1. AN EXAMINATION OF MOSQUITOES' OPEN LARVAL HABITATS
Background of the study
Mosquitoes are extremely important to man's health and economic progress. Both human and animal illnesses are transmitted and spread by them (Gouge, 2012). Mosquitoes are the most significant arthropods for public health and...
2. AN INVESTIGATION OF MASS FAILURE IN FUTURE IN FURTHER MATHEMATICS AND PERFORMANCE IN PHYSICS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NIGERIA
Background to the Study
Mass failure in a course happens when a substantial percentage (about 70%) of students who enrol for a certain examination fail that test. According to research, there are several reasons that lead to widespread student failure i...
3. EFFECT OF CONSTRUCTIVIST BASED TEACHING STRATEGY ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
Background to the Study
In Nigeria, according to the National Policy on Education, (2004) one of the main objectives of secondary education is to equip students to live effectively in modern age of science and technology. The implication of this objecti...
4. AN INVESTIGATION INTO SS2 STUDENTS DIFFICULTY IN LEARNING ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF BIOLOGY IN IKWO LGA OF EBONYI STATE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Biology is a branch of science that studies life. According to Maduabum (2006), science (Biology) constitute the bedrock of the National development which in its broadest sense refers to all human activities which involves organi...
5. AN ANALYSIS OF BACTERIOLOGICAL OF WATER IN HALLS OF RESIDENCE IN UNIVERSITY OF BENIN
INTRODUCTION
Water has an essential role in life and is inextricably intertwined with it; without water, there would be no life. Because of this, it is essential that water always get the appropriate amount of attention at all times. The provision...
6. SPATIAL VARIABILITY OF SOIL PROPERTIES IN THE CROSS RIVER BASIN FARM, ITU, AKWA IBOM STATE AS A RESULT OF PARENT MATERIALS.
INTRODUCTION
When modeling soil formation and environmental processes, it is now abundantly evident and understood that it is necessary to take into consideration the geographical variability of soil parameters. In order to improve agricultural manageme...
7. AN INVESTIGATION OF CHARACTERIZATION AND ISOLATION OF FUNGI ASSOCIATED WITH “SPOILED” TOMATOES IN GWAGWALADA
INTRODUCTION
Vegetables are an essential food product that are both economically important and nutritionally significant. Vegetables naturally play an important part in human nutrition by delivering the required growth factors in the form of vitamins and key minerals in...
8. THE BACTERIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF WATER IN HALLS OF RESIDENCE IN UNIVERSITY OF BENIN
INTRODUCTION
Water is essential and inextricably linked to life; without water, there is no life. This is why water must be given the proper care at all times. Good drinking water is not a luxury; it is one of life's most basic necessities. As a res...
9. PERCEPTION OF THE CLINICAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND SUPERVISION AMONG NURSING STUDENTS IN ADELEKE UNIVERSITY, EDE OSUN STATE
Background Of The Study
The clinical learning environment is crucial in assisting students in achieving their learning objectives. Students' professional identity and competency1 and clinical skills2 are significantly impacted by the quality of thei...
10. THE ROLE OF MICRO-ORGANISMS IN WASTE RECYCLING
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Microorganisms are found virtually everywhere in the natural world, where they perform a wide variety of important tasks. Microorganisms like Halobacterium, which live in the Dead Sea, and Chlamydomonas nivalis, which is responsi...
11. EFFECTS OF 7E-LEARNING CYCLE MODEL ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS IN BIOLOGY
Background of the Study
Education is one of the tools that may be used to deal with the issues that will be faced in the 21st century. Prior to the turn of the 21st century, education systems all over the world were primarily centered on the transmission of information...
12. THE EFFECT OF HAZARDOUS METROPOLIS: FLOODING AND URBAN ECOLOGY IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
Although better known for its sunny skies, Nigeria suffers devastating flooding. This book explores a fascinating and little-known chapter in the city’s history—the spectacular failures to control floods that occurred throughout the twentieth ce...
