A CORRELATIONAL ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN PURE SCIENCE SUBJECTS IN WAEC (2011 – 2013)
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CORRELATIONAL ANALYSIS OF STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN PURE SCIENCE
SUBJECTS IN WAEC (2011 – 2013)
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Every
society, whether simple or complex has its own system of education of its
youths, and education for the good of life has been one of the most persistent
concerns of man throughout history. It is this concern that led to the
proliferation of secondary institutions in Nigerian from the 1970’s to date.
The aim of
secondary education in Nigeria as observed by 1969 curriculum conference was
two fold. One is to serve as preparatory level for those wishing to study
beyond secondary school level, and the other is to serve as a point of
discontinuity and basis for job seeking for those who want to remain at that
level. The W.A.S.S.C.E result which this study intends to analyze is the
concluding part of secondary education. Therefore, this is a worthy exercise.
The importance of this examination for a person undergoing secondary education
is obvious because of the importance attached to it by tertiary institution,
public organizations as well as private organizations and other employers
of labour. The aim of this study is to
unveil the degree of the relationship of WASSCE results in pure science
subjects in the schools under study, so as to enable the researcher proffer
same suggestions for the enhanced usage of both schools. The institutions
involved in this study are commonwealth comprehensive college and St. Michael’s
college Jos. The importance of the pure science subjects cannot be over
emphasized, as they are considered the back bone of technological advancement
and development of every nation in the world. The two schools under study offer
equal number of pure science subjects which include mathematics, Chemistry,
Physics and Biology which are of interest to the researcher. Therefore the
researcher is more willing to use available time and resources at her disposal
to find out the co-relational performance of students in the selected
institutions for the selected subjects and the period of time.
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
This
research analysis is mainly directed to a critical survey of the main problems
associated with the pure science subjects’ results in selected post primary
institution. Since the analysis centers around only on pure science subjects’
WASSCE result from 2011 to 2013 of the two schools, the problem is therefore
expected to lie around the same care.
There are
many factors that hinder students from getting good results and developing
positive attitude towards pure science subjects. The problems making students
to get poor results may come from different direction.
Therefore
the main problem confronting the researcher is what are the causes of this mass
failure and inconsistency in the WASSCE results?
Improper
teaching methods and inadequately stocked laboratories does affect the
students’ performance. If the teacher does not have the technical know how of
the subject he/she is bound to misguide the students. Students have different levels of
understanding, therefore the necessity of measuring and evaluating students in
order to obtain accurate information about the individualities. The two
statements above show that there are factors that are responsible for the poor
performance. By making the co-relational analysis the researcher would
definitely know the performance relationship between the selected subjects in
the two schools.
1.3 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
A
correlation analysis of students’ academic achievement in pure science subjects
in WAEC of common wealth comprehensive college and St. Michael’s college
Jos. The basic aim of this study is to
bridge the gap of performance in the two institutions selected by the
researcher. The study is aimed at calling every responsible body to eliminate
the problem that comes from their sides so that there would be an improvement
in the students’ performance in the future. The study is also aim at providing
useful insight in to the pure science subjects in every secondary school. Since
the researcher is based on correlating students’ performance in pure science subjects’
WAEC results, it is therefore aimed to explore and identify some of the factors
that are associated with the students’ academic achievements as measure by
their WASSCE. The specific purpose derived from the above are:
1. To bridge
the gap of performance in the institutions.
2. To access
the existing relationship of the students’ performance in WASSCE.
1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
i. What is
the correlation in students’ performance in Biology in the two schools?
ii. Is there
positive correlation in students’ performance in mathematics in the two
schools?
iii. What is
the correlation in students’ performance in chemistry in the two schools?
iv. What is the correlation in students’
performance in physics for the two schools?
1.5 RESEARCH HYPOTHESIE
H01: There
is no significant different in the students’ achievement in mathematics and
biology in the two schools.
H02: There
is no significant different in the students’ achievement in chemistry and
physics in the two schools.
1.6 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
Since this
research is solely focusing its theme on the co-relational analysis of pure
science subjects in two secondary schools. It is important for directing
people’s attention to the student’s achievement in pure science subjects in
WAEC result in general. The study is of great importance to:
i. Teachers
ii. Students
iii.
Ministry officials and the government in general.
The study is
important to the teachers especially those concerned (i.e the pure science subjects
teachers in the selected secondary schools) because the study would clearly
show how far the teachers have succeeded in impacting the appropriate knowledge
to the students. This could be done by statistical representation and
tabulation of the results in the two schools for the said period of time. The
statistical analysis of the results in chosen subjects would eventually tell
whether students have been well taught. By looking at the students’
performance, teachers would know their fate and by teachers knowing their fate
they would make necessary adjustments in order to tackle any deficits that came
from them.
The study is
important to the pupils as it is important to the teachers. It is of great
significance to the pupils for it would bring about improvement in the pupils’
performance in the subjects being studied in particular. If teachers would make
necessary adjustments in order to improve the method of impacting knowledge, it
would definitely create a positive situation on the student’s i.e the change in
style of teaching by the teachers could help the students improve in their
performance in that the students are the receivers of the knowledge being
imparted by the teachers.
The ministry
officials (especially the ministry of education) would also benefit from the
study because they would easily know the necessary tools for learning which are
to be provided in order to improve any deficit on the part of students and
staff.
1.7 DELIMITATION OF THE STUDY
In this
study, the researcher is mainly concerned with the pure science subjects’ WAEC
– SSCE results for the selected secondary schools in Jos for a specific period
of time. As the topic had indicated the study is mainly focused on the
co-relational analysis of same specific subjects. Therefore in this study the
researcher limits herself to only students’ WAEC – SSCE results because she
feels this is an examination which is conducted at the international level, and
its results within and outside the country, such results are taken as guidelines
for further studies that could be taken as being valid to measure the academic
achievement.
Another
delimitation worth of mentioning is the number of years limited for the number
of years limited for the study. The researcher is only concern with the WAEC –
SSCE results form 2011 to 2013. The researcher also restricted herself to only
two institutions, commonwealth comprehensive college and St. Michal’s college,
Jos. All these delimitation are due to the financial and time constraints, the
researcher is faced with. Therefore to save time and financial problems the
researcher decided to limit herself to such boundary. However, the impediments
in the way of the study do not in anyway render it non valid as it happens in
any type of study, it merely has its own delimitation.
1.8 DEFINITION OF TERMS
In this
study there are some operational terms that need to be defined so as to clarify
any obstacle to an easy understanding of the work. The following are the terms
need to be defined.
a.
Corelational Analysis: It is a study
showing mutual or reciprocal relationship of two or more variables and it is a
study that shows the kind and degree of relationship between the variables.
b.
WAEC–SSCE: The abbreviation means: West
African Examination Council’s Senior Secondary Certificate Examination. It is
an examination take by students of West African as their final and summative
evaluation of secondary education.
c.
Statistical Techniques: It is a style or
technique that deals with the collection, tabulation and systematic
classification of quantitative data, especially of occurrence as a basis for
inference and induction.
d.
Correlation coefficient: Is a numerical measure of the degree of correlation
between the variables.
e.
Performance: It means to act in accordance with the requirements.
f. Problems:
It means difficulties; problems in other words can mean matters that can cause
worry.
g. Analysis:
Analysis refers to an examination of variable together with thoughts and
judgment about it.
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