The Strategies for Improving Skill Acquisition of Building Technology Students in Colleges of Education in Nigeria
Abstract
This study focused on the strategies for improving skill acquisition of building technology students that will enable them to function effectively in Colleges of Education in Nigeria. The study adopted survey research design. The sample for the study comprised 10 students of Building Technology from College of Education, Ikere- Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria. A questionnaire consisting of 25 items was developed and used for data collection. The questionnaire was subjected to the instrumentality of validity and reliability of good research instrument by the experts. Each of the items of the instrument scrutinized for clarity of statements. They were also requested to examine the appropriateness and suitability of all items of the questionnaire. Their suggestions and corrections were used in modifying the instrument. Cronbach alpha method was used to estimate the reliability coefficient of the instrument. A total of 10 copies of the questionnaire were administered on the respondents by the researcher and with the aid of three trained research assistants. The completed questionnaires were collected after an interval of two weeks. The data collected were analyzed using mean for answering the five research questions while t-test was hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance.
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