathers’ inability to be involved in the early educational development of their children. Several research efforts have been made to unravel the causes of fathers' non-participation in early childhood education, but little is known about the impediments to fathers' engagement in the child's early development both socially and educationally. Thus, this study sought the factors that impede fathers' participation in their children’s early social development. This study adopted a descriptive survey research design of a quantitative research approach. The study participants comprised 300 University Students. Data were gathered using a 19-item questionnaire. To analyze the data collected, mean and analysis of variance statistics were adopted. It was revealed that lack of necessary fatherly skills, unemployment, having multiple partners, are the factors that inhibit fathers’ participation in their children’s early social development. It was thus, recommended that efforts should be made by both the South African government and non￾governmental organizations to ameliorate the identified impediments to fathers’ participation.
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  Evaluating preschool librarians’ information and communication technology competency level for online teaching.

  For adequate teaching and learning, twenty-first-century classrooms, combined with the needs of the new normal in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic, have mandated the effective use of online education platforms. This begs the question of how well-versed in information and communication technologies Nigerian Preschool Librarians are (ICT). Because there is a scarcity of studies on the subject, this is the case. As a result, the researchers were in a good position to determine or measure the level of ICT expertise of Preschool Librarians in order to embrace online education during and after the Covid-19 pandemic. The descriptive survey research design was used in this study, which was based on the scientific research paradigm and quantitative research technique. The survey included 165 Preschool Librarians from the Nsukka Education Zone in Enugu State, Nigeria. Data was collected using an ICT competency questionnaire that has been adequately validated and trial￾tested. Using the Cronbach Alpha reliability method, the questionnaire's internal consistency reliability index was assessed to be 0.87. The data was analyzed using the mean statistical method to produce a response to the research question. Preschool librarians were found to have a low level of ICT expertise for the use of online instruction. It was also discovered that preschool librarians' level of ICT skills was significantly (p < .05) influenced by their age. As a result, it was suggested that the Local Government Education Authority provide in-service ICT training opportunities for teachers to ensure proper ICT use in the classroom.
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  Management practices adopted by administrators of children library section of college of education for enhancing information and communication technology: Implication for policy and e-counselling. .

  Management practices adopted by the colleges of education administrators who are primarily posted to children library section in enhancing ICT seem to be poor. The study examined the challenges associated with the management practices. We adopted a descriptive research design. A total of 73 respondents (Seven Children Library Administrators and 66 ICT officers) were used as the study sample. One instrument was used for collection of data. The respondents were administered the instrument with the help of five brief research assistants. Data analysis was completed using mean and standard deviation for research questions and z￾test was used to test the hypotheses. The researchers found that library administrators are facing some challenges in enhancing ICT in the Children library sections of Colleges of Education. It was also found that there was no significant difference between the Children library administrators and the ICT officers on the two hypotheses. The researchers concluded that Children library administrators should adopt certain strategies that will curb the challenges facing the enhancement of ICT in Children libraries for the effectiveness of the college libraries.
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  Evaluating preschool librarians’ utilisation of information and communication technology for virtual library services.

  Information and communication technology (ICT) has become vital in twenty-first-century classrooms. In a similar vein, the pandemic of coronavirus 2019 (Covid-19) has prompted most countries to emphasize the use of ICT resources to build an online teaching platform. This development has prompted questions about Nigeria's educational system, as it is unknown how well-prepared instructors are to use ICT in the classroom. In this regard, there is a scarcity of research on how preschool librarians in Nigeria use ICT in their instruction. Thus, this research explored preschool librarians’ utilisation of information and communication technology for virtual library services. A descriptive survey research design was adopted using 157 preschool librarians sampled from primary schools in Enugu State, Nigeria. The researchers developed and validated an information and communication technology usage questionnaire for this study. Using the Cronbach alpha approach, the internal consistency reliability index of the instrument's items was estimated to be 0.76. The data was gathered during the researchers' visits to the study's schools. The data were quantitatively analyzed using a mean and bar chart. It was discovered that preschool librarians use ICT for virtual library services in a very limited way. This means that unless immediate effort is made to encourage preschool librarians to use ICT to provide virtual library services, effective virtual library deployment would be impossible. As a result, it was suggested that preschool librarians be encouraged to use ICT to provide virtual library services through in￾service training
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  Elevated blood triglycerides respond to brisk walking and jogging exercise after exercise counselling: Implication for practice in primary education.

