IMPROVEMENT NEEDS OF TEACHERS IN DEVELOPING INSTRUMENTS FOR MEASURING ACTIVITY-BASED LEARNING IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN SOUTH-SOUTH, NIGERIA
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The study determines the Improvement Needs of Lecturers in Developing Instruments for Measuring Activity-based Learning in Colleges of Education in South-south, Nigeria. The study was guided by one research question using descriptive survey design with a population of 174 Lecturers drown from 16 Colleges of Education in South-south, Nigeria. A 35 multiple choice items was developed with Simpson’s Psycho-motor domain taxonomy to collect data using Kidder-Richardson (K-R20) to determine the internal consistency of the instrument and yielded a coefficient of 0.87. The data were analysed using Mean and Improvement Needs Index (INI) to determine the Improvement needs of the Lecturers. The result revealed that the lecturers need improvement in the entire in developing evidence-based instrument in all the levels of Simpson's taxonomy of the psychomotor domain. Based on the findings, recommendations were made.
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