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Evaluation of Indoor Environmental Quality of Hostel Rooms and its Effects on Students’ Wellbeing in Selected Universities in Oyo State, Nigeria
(Lead City University, Ibadan, 2025-12) David Olaolu OGUNTUNDE
Acceptable Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) is needed for occupants’ quality sleep, health, comfort and wellbeing. This study examined hostel rooms’ Indoor Environmental Quality and its effects on students’ wellbeing in selected universities in Oyo State, Nigeria. It specifically investigated the orientation of the hostel building with physical dimensions of the hostel rooms and examined the adequacies of IEQ components. It further investigated the students’ satisfaction with the IEQ conditions and established the impacts of IEQ conditions on students’ wellbeing. Data was collected through both primary and secondary sources including physical measurements of hostel rooms’ layout and questionnaires. A Two-stage sampling technique was used to select the students as study population. 1410 questionnaires were randomly distributed based on Probability Proportional to Size while 1372 (97.3% of the sample size) questionnaires were retrieved and analyzed. The data obtained from both objective and subjective measurements were quantitatively subjected to descriptive, explorative and inferential statistics in frequencies, percentages and cross-tabulations in tables and regression analysis using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS 23.0). It was found that all hostel halls exhibit diverse characteristics such as building orientation, geometry/form; number of floor; number of loading; headroom etc and greatly influenced IEQ conditions in the hostels, thereby, enhancing students’ satisfaction and wellbeing. Also, the IEQ components of thermal comfort, IAQ, acoustic and lighting were inadequate, unsatisfactory and uncomfortable in most of the hostel spaces due to inadequate percentages of window/wall and window/floor area ratios, though; indoor ventilation was assessed and found to be adequate in the hostel rooms. The result further revealed unsatisfactory thermal conditions, unhealthy indoor air quality and high level of noise disturbance thus, affecting students’ wellbeing, though, artificial lighting was adequate and satisfactory. Findings further revealed that the students’ wellbeing is strongly affected by unhealthy IEQ as reflected by the students’ sleeping inefficiency, demotivation to wake up early and ill- health status. It was found that, headache, fatigue, cold hands and feet etc are the prevalent health symptoms in the hostel rooms. Therefore, a strong significant relationship (p<0.05) exists between students’ wellbeing and IEQ component of thermal, IAQ, acoustic and visual comforts in the hostel rooms establishing IAQ as the most ranked IEQ component contributed to students’ wellbeing. The study therefore contributed to the sustainable development and healthy indoor ambiences, aligning with the SDGs 3, 4, 7, 9 and 11 thus, enhancing students’ wellbeing. The study recommends that adequate attention must be paid to the inclusion and handling of the IEQ components at the hostels design conceptualization and implementation stages to enhance occupants’ sleep quality and health to promote students’ wellbeing.
Keywords: Hostel Rooms, Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ), Selected Universities, Students’ wellbeing.
Word Count: 427
Proposed Entertainment Centre for Ogombo, Lagos State. (Promoting Community Inclusiveness in Public Recreational Facilities through Design-based Strategies)
(Lead City University, Ibadan, 2024-12) Olusogo Abiodun, OGUNDARE
A vital component of human existence is recreation, people are drawn to it since it offers more notable pleasures in life. It establishes a robust and salubrious milieu that fosters an enhanced lifestyle of transparency. Recreation centers have an impact on peoples mental and physical health. Recreation and Leisure are essential to human existence, helping to improve people’s mental and social characteristics therefore positively impacting the wellbeing of people. Recreation strengthens a person’s social
inclinations. Recreation facilities must be designed to include people across all ages. Inclusive design strategies help to meet the needs of various users of public spaces, addressing the needs of the elderly and that of the disabled. Promoting community inclusiveness in recreational facilities involves thoughtful and intentional design-based strategies that would cater for diversity in population by mitigating against various barriers before addressing key principles of universal design, accessibility, cultural inclusivity, way finders, sustainability, safety and security. Through a combination of Literature review, case studies, this thesis investigate various design strategies that have successfully addressed these barriers and incorporated solutions creating environments that not only meet physically acceptable standards but promotes social interaction with a sense of belonging. Therefore, these findings provide practical recommendations for urban planners, architects to implement design-based solutions that enhance community inclusiveness in a healthy and sustainable vibrant public space.
Keywords: User centered design, universal design, community engagement, diversity, accessibility.
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Effects of Class-wide Peer Tutoring and Problem-solving Strategies on Federal Colleges of Education Students’ Academic Achievement in Algebraic Expressions in Southwest, Nigeria
(Lead City University, Ibadan, 2025-12) Oluwafunmike Oyenike EZEKIEL
Students’ achievements in Algebraic expressions concept as a course under Basic General Mathematics II for students in all Federal Colleges of Education, Nigeria over the years have not been encouraging. This may be due to factors like large class-size, crowded classrooms, misinterpretation of word problems, gender differences, students’ attitude and interest in the course, teaching methodologies employed by the lecturers and other factors. Many scholars had worked on class-wide peer tutoring but not many have worked on the combined effects of problem-solving strategy hence this study determined effects of class-wide peer tutoring and problem-solving strategy on Federal Colleges of Education students’ academic achievement in Algebraic expressions in Southwest, Nigeria. The population for the study comprised all the 100 level Students in Federal Colleges of Education Southwest, Nigeria. A random sampling technique was used to select 380 students for the study. Three research instruments were used: Algebraic Expressions Concept Students’ Academic Achievement Test (AECSAAT) (KR20= 0.87), Questionnaire on Students’ Attitude (QSA) (r=0.76) and Lesson Plan Format (LPF). Seven hypotheses were formulated and tested using Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) at 0.05 level of significance. The results showed that there was a significant main effect of class-wide peer tutoring, problem-solving and conventional strategy on students’ academic achievement in Algebraic expressions (F (2, 379) =352.161, partial, η2=0.653); there was a significant main effect of gender on students’ academic achievement in Algebraic expressions (F (1, 379) =0.002 partial, η 2=0.200); there was a significant main effect of class-size on students’ academic achievement in Algebraic expressions (F (2,379) =352.161 partial, η2=0.653); there was no significant interaction effect of class-wide peer tutoring, problem-solving, conventional strategies and gender on students’ academic achievement in Algebraic expressions (F (2,379) =352.161 partial, η2=0.002); there was no significant interaction effect of class-wide peer tutoring, problem-solving, conventional strategies and attitude on students’ academic achievement in Algebraic expressions(F(2, 379) = 0.563 partial, η2=0.003); there was no significant interaction effect of gender and attitude on students’ academic achievement in Algebraic expressions(F (1, 379) = 1.135 partial, η 2=0.003) and there was no significant interaction effect of class-wide peer tutoring, problem solving, conventional strategies, gender and attitude on students’ academic achievement in Algebraic expression(F (2, 379) = 1.433 partial, η 2=0.008). It was concluded that class-wide peer tutoring and problem-solving strategies improved students' academic achievement in Algebraic expressions concept. It was recommended among others that class-wide peer tutoring and problem-solving strategies should be adopted by teachers of Mathematics.