  The goal of this study was to see how females with high blood triglycerides responded to brisk walking and jogging activities after receiving exercise coaching. Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, and Abia State, Nigeria was the focus of this research. The regular nonacademic personnel ranged in age from 35 to 60 years old. The study included 67 individuals who responded to a call for a free lipid profile examination. The volunteered workers were given a questionnaire with both inclusion and exclusion criteria, and their replies were compiled. Following that, 54 non-academic employees(15 men and 39 women) met the criteria for inclusion. As a result, the 39 female employees were qualified and sampled for the study based on their gender. The study's 39 female participants were divided into three unequal groups: brisk walking (13 females), jogging (8 females), and control (nine females) (18 females). Data was collected using the Lipid and Risk Identification Questionnaire (LRIQ) and Venous Blood Samples from the individuals for pre and posttest lipid profiles. ANOVA was used to test the hypotheses. The results of this study revealed that following treatment, the female non academic staff in the brisk walking group lost much more weight than the females in the jogging group. There were substantial variations in the mean loss of female TG between the two treatments groups. A greater dose of BWE and JE of roughly 50–60 minutes per day could result in a considerable reduction in blood triglyceride (TG) levels. It is necessary to establish a university program and calendar that will stimulate and provide opportunities for her employees to engage in active involvement in fitness.
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  Qualitative study of factors affecting inclusivity of physically disabled children in regular school physical activity in a Nigerian primary school.

  The exclusion of physically disabled children from school physical activity has become a national topic in Nigeria. Meanwhile, nothing has been done in Nigeria to investigate the variables that prevent physically disabled children from participating in routine primary school physical activity, particularly from a qualitative perspective. The purpose of this study was to determine factors affecting the inclusion of children with physical disabilities in regular school physical exercise in a Nigerian primary school using an interpretive descriptive research approach. During the data generation process Semi-structured interviews were used. The study's sample includes 21 physically disabled students from Mbutu Umuojima Community Primary School 1 in the Osisioma Local Government Area of Abia State, Nigeria. The researchers employed thematic content analysis in reporting factors such as lack of self-confidence, stigmatization, discrimination, lack of adapted /modified physical activity, and children’s lack of motivation as among the factors that have contributed to exclusivity of children with physical disabilities in regular school physical exertion The study's findings suggested that forces outside of the children's health may have hampered their inclusion and participation in regular school physical activity, as well as their academic success, implying that lack of or poor participation in school may have hampered their inclusion and participation in regular school physical activity and academic success. Physical disabilities may or may not cause them to engage in physical activity.
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  Intervention for treating depression in parents of children with intellectual disability of Down syndrome: A sample of Nigerian Parents.

  A good number of parents of children with Down syndrome are prone to depressive disorders. The depressive feelings are attributed to negative perceptions of the situation, self, and the future. Given this, we explored the impact of the family health model of rational-emotive behavior therapy on depressive symptoms in parents of children with intellectual disability of Down syndrome in the COVID-19 pandemic era. This is a randomized pretest–posttest control group design that recruited 88 parents of children with intellectual disability of Down syndrome. We measured the depressive symptoms in parents at Time 1, Time 2, and Time 3 using the Beck depressive inventory and Hamilton depression rating scale. We adopted a family health model rational emotive behaviour therapy intervention in treating the depressive symptoms afecting the parents. The analysis of covariate results showed that at initial assessment there was no signifcant diference between the treatment group and comparison group at baseline evaluation of depressive symptoms in participants. At the posttest, it had a signifcant efect on the intervention on participants’ depressive symptoms. Likewise, a follow-up result still shows that intervention had a signifcant efect on participants’ depressive symptoms of participants. In conclusion, this study suggests that treatment variable accounted for the efect in decreasing depressive symptoms scores of participants.
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  Testing the impacts of rational-emotive couple intervention in a sample of parents seeking divorce.

  Marital burnout has not been extensively studied despite its huge consequences on family wellbeing and quality of family life. This study, using randomised-controlled trial, tested the impact of rational-emotive couple intervention on marital burnout in a sample of parents seeking a divorce. A total of 67 parents who participated during the rational-emotive couple intervention (RECI) were assessed using the marital burnout scale, Beck depression inventory, and parent rational and irrational beliefs scale. Crosstabulation, multivariate test analysis, and bivariate analysis were used to analyse the data collected. Results show a significant reduction of marital burnout in RECI group participants, and significant improvement was maintained at the follow-up stage. The result of the group and gender interaction effect shows no significant interaction effect of group and gender on participants’ marital burnout at Time two and Time 3, respectively. The results indicate that a decrease in parents’ irrational beliefs accounts for marital burnout among couples seeking a divorce. Marital burnout is positively associated with depression among couples seeking a divorce. This study concludes that the RECI is an effective intervention that reduces marital burnout which is a direct consequence of irrational beliefs which later metamorphose into depressive symptoms.
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  Rational emotive intervention for work-family conflict and female primary school teachers’ well-being.