13. EFFECT OF AUTOMOBILE TECHNOLOGY ON ENTREPRENEUR FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
1 Background of the study
Over the years there have been many definitions of entrepreneurship and they have all been acceptable definitions but i define it as the
14. ANALYSIS EFFECT OF MORTALITY DEATH RATE ON WOMEN AGE GROUP
ABSTRACT
This study was carried out to examine the effect of mortality death rates on women age group in Nigeria. To achieve this objective, three research questions and two research hypotheses were formulated to guide this study. The data was col...
15. EFFECTS OF GUIDED DISCOVERY APPROACH ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN ECOLOGY IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS
ABSTRACT
This study investigated the effect of Guided Discovery instructional strategies on JSS Students performance and attitude in Kaduna state. A qausi-experiment with pretest-posttest control group design adopted the 3x2 factorial analysis was employed for va...
16. IMPACT OF TAXATION POLICIES ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THE BANKING SECTOR IN THE FCT
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The desire to build a civilized country with a strong and sound economy is the desire of every country, including Nigeria. Tax payment is the demonstration of such desire, although some income earners see it...
17. IDENTIFICATION OF DIFFICULT BIOLOGY TOPICS AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
ABSTRACT
The project focuses on the Identification of Difficult Biology Topics Amongst Senior Secondary School Students in Makurdi metropolis. It investigated the topics in biology that students find difficult either to learn and comprehend or to answer questions in the...
18. THE EFFECTS OF TV ADVERTS ON CHILDREN (A CASE STUDY OF ENUGU URBAN)
BACKGROUND OF STUDY
Television advertisement represents one of the several stimuli to which children are exposed, like other kinds of stimuli existing within their environment. Television advertisement has a powerful tendency to influence children&rsquo...
19. AWARENESS OF THE USE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN THE CONTROL AND PREVENTION OF MALARIA (A CASE STUDY OF IFAKO IJAIYE LGA)
ABSTRACT
Environmental conditions play an important role in the transmission of malaria; therefore, regulating these conditions can help to reduce disease burden. Environmental management practices for disease control can be implemented at the community level to complem...
20. IMMUNOCYTOCHEMICAL AND MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF LIQUID-BASED CERVICAL CYTOLOGY SPECIMENS IN AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL ZARIA, NORTHERN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
Cervical cancer is a common and important public health problem for adult women in developing countries. Many industrialized countries have achieved significant successes in reducing invasive cervical cancer burden over the past six decades mainly due to introduction of screeni...
21. TACKLING COMPLEXITIES IN MATERNAL CARE USING AN E-HEALTH SOLUTION (A CASE STUDY OF DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP AT FEDERAL MEDICAL CENTER, YOLA)
ABSTRACT
The rate of maternal mortality in the recent time is so alarming due to weak health systems, poor doctor-patient relationship, and non-existence of e-health management system to efficiently maintain, handle the patient’s record and schedule appointments for pregnant women...
22. RAINFALL TRENDS AND VARIABILITY IN IBADAN, OYO STATE
Project Body
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
Rain is liquid water in form of droplets that have condensed from atmospheric water vapor and then precipitated that is, become heavy enough to fall under gravity (Mordurch, 1995; Sala and Lauenroth, 1982). Rain is a major...
23. FEEDING ECOLOGY AND NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF SOME FISH SPECIES FROM TUNGAN KAWO RESERVOIR, KONTAGORA, NIGER STATE, NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
The study of the biology of three fish species; Tilapia zillii, Clarias gariepinus and Synodontis clarias with reference to their diet composition is an important aspect in fish biology. This research was aimed at evaluating the Feeding Ecology and nutritional status of selecte...
24. PLAYING EARTH: ECO-PEDAGOGY IN NIGERIAN DRAMA
ABSTRACT
The crisis of the earth is beginning to take centre stage in world affairs. The concern globally hinges on the need to rescue the environment from an impending ecological crisis. Over the years, changes in climate conditions have intensified a near desperate quest to salvage hu...
