iosr-JRME   Volume-7 ~ Issue-4 ~ July-August 2017

Abstract: The purpose of the study is to determine the types of Online search engines used by undergraduate students in Nigerian Universities. The sample comprised one hundred and fifty one (N-151) undergraduate students of two selected universities in Ogun and Oyo States. Data were collected from the participants with a self-structured validated questionnaire. Results were obtained through descriptive statistics of simple percentage, mean, standard deviation and ANOVA were used to test the formulated hypotheses at 0.005 significance level. The findings revealed that the most...........

Keywords: Online search engines, Nigeria, university, undergraduate students, Web..

[1] W. Hu, Y. Chen, M. Schmalz, M. and G.X. Ritter, An Overview of World Wide Web Search Technologies. Auburn University, University of Florida, USA.
[2] Batzios, A., C. Dimou, A.L.Symeonidis, and P.A. Mitkas, BioCrawler: An Intelligent Crawler for the Semantic Web, Expert Systems with Applications, 53 (1/2), 524-530.
[3] K. Paul, Major search engines available, international year book of library and information management scholarly publishing in an electronic era,. Journal of Information Science. 23(3), 2014, 200 – 225.
[4] C. Louis, How to stop searching and start finding P.C. world. Retrieved from http://ucla.edu/pdf/ searches/paper michaels.pdf 10(8), 2012, 24-28.
[5] A. Large, and H. Moukdad, "Multilingual access to web resources: an overview", Program, electronic library and information systems, 34 (1,), 2000,.43 – 58..

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to determine the factors affecting Online Public Access Catalogue provision (OPAC) and sustainable use in two University libraries in Ogun and Oyo States, Nigeria and also; to assess the extent these factors had on OPAC use. The scope of the study is limited to undergraduates. This study adopted the survey design of ex-post facto. Multi-stage, simple random and proportionate allocation sampling techniques were used to determine the sample size of the population. A total of N=209 of the sample size were drawn from the population using...........

Keywords: Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC), Academic libraries, Undergraduates and Nigeria

[1] A.V. Ajulo, Co-operative cataloguing ventures-a discourse: a paper presented at Nigerian Library Association, cataloguing, classification and indexing section 27th seminar/workshop held at Minna.16, 2007.
[2] S. Bordeianu, C.E Carter, and N.K.Dennis, Delivering electronic resources with Web OPACs and other Web-based tools: needs of reference librarians, Reference Service Review, 28(2):2000, 111-118.
[3] k.R. Mulla, and M. Chandrashekara, Access of Web-OPAC in Engineering College Libraries in Karnataka: A survey, SRELS Journal of Information Management, 46 (3) 2009, :321-32.
[4] Villen-Rueda,Luis, A. Senso, Jese and Doya-Anegon, Felix. The use of OPAC in large academic library: A transactional log analysis study of subject searching. The journal of academic librarianship.33(3): 2007, 327-337.
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Abstract: The precision teaching is a teaching method based on Skinner's Behavioral Learning theory with the emphasis of tracing the students' learning performance through designing measured process in order to make data-based decisions about teaching goals and teaching strategies. With the information technology more and more integrated into the educational circles, the precision teaching displays many modern features. The paper analyzes the college English precision teaching concept and pattern which integrates its original teaching theories and practice into our traditional college English teaching.........

Keywords: The precision teaching, information technology, college English precision teaching pattern

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[2] Johnson, K., Street, E. M. From the laboratory to the field and back again: Morningside Academy's 32 years of improving students' academic performance. The Behavior Analyst Today, 13(1), 2012, 20-40.

[3] Zhu Zhiting, Peng Hongchao. Technology Enabled Efficient Teaching of Knowledge: Activating the power of precision instruction. China Educational Technology, (1), 2016, 18-25.

[4] West, R. P. Precision teaching: an introduction. Teaching Exceptional Children. 22 (3), 1990, 4-9.

[5] Liu Mingzhuo, Zhu Zhiting. The design analysis and model building of micro lecture. China Educational Technology, (12), 2013, 127-131....

Abstract: The focus of current study is to analyse the effectiveness of CAI on students motivation and self efficacy in learning Biology. For the study a quasi experimental design with a purposive sample of 50 class 9th students was selected. Students were randomly selected and distributed into two groups with 25 in each. To evaluate their motivation and self efficacy SMTSL Questionnaire was administered as a pre test and post test. Outcomes of the study revealed that experimental group students improved their level of motivation and self efficacy after treatment with CAI whereas no considerable improvement was found in control group students who were taught by lecture method by the same teacher.

Keywords: CAI, Motivation, Self-Efficacy

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[5] Branz-Spall, A. M., Rosenthal, R., & Wright, A. (2003). Children of the road: Migrant students, our nation's most mobile population. Journal of Negro Education, 72, 55-62....

Abstract: Cet article s'intéresse aux pratiques ostensives de deux enseignants d'Education Physique et Sportive (EPS) dans l'activité natation en Tunisie. Son objectif est d'analyser les formes ostensives des enseignants d'EPS et de dégager leurs effets sur le rapport au savoir. La méthodologie de cette recherche est qualitative. Elle s'inscrit dans le champ des interactions en didactique clinique de l'EPS et sur l'analyse clinique des pratiques enseignantes des enseignants expérimentés et débutants afin d'entrevoir « le cas par cas » et le sujet singulier (Terrisse, 1999).Le recueil et l'analyse de données s'inscrivent..........

Keywords: Ostensions, enseignants d'EPS, rapport au savoir, didactique clinique, natation

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Abstract: Hygiene ventures are seen to be hazardous on the grounds that cleanliness relies upon what nearby individuals know, would and like to change in individual conduct, which is frequently thought to be outside the ability to control of specialist organizations. Cleanliness includes individual, household, and ecological cleanliness hones and any move or activity made to erect hindrances to sickness. Cleanliness advancement incorporates procedures that support or encourage a procedure whereby individuals evaluate, settle on considered decisions, request, impact.........

Keywords: Hygiene, Health, Disease, Tribal and so forth.

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Abstract: This study examines library aesthetic and environmental condition as motivating factors for reading using Olusegun Oke Library, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria as case study. The study used the survey research method. Stratified random sampling technique was used to select 300 postgraduate students from the University. Questionnaire was used as instrument for extracting information on library aesthetic and environmental condition from the respondents..........

Keywords: Library, Aesthetic, Environmental Condition, Motivating Factor, Reading, State University, Nigeria.

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Abstract: This study aimed to know the effects of Project based learning to students' Critical Thinking skill, to know the effects of self regulated learning to students' Critical Thinking skill, and to know the interaction of Project based learning and self regulated learning toward Critical Thinking skill. This study used a quasi experiment with two group pretest posttest design. The population of this study was all the students grade X in Senior High School Negeri 1 Balige, North Sumatera..........

Keywords: Project Based Learning, self regulated learning, Critical Thinking skill

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