  Background: This study aimed at investigating the effect of rational emotive occupational health coaching on quality of work-life among primary school administrators. Method: This is a double blinded and randomized control design study. A total of 158 administrators were sampled, half of them were exposed to rational emotive occupational health treatment package that lasted for 12 sessions. Two self-report measures were utilized in assessing the participants using quality of work life scale. Data collected were analyzed using MANOVA statistical tool. Result: The results showed that rational emotive occupational health coaching is effective in improving perception of quality of worklife among public administrators. A follow-up result showed that rational emotive occupational health coaching had a significant effect on primary school administrators’ quality of work life. Conclusion: This study concluded rational emotive occupation health coaching is useful therapeutic strategy in improving quality of work of primary school administrators, hence, future researchers and clinical practitioners should adopt cognitive-behavioral techniques and principles in helping employers as well as employees. Based on the primary findings and limitations of this study, future studies, occupational psychotherapists should qualitatively explore the clinical relevance of rational emotive occupational health practice across cultures using different populations Abbreviation: QSWLS = quality of school work life scale.
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  Work stress and gender as determinants of job satisfaction among early childhood educators in Cross River State, Nigeria.

  The study investigated work stress and gender determinants of job satisfaction among early childhood educators in Cross River State, Nigeria. The study adopted a correlational research design with a sample size of 362 respondents. The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire developed by the researchers. Mean and Pearson Product Moment Correlation Analysis was used to answer research questions, while Linear regression was used to test the null hypotheses at a 0.05 level of significance. The result of the study showed that work stress is a significant determinant of job satisfaction among early childhood educators in Cross River State. Gender is also a significant factor in determining job satisfaction. Job satisfaction is enhanced when work stress is reduced. It is recommended, among others, that the government and school proprietors should always meet early childhood educators' needs to reduce work stress and enhance their job satisfaction.
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  Effect of Cooperative Learning Instructional Strategy on Social and Cognitive Skills Development of Primary School Pupils

  Cooperative Learning Strategy (CLS) aims to enable learners to work together towards a common goal. Effective cooperative learning promotes positive interdependence, individual accountability, face to face interaction and social skills development of the learners. Learners work together in small cluster or groups to achieve a common goal. Effective cooperative learning strategy relies on group management techniques, social skills training and learner-centred teaching methods. This study was guided by four research questions and six null hypotheses. The study adopted a quasi-experimental research design. The population of the study was 24,547 primary three pupils. The sample for the study was 176 pupils. A rating scale developed by the researchers on cognitive and social skills development was used as instrument for data collection. The instruments were validated by two experts in childhood education and one expert in measurement and evaluation. The reliability of the instruments were 0.79 and 0.82 for cognitive and social skills questionnaires respectively using Cronbach’s alpha. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The result of the study, among others revealed that cooperative learning strategy enhanced primary school pupils’ cognitive and social skills more than the conventional lecture method. It was also found that gender had no significant influence on primary school pupils’ cognitive and social skills development. The result also showed that the difference between the cognitive and social skills development of the groups taught using cooperative instructional strategy and lecture method was statistically significant (p<0.05). Based on these findings, the researchers recommended among others that workshops and conferences should be organized for the training of primary school teachers on the use of cooperative learning instructional strategy in primary school classroom instruction.
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  Practitioners’ challenges in the application of conceptions of mathematical knowledge in the foundation phase mathematics learning. International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science,

  This study used a qualitative research design to examine the difficulties faced by ECD practitioners when applying their mathematical expertise to improve young children's arithmetic learning. Five practitioners were selected from among the five ECD centers using a purposive sampling method for the study. Semi-structured interview questions were employed to collect the data. The construction of themes and sub-themes resulted from analyzing the collected data thematically. According to the research's findings, early childhood educators face difficulties due to their limited grasp of mathematical language, lack of classroom environments conducive to children learning mathematics, and lack of experience incorporating play into their instruction. It was discovered that some practitioners struggled to get kids interested in learning the language since they don't know how to communicate and take a long time to educate because they don't pay attention in class and forget rapidly. Based on the findings of this research, there is a need for proper in-service training of the practitioners, as was the provision of adequate space for the ECD centers.
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  Teachers’ classroom management practices as a determinant of pre-schoolers’ task persistence. Implication for early childhood development

