You read it everywhere. Everyone talks about it, always as a value in itself. We are all haunted by it, not least at universities, not least in the humanities, by the ubiquitous requirement to be innovative. Projects that do not require innovation would not receive the grace of funding in an academic system that is both bloated and thinned out at…[Read more]

Review of Anneke B. Mulder-Bakkers book about the spiritual biography of Gertrude Rickeldey of Ortenberg and Heilke of Staufenberg.

The article focuses on three womens monasteries in late medieval southwestern Germany. Berau, Sitzenkirch and Gutnau were subordinate cells of St. Blasien in the Black Forest, but varied considerably in size and legal status.

The article discusses their relations to the monks of St. Blasien and Bürgeln (a cell of St. Blasien) as well as the…[Read more]

The article discusses the Acta sancti Petri in Augia, a 13th century cartulary consisting of four books collecting charters, traditiones, chronicles and administrative sources from the monastery of Weißenau near Ravensburg in southwestern Germany. Particular emphasis is placed on the way this source remembers and writes about the history of the…[Read more]

This study applied phenomenological design to explore the mathematical dimensions of the Amenama Man Wankyo children play of the Tiv People of Iyon Shangev-ya in Kwande Government Area of Benue State, Nigeria. The sample comprises 12 Iyon indigenes selected via purposive sampling. The instrument for the study is a semi-structured in-depth…[Read more]

This study carried out a comparative review of the Mathematics Textbooks used in Junior Secondary Schools in Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue State, Nigeria. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. Four research questions and three hypothesis were raised to guide the study. The population of the study consist of the mathematics…[Read more]

This work is concerned with the design of a single-user-mode computer-based examination system. It focused on trends in online computer based examination and carried out a critical review of current paper-based test system employed in Senior Secondary Schools in Nigeria. An alternative system to provide solutions to the current challenges…[Read more]

This study employs an ex-post facto research design to examine the relationship between intrinsic motivation to learn mathematics and Junior Secondary School students’ academic performance in mathematics despite family background in Ohimini Local Government Area of Benue State, Nigeria. Four research questions were raised to guide the study and o…[Read more]

This study explored the influence of student-teacher relationship on the academic performance of Junior Secondary Schools students in mathematics in Makurdi Local Government Area of Benue State, Nigeria. A descriptive survey design was used in this study. The sample for this study was 309 Junior Secondary School III students that were drawn from a…[Read more]