Attitudes and Environmental Factors as Determinants of Academic Achievement in Economics Among Secondary School Students in Kano Metropolis, Kano State Nigeria (Published)
This study investigated attitude and school environmental factors as determinants of students’ academic achievement in Economics. The study adopted a descriptive research design of the survey type. All the entire students in Senior Secondary School class two in Metropolis formed the population for the study. The sample comprised 540 students selected from the population using purposive and stratified random sampling techniques. The instruments used to collect data were Students Attitude to Economics Scale with reliability coefficient of 0.74 and Economics Achievement Test (MAT) with reliability coefficient of 0.75. Data collected were analysed using Mean, Pearson Product Moment Correlation, and t-test analysis. Findings of the study indicated that there was a significant relationship between school environment and students’ academic performance in Economics and that there was no significant relationship between students’ attitude to Economics. Based on the outcome of this study, school environment was found to be an important predictor of students’ academic performance in significant relationship between school environment and students’ academic performance in Economics. Therefore, it was recommended that educational evaluator should take school, location into consideration when evaluating students’ performance in public examinations. Policy makers and stakeholders in the education sector should ensure that the educational facilities in the rural locations measure up to that obtainable in the urban locations.
Keywords: : Academic Performance, Achievement, Determinant, School Environment, attitude
Influence of Environment on Academic Performance of Senior Secondary School Biology Students in Owerri Municipal Council of Imo State (Published)
The influence of environment in which students generally and specifically science students study on their academic performance is the main concern of this study. Biology, both as a subject and a discipline is a natural environment friendly endeavour. The environment of its study by students is very crucial. The objectives of the study included examining the influence of school location, security of school environment, home background of the students and cleanliness of the school on secondary school student’s performance in Biology. The sample size was six hundred and thirty-five (635) students (10% of the population) selected from five secondary schools out of the ten public schools. From the results, it was that concluded all the environmental factors considered in the study influenced the academic performance of Biology students in Owerri Municipal. It is recommended that all stakeholders in biology education of students should encourage and facilitate stronger partnerships between schools and home to ensure that everyone participates actively in and support students’ academic endeavors in biology through ensuring a healthy and secure school environment.
Keywords: Academic, Biology Students, Imo State, Owerri, School Environment, senior secondary