This study investigated the areas of cooperative learning approaches for sprouting employability in polytechnic building technology students_ in Nigeria for the expertise of practice upon graduating from school using descriptive survey research design. Two research questions and four null hypotheses guided the study. The population for the study consisted of 99 building technology lecturers that offer building technology programmes in Federal, State and Private Polytechnics in South-East and South-South Nigeria. Since the population was not too large, there was no sampling. The instrument used for data collection was a 36-item questionnaire derived from the literature reviewed. Five experts validated the instrument. Cronbach alpha reliability method was used to determine the reliability of the instrument and a reliability coefficient of 0.87 was obtained. The research questions were answered using Mean statistic, while the null hypotheses were tested using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) .....

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The study was conducted to determine the predictive strength of a model of continuous assessment practices, teaching effectiveness and students_ personal studies for predicting students_ final grades. Thus the study investigated the influence of continuous assessment practices, teaching effectiveness, and students_ personal studies on the test scores of some selected junior secondary school students in Health and Physical Education in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State. Three null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The population of the study was 4,042 while the sample size was 200 randomly selected from JSS III in Egor LGA of Edo State. The instrument used for data collection was the questionnaire with reliability co-efficient of 0.89. Data collected were analyzed using the Pearson Product Moment Correlation Statistics and the multiple regression statistics. The major findings of this study were are as follows:.....

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This study aimed at determining the status of implementation and usefulness of Performance Task Evaluation (PTE) as an evaluation tool among Grade-VI pupils of Ramon District for the School Year 2018-2019. In this study, the implementation and usefulness of PTE were analyzed using quantitative research. In addition, related factors in implementing the evaluation model were determined. Then, based on the findings, programs and interventions were developed to improve the academic achievement of the Grade VI pupils through PTE. The respondents believed that PTE is being implemented in terms of practices. Therefore, the implementation of the PTE should be considered as a tool of evaluation. The respondents believed that PTE is useful in terms of academics, attitude and instructions. Pupils believed that PTE is useful in providing learning skills necessary for the education since PTE develops the skills of every pupil. Besides, through PTE pupil enhances their skills and potential using the.....

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Students between ages 13 to 18 years old are exposed to have career development assignments of life focused on the education field such as choosing majors or career fields. Students see career decision making is always accompanied by feelings of doubt, uncertainty, and even stress. In the end, students make their choice on careers by just following the decisions of their peers, which is not necessarily the right decision for them. Their decision taken can lead to career success. The purpose of this study to determine the effect of the conformity of students' decision making for their careers. The quantitative research methods are used where the samples are 136 students of class XII. Data are obtained from the Likert scale instrument and analyzed using regression analysis. The result shows there is influence between conformity and students_ decision making for their career. The findings of the research are the categorization score of conformity is in high category with 60.29%, while the.....

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The purpose of this study is to find out the role of development of touristic village and creative industry in improving social welfare on Wukirsari Village, Special Region of Yogyakarta Province (DIY Province). This research used qualitative and descriptive method. The data conveys that the development of touristic village and creative industry in Wukirsari Village brings out positive impact to its social welfare. The development consists of various productions; leather wayang puppet with tatah sungging, wedang uwuh traditional drink, bamboo crafts, and natural-dye batik. In addition, the village has distinct potentials to become a touristic village. Those distinct potentials are originated from its cultural resource, the Mataram kings_ burial ground. The obstacles regarding this research were the coaching of better-quality touristic village development and creative industry people management in order to become a competitive travel destination. Keywords: Touristic Village Development.....

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Education 21st century is all about enfolding digital technology. The theme _Higher Education 4.0: Knowledge, Industry and Humanity_, mandated from Malaysia_s former Higher Education Minister Datuk Idris Jusoh. The minister identified that universities have to be trained to adapt and change the curriculum so that graduates are capable to fill in jobs which are yet to arise. This Fourth Industrial Revolution 4.0 as part of the call to revamp the Malaysia higher education system. There are nine Malaysia future-proof skills that has been listed under Ministry of Higher Education module on Framing Malaysian Higher Education 4.0 _ future-proof talents. There are creativity and innovation; Holistic Entrepreneurial and Balanced; Resilience; leadership; Compassion and mindfulness; values and ethics; flexibility and adaptability; critical thinking and problem solving and finally communication and language proficiency. The above mentioned points are future-proof skills sets for Malaysian graduat.....

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This research paper presents the outcome of a research conducted to assess and determine the Validity and Reliability coefficient of Creative Thinking Skills for Conceptual Engineering Design Module administered to engineering undergraduates at a private institution of higher learning. The Creative Thinking Skills Module features few proposed creative thinking tools such as Brain Sketching, Mind Maps and Morphological Analysis. The validity consists of module content validity, and session and activity validity, evaluated by a group of five experts. The Cronbach Alpha value was determined through conducting a pilot study in a local private university where mechanical engineering undergraduate underwent the module workshop and activity. Questionnaires were given to respective experts and students respondents to measure the validity and reliability level of the module, sessions and activities. Keywords: Validity, Reliability, Cronbach Alpha, Creativity, Torrance Test of Creative Thinking.....

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This research shows the application of the Structured Equation Modeling (SEM) to obtain the best model for studying the relationship between the more efficient and accurate against the findings and the interpretation of the variables. The objectives of the study are to assess the reliability of the developed instrument and to test construct validity of the research instruments in estimating the contributing factors to TASKA service satisfaction. The proportionate stratified random sampling method was used to select a total of 61 TASKAs from three states on the east coast of Malaysia consisting of 273 parents and guardians which are currently using the TASKA services. Validity and reliability of the measurement model in the analysis using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) method. Measurement models were data-based and fit based on the fit index (CMF) _2 = 3230.541, with degrees of freedom (df) = 902, CMIN / df = 3.582 (_5.0), CFI & TLI (_0.9), and RMSEA = 0.070 (_0.1). Based on the res.....

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This research aims to investigate the quality of final examination test items given to the Computer and Networking Engineering students. The test items were developed by four chemistry teachers in the state vocational school (SVS) and private vocational school (PVS) in Bantul regency respectively. This research discusses on the quality of the test conducted and overall items developed by the chemistry teachers for both of SVS and PVS. The quality of the test items is measured by using four variables which are (1) material, construction, and language aspects, (2) cognitive level comparison, (3) the suitability of the materials tested to the materials covered in 2013 Curriculum, and (4) the suitability of the number of the test items given to the materials covered and time allocated. Ex-post facto research design was administered for this research. The sample of the research was taken from the final examination test items for the 10th grade vocational school students of the Computer and .....

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Concerning on the rates social burden among the graduates of business education in Nigeria has provided an opportunity for the authors to extant the study to examine the current state of business education curriculum and the reformulation of business education curriculum equips the undergraduates with skills to start a business and engaging towards lifelong learning. A cross-sectional survey design was applied to achieve the objectives of the study. The design of the research is a quantitative method. Structured questionnaires were given to a sample of 289 participants (43 lecturers and 246 students) which were randomly selected across three universities in Nigeria. The data obtained are analyzed by the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23.0 and the mean statistic is used to answer the research questions and standard deviations are used to assess the degree to which participants_ scores are clustered around the mean. The results show that the business education cur.....

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