An assessment of the use of workbook on the reading culture and performance of students in integrated science in Abeokuta, Nigeria

This study is aimed at assessing the use of workbook in the reading culture and performances of students in junior secondary schools in Abeokuta using Integrated Science. The workbook is a form of programmed learning or programmed instruction meant to supplement traditional classroom teaching. We hypothesized that there would not be significant differences  Questionnaires were administered to thirty teachers and thirty students. Students’ samples were chosen at random while the Integrated Science teachers available in the six schools selected for the project completed the teachers’ questionnaire. The data collected were subjected to t-test and correlation analysis. A significant difference was established in the reading culture (16.55 @ p≤ 0.5) and the academic performance (8.66 @ P ≤ 0.5 as assessed by teachers&12.041@ P ≤ 0.5 as assessed by students) of studentsbefore and after the introduction of workbook. It shows that the use ofworkbook is found to improve significantly the reading culture and the performance of students in Integrated Science. The use of workbook should be extended to other subjects in the school curriculum

Peer-crtiquing as an effective strategy for teaching writing

The problem of Secondary School students’ poor performance in EnglishLanguage has been of concern to English Educators. More worrisome, is thepoor writing ability of learners of English Language.. Effort to solve this problem directs attention of scholars and educators to pedagogy of imparting knowledge. Collaborative emerged as one of the supplements of language teaching both in first and second language situations. This paper used peer critiquing,, an aspect of collaborative learning, as a teaching strategy and examined its effect on writing skill of some secondary school student in the second language situation. One hundred second year Senior Secondary School students drawn as samples from two schools in Ikenne Local Government of Ogun State, Nigeria were the research subjects. The results show that peer-critiquing has a positive effect on teaching quality and the performance of students, thus it is recommended for teaching writing skill

Eye Injuries among Road Traffic Accident Victims in Ogun State, Nigeria

Aim: To investigate the types of eye injuries seen among road traffic accident (RTA) victims managed at a referral hospital in Ogun State, Nigeria.Materials and Method: All RTA victims who presented at Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital (OOUTH) between July 2004 and June 2005; their eyes were examined by an ophthalmologist for any form of injury. The biodata, cause and type of eye injury, cause of accident, position ofvictim in the vehicle, use of seat belt by victim, and treatment offered were documented using a questionnaire.Results: Thirty-five (2.7%) of the RTA victims (1314) during the study period had various forms of eye injury. The majority were male (65.7%); 80% were between 20 and 40 years. The victims included 7 technical workers (20%); 6 students (17.1%); 5 traders (14.3%); 5 office workers (14.3%); and 5 drivers (14.3%). Only 24% of the drivers and 8% of frontseat passengers had used a seat belt. The majority of the victims, 23 (65.7%), had a combination of extraocular and anterior segment injuries . Lid injury was the most common extraocular injury 29 (90.6%), followed by laceration (34.4%), oedema (30.2%) and bruising (25%); while themost common injury of the anterior segment was subconjunctival haemorrhage 23 (85.2%). Most of the patients, 28(80%), presented within 24 hours of injury.Conclusions: The majority of eye injuries from RTAs seen at OOUTH, Sagamu were mild and mainly found in the extraocular and anterior segments of the eye.Key words: eye injury, road traffic accidents, anterior segment, extraocular segment, posterior segmen

Disability and its Predictors among Glaucoma Patients in a Nigeria City

This study estimates disability and its predictors among adult Nigerians with glaucoma. Cross-sectional design, recruiting consecutive glaucoma patients attending a glaucoma clinic. Disability was assessed using WHO Disability Assessment Schedule. Poisson regression was used to assess predicting factors. 123 (male 70, 56.9%) glaucoma patients with mean age 62.8±15.1 years participated in the study. Mild to moderate disability was reported (108, 87.8%) with overall level of 18 and 56% reported moderate/severe degree of their disability. This was high in mobility and life activities domains such as walking outside home and community participation. Sex, marital status, religion, age, left intraocular pressure and diastolic blood pressure significantly predicted disability. Male participants compared with females and participants who professed belief in Christianity/Islam compared with traditional belief were 14% and 50% respectively less likely to report disability. The singles were 4 times more likely to report disability compared with widow/widower. Participants with less than tertiary education were more likely to be 34% disabled. With increase in age, the participants were more likely to be 0.02% disabled and with a decrease in diastolic blood pressure, there is 0.6% decrease in disability. In conclusion, moderate disability was reported especially in mobility and participation domains with 56% expressing moderate/severe degree of it. Older age impact upon disability and is a good predictor of it whereas being religious is less so. Keywords: Glaucoma, Disability, Prevalence, Predictor, Nigeri