RESEARCH TERMINOLOGIES AWARENESS AND PROJECT WRITING CHALLENGES OF EDUCATION UNDERGRADUATE
STUDENTS IN FEDERAL UNIVERSITIES IN SOUTH WEST, NIGERIA
Abstract
The study ascertained education undergraduate students' awareness of
research terminologies and challenges in executing, completing and
reporting research projects, findings and referencing. The study adopted
the survey research design. The multistage sampling procedure was used to
select 143 students who are at their three and four hundred levels in the
Faculty of Education, Federal University of Oye-Ekiti, Oye, Nigeria. Two
instruments, namely; Students Research Terminologies Awareness Scale (r
= 0.74) and Students' Research Writing Challenges Scale (r = 0.81) were
adopted for data collection; two research questions and one hypothesis
were raised. Data was collected and analysed using descriptive and
inferential statistics at p<0.01. The result of the study showed that majority
of education undergraduate students as sampled in the study; are not fully
aware of some research terminologies and have challenges in writing their
research projects, from the very conception of the research topic to
referencing. There is a significant moderate relationship between
undergraduate students' research terminologies awareness and project
writing challenges. It is recommended that the teaching of research related
courses should begin from the hundred level and research trainings,
workshops/seminars should be regularly conducted for students.
Keywords: Research, Research Projects, Nigerian University Students, Challenges in
Research Writing, Research Terminology Awareness.
Fajobi, Olutoyin Olufunke & Osiesi, Mensah Prince
RESEARCH TERMINOLOGIES AWARENESS AND PROJECT WRITING CHALLENGES OF EDUCATION UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN FEDERAL UNIVERSITIES IN SOUTH WEST, NIGERIA
Abstract The study ascertained education undergraduate students' awareness of research terminologies and challenges in executing, completing and reporting research projects, findings and referencing. The study adopted the survey research design. The multistage sampling procedure was used to select 143 students who are at their three and four hundred levels in the Faculty of Education, Federal University of Oye-Ekiti, Oye, Nigeria. Two instruments, namely; Students Research Terminologies Awareness Scale (r = 0.74) and Students' Research Writing Challenges Scale (r = 0.81) were adopted for data collection; two research questions and one hypothesis were raised. Data was collected and analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics at p<0.01. The result of the study showed that majority of education undergraduate students as sampled in the study; are not fully aware of some research terminologies and have challenges in writing their research projects, from the very conception of the research topic to referencing. There is a significant moderate relationship between undergraduate students' research terminologies awareness and project writing challenges. It is recommended that the teaching of research related courses should begin from the hundred level and research trainings, workshops/seminars should be regularly conducted for students. Keywords: Research, Research Projects, Nigerian University Students, Challenges in Research Writing, Research Terminology Awareness.