Keywords: Class-wide peer tutoring, Problem-solving strategy, Algebraic expressions, Students’ academic achievement
Word count: 399
Evaluation of Green Space Utilization Pattern in Private Universities in South Western Nigeria
(Lead City University, Ibadan, 2024-12) Babajide Sunday ASEYAN
Green Space (GS) is any open piece of land developed, undeveloped and is accessible to the public, it is a common feature noticeable in any university community; providing a sense of direction, integrating and organizing places and elements. However, empirical studies on GS utilization pattern in the Nigerian universities are underrepresented in literature. Therefore, the study was designed to evaluate the pattern of green space utilization across private universities in Southwest Nigeria with a view to identifying its impact on campus scape/image. The study was a cross-sectional survey conducted in six states and universities in southwest Nigeria, namely Redeemer (Osun State), Afe Babalola (Ekiti State), Covenant (Ogun State), Elizade (Ondo State), Caleb (Lagos State) and Ajayi Crowther (Oyo State) university. The data used for the study were sourced through questionnaire administration from selected case studies involving 397 respondents. Descriptive statistics, factor and synchronic (GIS) analyses were used to analyze the data. The result showed that green space availability is relatively high in the selected private universities in Southwest Nigeria, thus, this selected university have provided conducive physical environment for their students. Furthermore, majority of the respondents indicated that the physical condition of available GS is also very high. Thus, it was discovered that the pattern of GS utilization was majorly passive as respondents’ duration of stay are usually very short across the study area. The most critical factors to the utilization of university GS were identified to be social and design factors. Furthermore, the study revealed that availability and utilization contributed to the outlook of the university in terms of form and aesthetic. Therefore, it is recommended that to have active utilization pattern, focus of universities must be on the social need of the users and the design of the GS provided to ease accessibility.
Keywords: Availability; Green spaces; campus scape; space identity; utilization pattern; Survey
Word Count: 295
Goal-Settings and Study Skills Training in Enhancing Academic Motivation among Second Year Students in Colleges of Education in South-West Nigeria
(Lead City University, Ibadan, 2025-12) Alaba Cynthia AIGBEKAEN
Academic motivation a form of behaviours the need for academic success is still lacking among Students especially in the Colleges of Education in South-West Nigeria. Most of the previous studies on academic motivation had examined its predisposing factors such as low academic self-efficacy, poor study habits, lack of self-regulation and inadequate learning practices, while little attention is paid to interventions to remediate the problem such as Goal- Settings and Study Skills Training. This study, was therefore, designed to investigate the effect of goal-settings and study skills training on academic motivation among second year students in colleges of Education in South-West Nigeria. The moderating effects of academic self-efficacy and locus of control were also examined. Self-Determination, Expectancy-value and self-regulation learning theories served as the framework. A quasi-experimental design with a 3×2×3 functional matrix was adopted. All Colleges of Education in South-West formed the population selected for this study. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to select 300 students who consented to participate and were screened with academic motivation scale and 96 who scored below 40 were selected. The instruments used were Academic Motivation Scale (α=087), Academic Self-Efficacy Scale (α=081) and Locus of Control (α=0.79) scales and intervention guides. The treatment lasted 10 weeks. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics Analysis of Covariance and Sheffer post-hoc test at 0.05 level of significance. There was a significant main effect of treatments in the enhancement of academic motivation among the participant. The findings of the study indicated that the main effect of Goal-Settings (F(1,351)=22.364, p<0.05) and Study Skills Training (F(1,351)=18.473, p<0.05) on academic motivation were significant. The main effect of academic self-efficacy was significant (F(1,351)=15.218, p<0.05), the main effect of locus of control was significant (F(1,351)=13.487, p<0.05). The statistical significance of the interaction effects between treatment and self-efficacy (F(2,351)=9.667, p<0.05), treatment and locus of control (F(2,351)=8.314, p<0.05), and the three-way interaction among treatment, academic self- efficacy, and locus of control (F(4,351)=6.927, p<0.05) was not significant.. Academic motivation of second year students in Colleges of Education South-West Nigeria was effectively enhanced by the application of Goal–Settings and Study Skills Training among second year students in Colleges of Education South-West of Nigeria. Counselling psychologist and other educational experts should adopt both techniques when handling academic motivation among students of Colleges of Education
Keywords: Goal-Setting, Study Skills Training, Locus Control, Academic Motivation Second Year Student, Self-Efficacy
Word Count: 376