  Preschoolers’ task persistence during classroom instruction has become a thing of concern to parents, education stakeholders and the general public. This lack of task persistence by pre-schoolers during classroom instruction may be attributed to the teachers’ classroom management practices. This study was therefore carried out to determine the extent to which teachers’ classroom management practices can predict preschoolers’ task persistence. The purpose of this was to determine the predictive ability of teachers’ classroom management practices on preschoolers’ task persistence. The study employed both descriptive and correlational research designs. 5 preschool educators and 156 pupils were purposively sampled for the study. The instruments for data collection were developed by the researchers from literature reviewed. The research questions were answered using mean and Pearson Product Moment Correlation Analysis while the hypothesis was tested at 0.05 using Regression analysis. The result of the study showed that teachers’ classroom management practices is a significant factor in determining pre-schoolers’ task persistence. The study concluded that teachers’ classroom management practices is a significant predictor of pre-schoolers’ task persistence. It is therefore recommended that early childhood educators should always adopted an effective classroom management practices that will enhanced and promote preschoolers’ task persistence during classroom instructions.
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  Prevalence, socio-demographic factors and psychosocial work hazards of primary school teachers: A school-based cross-sectional study.

  This study investigated the prevalence, socio-demographic factors, and psychosocial work hazards of primary school teachers. This is a cross-sectional study that recruited 254 primary school teachers. The responses from the participants were collected using Copenhagen psychosocial questionnaire and teachers’ socio-demographic questionnaire. Bar chart, mean, standard deviation, and bivariate analysis were used to analyze the data collected. The result showed a high level of work-related psychosocial hazard among primary school teachers. The results showed that teachers’ age has a positive relationship with psychosocial work hazards. Also, the result showed that working status and years of experience have a significant relationship with psychosocial work hazards. Therefore, occupational health experts should consistently conduct psychosocial risks assessments on the teachers.
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  Practitioners’ use of conceptions of mathematical knowledge to enhance early mathematics: A qualitative research approach.

  Empirical evidence has shown that children’s mathematics achievement in South African has been on the low trend. However, no study has explored the practitioners’ application of conceptions of mathematical knowledge in enhancing learners’ achievement in mathematics. The study examined how practitioners apply mathematical knowledge to enhance early learning of mathematics. In this study, a qualitative research methodology was employed. The study also looked into how teachers in rural early childhood development (ECD) centers use their ideas of mathematical knowledge to foster young children’s early mathematics learning in these environments. The researchers’ investigation into the mathematical expertise held by practitioners and how they apply it in ECD contexts was made possible by mathematical knowledge for teachers theoretical framework, which served as the study’s foundation. In order to help interpret the facts, the study was also set within an interpretivist paradigm. Five practitioners were chosen using a purposive sampling technique from the five ECD centers used for the study. The data were gathered using semi-structured interview questions and observation schedules. The gathered data were examined using a thematic analysis, which resulted in the formation of themes and sub-themes. The study’s findings showed that because the five ECD centers consistently used conventional methods to teach early mathematics to the children who attended the centers, the practitioners in those centers were deficient in their application of conceptions of mathematical knowledge to enhance early learning of mathematics. The need for equipping practitioners with the knowledge and abilities to teach mathematics (subject and pedagogy) in early childhood is strengthened by this study.
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  Testing the efficacy of group cognitive-behavioral therapy for pathological internet use among undergraduates in Nigeria.

  Introduction: The aim of this study was to examine the effect of group cognitive-behavioral therapy (GCBT) on pathological internet use (PIU). Method: The study applied a group randomized controlled trial design to assign participants to intervention and control groups. A total of 40 college students aged 18 to 30 who were pathological internet users (PIUs) participated in this study and were randomly assigned to treatment and control groups. Participants completed a self-report scale entitled the Problematic Internet Use Scale (PIUS) at three time points. The intervention lasted 8 weeks. The data collected were statistically analyzed using repeated-measures analysis of variance (ANOVA). Results: The results showed that GCBT has significant efficacy, decreasing the symptoms of PIU among the GCBT participants compared to those in the control group and that the improvements were maintained at follow-up. We also found a significant interaction effect by time for PIU. Conclusion: From the study findings, we can conclude that GCBT has significant benefit for mitigating the severity of PIU in college students. Therefore, mental health professionals are encouraged to explore the benefits of GCBT in treating symptoms associated with PIU in school settings and beyond.
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  Instructional materials and quality in public primary schools in Southwestern Nigeria.