25. PHENOTYPIC AND GENOTYPIC VARIABILITY STUDIES ON SOME RICE GENOTYPES IN LOW LAND ECOLOGY OF NIGERSTATE, NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
Variability has been known as a tool for any crop improvement programme. Yield improvement can be ascertained if there is enough variability existing in a population. Therefore, this study was conducted to asses morpho-agronomic variations in the lowland rice genotypes in an Al...
26. PHYSICOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS AND MACROINVERTEBRATE FUNCTIONAL FEEDING GROUPS IN RIVER CHANCHAGA, MINNA, NIGER STATE
Background to the Study
Water is necessary for human survival. This well-recognized fact is the basis for the emerging view of basic human water needs as a human right to water (Glieck, 1998; Cunha, 2009). Rivers are among the most-threatened ecological systems of the globe (Arimoro and...
27. EFFECTS OF SCAFFOLDING INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY ON ATTITUDE RETENTION AND PERFORMANCE IN ECOLOGY AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
ABSTRACT
The study investigates the “Effects of Scaffolding Instructional Strategy on Attitude, Retention and Performance in Ecology among senior secondary school students of Giwa, Education Zone, Kaduna State, Nigeria”. The study was carried out as a result of the low perfo...
28. EFFECTS OF 5E-LEARNING MODEL ON CREATIVITY, PERFORMANCE AND RETENTION IN ECOLOGY AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
ABSTRACT
The study investigated the effects of 5E-Learning Model on Creativity, Performance and Retention in Ecology among Secondary School II Students in Zaria Education Zone, Kaduna Nigeria. The research design adopted for the study was quasi experimental design pretest-posttest, post...
29. IMPACT OF PROBLEM SOLVING AND DISCOVERY STRATEGIES ON ATTITUDE, RETENTION AND PERFORMANCE IN GENETICS CONCEPTS AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
Introduction
Science education is an indispensable tool for national development because the economic and political strength of a nation is mostly assessed in terms of her performance in science and technology (Olarinoye 2001, Otuka 2006 & Wasagu 2007). In view of i...
30. DEVELOPING COMPUTER-BASED SYSTEM FOR MAINTENANCE PLANNING AND SCHEDULING OF HOSPITAL BUILDINGS IN NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL NNEWI, ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA
Statement of the Problem
Hospitals buildings are confronted with unique challenges that threaten their optimal performance, structurally and otherwise. According to Onifade 4 (2003), installed health facilities in Nigeria are as old as the hospitals themselves. He lamented that most of...
31. IMPACT OF LABORATORY AND PROBLEM-SOLVING STRATEGIES ON ATTITUDE, RETENTION AND PERFORMANCE IN BIOLOGY AMONG VARIED ABILITY SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ZARIA, NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
This study investigated the impact of Laboratory and problem-solving strategies on attitude,retention and academic performance in biology among varied ability secondary school students in Zaria, Kaduna State Nigeria. All the senior secondary II students of the schools in Zaria...
32. EARTHWORM ECOLOGY, HEAVY METALS AND TOTAL PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON ASSESSMENT OF AN OIL SPILL SITE IN AGAYE, LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
Agaye has experienced frequent spills of premium motor spirit due to pipeline vandalization. Over time,the spills have contaminated the water sources and farmlands, and with the attendant inferno, destroyed the soil biota. There is dearth of scientific information on effect of...
33. AN ASSESSMENT OF THE DYNAMICS OF TEACHING SOCIAL STUDIES AT THE GRADE TWO TEACHERS' COLLEGE LEVEL IN LAGOS STATE
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
In our efforts to establish a united, powerful, and wealthy Nigeria, national unity is a key component. Important concerns like national integration can be addressed through social studies (as a holistic approach to curricular organization). A su...
34. COOPERATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF MONEY DEPOSIT BANK IN NIGERIA
Background to the Study
Competition from nonbank&nb...
