Comparative Study on Academic Achievement of School of Science in College of Education Ilorin
CHAPTER ONE
OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
- To examine the difference in the academic achievement of students in science in the period studied.
- To determine the difference in the academic performance of male and female students in science
- To ascertain the relationship between academic achievement of student in science in college of education in Ilorin and the school environment.
CHAPTER TWO
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
The Concept of Academic Performance
The concept of Academic performance has been severally defined in literature. Aremu (2000) defined Academic performance as a process whereby students‟ educational activities are measured by examination within the context of a Curriculum. Aremu (2001) views Academic performance as being related to learning outcomes which are end products of academic investments. The researcher opined that the concept of academic performance depends on the standard criteria of measurement. Adegbite (2004) refers to this concept as the overall assessment of the brilliance of an individual in a given task. This author was of the view that the input that has been made into an individual‟s intelligent quotient is manifested in his academic performance. To Aremu (2004) academic performance connotes students‟ scores resulting from their responses to some set of learning task presented in a test or examination situation. It is also viewed as the intellectual ability of pupils in their studies at school. Aremu (2000) differentiated between good and bad academic performances. Good academic performance is a performance that is creditably adjudged to be above average. It is a performance that is greater than a ceiling or specified standard; while poor academic performance is a performance adjudged by the examinee/testee and some significant others as falling below an expected standard (Aremu 2000).In the same vein, Bakare (1994) described poor academic performance as any performance that falls below a desired standard. Poor academic performance is usually worrisome to the students, parents and society. The next section reviews factors that have been considered by researchers as influencing academic performance.
Academic Self-Concept
Academic self-concept research is considered an important component of academic motivation research (Cokley, 2003, 2007). Academic self-concept is comprised of a set of attitudes, beliefs, and perceptions held by students about their academic skill sets and performance (Lent, Brown, & Gore, 1997). Academic self-concept, according to Cokley (2000a), also encompassed a comparative component in which students assessed their academic attitudes and skills in comparison with other students. Academic self-concept has been strongly linked to academic achievement (Marsh, 1990). Previous research (Marsh, Trautwein, Ludtke, Koller, & Baumert, 2005) in the context of education has considered academic self-concept as an important psychological construct because “it has been found to be both a cause and an effect of academic achievement” (Cokley, 2007, p. 2). A higher academic self-concept has been associated with greater academic achievement among students (Marsh, 1990).
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research design
The researcher used descriptive research survey design in building up this project work the choice of this research design was considered appropriate because of its advantages of identifying attributes of a large population from a group of individuals. The design was suitable for the study as the study sought comparative study on academic achievement of school of science in college of education Ilorin
Sources of data collection
Data were collected from two main sources namely:
(i)Primary source and
(ii)Secondary source
Primary source:
These are materials of statistical investigation which were collected by the research for a particular purpose. They can be obtained through a survey, observation questionnaire or as experiment; the researcher has adopted the questionnaire method for this study.
Secondary source:
These are data from textbook Journal handset etc. they arise as byproducts of the same other purposes. Example administration, various other unpublished works and write ups were also used.
Population of the study
Population of a study is a group of persons or aggregate items, things the researcher is interested in getting information effect of formal education on the development of entrepreneurship. 200 staff of kwara state college of education, Ilorin was selected randomly by the researcher as the population of the study.
CHAPTER FOUR
PRESENTATION ANALYSIS INTERPRETATION OF DATA
Introduction
Efforts will be made at this stage to present, analyze and interpret the data collected during the field survey. This presentation will be based on the responses from the completed questionnaires. The result of this exercise will be summarized in tabular forms for easy references and analysis. It will also show answers to questions relating to the research questions for this research study. The researcher employed simple percentage in the analysis.
DATA ANALYSIS
The data collected from the respondents were analyzed in tabular form with simple percentage for easy understanding.
A total of 133(one hundred and thirty three) questionnaires were distributed and 133 questionnaires were returned.
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
Introduction
It is important to ascertain that the objective of this study was on comparative study on academic achievement of school of science in college of education Ilorin. In the preceding chapter, the relevant data collected for this study were presented, critically analyzed and appropriate interpretation given. In this chapter, certain recommendations made which in the opinion of the researcher will be of benefits in addressing the challenges of academic achievement of school of science in college of education Ilorin
Summary
This study was on comparative study on academic achievement of school of science in college of education Ilorin. Three objectives were raised which included: To examine the difference in the academic achievement of students in science in the period studied, to determine the difference in the academic performance of male and female students in science, to ascertain the relationship between academic achievement of student in science in college of education in Ilorin and the school environment. In line with these objectives, two research hypotheses were formulated and two null hypotheses were posited. The total population for the study is 200 staff of kwara state college of education, Ilorin. The researcher used questionnaires as the instrument for the data collection. Descriptive Survey research design was adopted for this study. A total of 133 respondents made heads of department, senior lecturers, junior lecturers and nonacademic staff was used for the study. The data collected were presented in tables and analyzed using simple percentages and frequencies
Conclusion
Based on the findings of the study, there is no significant difference in the academic performance of students in Science; significant difference however exits in the performance of students in Biology in the period studied. The study further reveals that these achievements of students in the subjects and overall science show no gender disparity since male and female students performances were at par implying that there are no longer distinguishing differences in the academic performances of students in respect to gender. This also implies that the belief that male students perform better than the female counterpart in science subjects does not hold at the NCE level in kwara state of education, Ilorin (and perhaps in all the other Colleges of Education) as in other tertiary institutions in Nigeria as suggested in literature.
Recommendation
- Admission of students into Colleges of Education and other Nigerian tertiary institutions should be done without gender bias.
- There should always be provision for well qualified teachers who will teach the science subjects with suitable teaching strategies in Colleges of Education and other tertiary institutions to continuously improve the performance of student teachers and sustain the gender equality.
- Adequate facilities should be provided by the relevant authorities for the teaching and learning of all science subjects in Colleges of Education and other Nigerian tertiary institutions
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