  The study identified the instructional materials that are available and examined the level of its utilization in public primary schools in Southwestern Nigeria. In addition, it established the influence of instructional materials on instructional quality in public primary schools in Southwestern Nigeria. This study adopted descriptive design with a sample size of 450 respondents selected from the population of the study with the use of multi-stage sampling procedure. Instructional Materials Availability, Utilization and Instructional Quality Questionnaire (IMAUIQ) was used to collect data from the respondents which was trial tested on 90 respondents from selected public primary schools in local governments outside the selected ones for the study. The result revealed that chalkboard 450(100%) and textbooks 300(67%) are the predominant instructional materials available. Chalkboard 450(100%) was found to be sufficiently utilized. The result further showed that instructional materials have significantly influence on instructional quality in public primary schools in Nigeria. This is because the calculated value (4.82) is greater than the critical value (3.84) at 0.05 level of significance. The study concluded that there is inadequate utilization of instructional materials with their attendant consequences on instructional quality in public primary schools in Southwestern Nigeria.
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  Teachers' perceptions about engaging fathers in the early education of their children: A quantitative research approach.
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  Motivation and self-efficacy as correlates of secondary school physics students’ academic achievement in Benue State, Nigeria.
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  Intervention strategies that can improve South African fathers’ engagement in the early education of their children: A quantitative approach.
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  The efficacy of music-based cognitive behaviour therapy in the reduction of test anxiety among primary school pupils in basic science (113-122).

  This study examined the efficacy of music-based cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) in the reduction of test anxiety among primary school pupils in basic science. Randomized pre-test, post-test, control group experimental design was adopted using a sample of 58 primary five (5) pupils. Test anxiety questionnaire was used for data collection. The instrument was face validated by test development experts. The internal consistency reliability of the items of the instrument was established to be 0.86 using the Cronbach’s alpha method. Data were analyzed using mean and independent samples t-test. Findings revealed that music-based CBT is significantly efficacious in reducing test anxiety among the sampled pupils in basic science. This implies that test anxiety among primary school pupils can be reduced or better managed using the musicbased CBT. It was thus, recommended that primary school teachers should be enlightened on how to make use of music-based CBT for basic science instructions in schools.
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  Fathers’ participation in the social development of their children under six years: Challenges and strategic implications.

  When fathers are actively participating in the early social development of their children, such children tend to do much better later in their lives trajectory. Given this dictum, the research reported in this paper explored the roles South African fathers play in their children’s early social development. Previous literature found that fathers appear to be confronted with constraints that impact their abilities to get involved in more ways than one. Therefore, the main aim of this study was to establish whether the fathers selected for the study had experienced any difficulties in participating in their children’s early social development. The convenient sampling technique was used to select fathers (n = 20) whom the researchers thought were experienced to respond to the various issues raised during the semi-structured in-depth interviews. A thematic approach was employed to make sense of the data obtained from the fathers. Opportunely, the cohort of fathers who participated in the study appeared to desire to be involved in the early social development of their children under six years. However, the findings of the study reveal that these fathers faced numerous constraints as they battled to get involved. The results shows that strained partner relationships a major source of constraint to fathers. Furthermore, results also show that working long hours was a major challenge to father involvement in the early social development of the child. Data also revealed that lack of experience in childcare constituted a source of constraint to fathers’ participation in the early social development of their children. Time spent at work by fathers was a major issue as to how and when they want to get involved in their children’s social development. However, the father effect connotes the quality of time fathers spend with their little ones as well as the benefits that accrue from such paternal presence on the early social development of the child. It is therefore recommended that fathers be adequately equipped to participate in the early development of their children.
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  Influence of preschool practitioners’ demographic characteristics on their classroom discipline practices: A quantitative research approach.

  The success of various discipline practices in controlling children's behavior in the classroom has been a major source of concern among preschool librarians. Despite the relevance of library discipline in managing disruptive conduct in children, there appears to be a knowledge gap regarding the impact of preschool librarians' demographic features on their discipline practices. As a result, this study measured the influence/impact of preschool librarians' demographic factors on their library disciplinary practices using authoritarian behavioural theory. With a sample of 156 preschool librarians in Enugu State's Nsukka Education Zone, the study used an ex-post facto research design. The researchers developed and validated a preschool librarians’ discipline practices questionnaire, which was used to collect data. The internal consistency reliability index of the questionnaire items was found to be 0.89 using the Cronbach alpha method. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data collected. The study's findings revealed that the age and marital status of preschool librarians had significant (p = .05) impacts on their library discipline practices. As a result, it was suggested that the Local Government Education Authority prioritize librarians' age and marital status while recruiting preschool librarians.