PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS AS DETERMINANTS OF STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL MATHEMATICS BY Adekoya Emmanuel Olusegun Abstract This study investigated the influence of psychosocial factors on the achievement secondary school students in mathematics. The variables that were addressed include test anxiety‚ locus of control‚ self concept‚ motivation‚ study habit and peer influence. The population for the study included all Senior Secondary School 2 (SSS 2) students in Ogun State. Two
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Factors Affecting the Achievement of High School Students in Mathematics at San Juan National High School Submitted to the Faculty of Polytechnic University of the Philippines In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of the subject Research Seminar I Paulo E. Parada MSME April 6‚ 2013 Chapter I The Problem and It’s Background 1.1. Introduction Education is a vital tool to succeed in life. Every individual deserves quality education due to them. Many of us are
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Eurasia Journal of Mathematics‚ Science & Technology Education‚ 2007‚ 3(4)‚ 363-370 Correlates of Academic Procrastination and Mathematics Achievement of University Undergraduate Students Mojeed Kolawole Akinsola University of Botswana‚ Gaborone‚ BOTSWANA Adedeji Tella Osun State College of Education; Ila-Orangun‚ NIGERIA Adeyinka Tella University of Botswana‚ Gaborone‚ BOTSWANA Received 3 November 2006; accepted 19 April 2007 Procrastination is now a common phenomenon among students particularly those
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Eurasia Journal of Mathematics‚ Science & Technology Education‚ 2007‚ 3(2)‚ 149-156 The Impact of Motivation on Student’s Academic Achievement and Learning Outcomes in Mathematics among Secondary School Students in Nigeria Adedeji Tella Osun State College of Education‚ Osun State‚ NIGERIA Received 10 January 2007; accepted 19 April 2007 In our match towards scientific and technological advancement‚ we need nothing short of good performance in mathematics at all levels of schooling. In an effort
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The study mathematics as a subject in its own right begins in the 6th century BC with the Pythagoreans‚ who coined the term ‘’mathematics’’ from the ancient Greek (mathema)‚meaning ‘’subject of instruct’’. In Nigeria and in other parts of the world‚ there have been always national interest towards improvement of teaching and learning of sciences and mathematics in particular. The main concern of the educationalists has always been in the improvement of the achievement level of students (Bajah‚1984;Akpau
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the nation and humanity can not be over emphasized. But the attitude of students towards studying it is not encouraging at all. There have been a large number of investigations or researches on the “attitude of Students towards Science and Science education. There has been very few works relating to student attitude towards Agricultural Science. Student performances in external examinations as well as the low enrolment of students in Agricultural Science have been very poor and discouraging in recent
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have investigated many factors considered to affect student learning. At the heart of this line of inquiry is the core belief that teachers make a difference. Indeed‚ teacher plays an important role in the intellectual development of the students‚ using various assessments and teaching styles to improve students’ performance in school subjects. School subjects’ performance is determined by giving an achievement test. The results of which are used to determine their achievement level‚ strengths and
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SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT AND SOME PSYCHO-SOCIAL DETERMINANT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ OUTCOMES IN PHYSICS IN IBADAN CHAPTER ONE 1.0 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Physics plays a pertinent role as a result of its widespread application in all areas of life and in the field of success‚ technology‚ industry and mines. Odunko (2002) is of the opinion that science‚ technology and science education plays a dominant role in the developmental
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Factors affecting grades of freshmen students in Mathematics I. Introduction The foundation of Mathematics is extremely important because it deals with the encoding of information content into units with strictly linear order. Mathematics contains basic numeracy and fundamental practices that help students understand other field of mathematics (geometry‚ algebra‚ trigonometry‚ etc.). Mathematics can be considered as the mother of all learning in arts and sciences. It is a fundamental in every
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BACKGROUND Introduction Mathematics is one of the fundamental topics in school curricula. Student should be taught the essence of the subject to prepare them for their future. In this case‚ what they have learned must be applied and used in the real life situations. Indeed mathematics‚ is an important subject because the skills that the students get from it can be used as a tool to solve some problems they might encounter in daily life. Attaining the quality of students’ performance is a top priority
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