Science Journal of Education

Volume 3, Issue 4, August 2015

  • Correlation Between Attitude and Socio-Economic Status of Students’ Performance in Computer Science

    Edosomwan Joseph Henry, Edosomwan Taiwo Olukemi

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 4, August 2015
    Pages: 75-77
    Received: 16 July 2015
    Accepted: 21 July 2015
    Published: 31 July 2015
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    Abstract: This research study examined a dependent relationship between students’ attitude and socio-economic status performance in computer science. For the purpose of this work, 200 Junior and Secondary School students in Oredo, Egor, Ikpoba-Okha and Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State, Nigeria were investigated. The instruments for the data... Show More
  • Comparative Effect of Mastery Learning and Mind Mapping Approaches in Improving Secondary School Students’ Learning Outcomes in Physics

    Oluwatosin Omolara Blessing, Bello Theodora Olufunke

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 4, August 2015
    Pages: 78-84
    Received: 23 June 2015
    Accepted: 20 July 2015
    Published: 28 July 2015
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    Abstract: This study investigated the effect of Mastery Learning Approach (MLA) and Mind Mapping Approach (MMA) in improving students’ academic performance in Physics and also determined their effect in enhancing students’ retention of Physics. These were with a view to ascertaining the best teaching method for improving students’ learning outcomes in Physic... Show More
  • Modern Design Education: Nurture in Technological Innovation and Social Responsibility

    Zhiyong Wang

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 4, August 2015
    Pages: 85-88
    Received: 13 July 2015
    Accepted: 27 July 2015
    Published: 5 August 2015
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    Abstract: There is a strong interactive relationship between the education and the development of modern design. Every essential progress in design education had most probably encouraged a further development of modern design. The encouragement came not only from the educational practice, but also from the educational theory study which inevitably referred t... Show More
  • A Survey of Information Seeking-Behavior of Academic Staff in a Nigerian University in Digital Age

    Blessing Esuru Ahiauzu, Okon Edet Ani

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 4, August 2015
    Pages: 89-94
    Received: 16 July 2015
    Accepted: 29 July 2015
    Published: 7 August 2015
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    Abstract: The paper surveys the patterns of information-seeking behavior of academic staff in Nigeria in the emerging electronic information environment. Academic staff in Rivers State University of Science and Technology (RSUST), Port Harcourt, Nigeria were used as respondents in the survey. Questionnaire survey was used as research method for data collecti... Show More
  • Reflections on Effective Teaching

    Huaqiong Xu, Zhongfeng Hu

    Issue: Volume 3, Issue 4, August 2015
    Pages: 95-99
    Received: 22 July 2015
    Accepted: 7 August 2015
    Published: 14 August 2015
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    Abstract: People focus on effective teaching in the new curriculum reform in China. The understanding of the implication of effective teaching is diverse, but we should make clear in some problems. The evaluation standards for effective teaching are keeping pace with the times according to the influencing factors which include students’ learning, teachers’ t... Show More