Self-directed Learning and Students' Achievement in Social Studies

The book contains chapter 1 to chapter 6. Chapter one contains information about the introductory part of the work which has the following contents discussed: background of the study, problem of the study, purpose, significance, scope of the study, research questions and hypotheses. Chapter two dealt on the review of related literature to the topic. Chapter three contains information about methodology which was organized under the following subheadings: design of the study, area of the study, population, sample and sampling techniques, instrument for data collection, validation of instrument, reliability of instrument, method of controlling extraneous variables, method of data collection and data analysis. Chapter four contains information on results of data analysis, chapter five has information on discussion of the findings of the study and chapter six discusses the summary of the study, conclusion, educational implications of the study, recommendations, limitations and suggestion for further studies.

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Dr. Ogene A. Oyibe, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki Nigeria where he obtained Bachelors' degree, Masters' degree and PhD, all in Social Studies. He has been involved in researches in education and social studies. He has written several articles published in local and overseas journals.