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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]ABSTRACTAcademic performance of students is the basis for achieving the general aims and objectives of education which is to provide integrated citizenry who will be useful to themselves and the society at large. In view of this, this study conducted an Influence of Teachers’ Characteristics on Students ‘Academic Performance in Biology in Selected Secondary Schools in Ilorin Metropolis. The descriptive research survey was adopted for the study. Simple random sampling technique was e ... Continue reading---
QUESTIONNAIRE - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]APPENDIX UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN, ILORIN NIGERIA FACULTY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE EDUCATION QUESTIONNAIRE ON INFLUENCE OF TEACHERS’ CHARACTERISTICS ON STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN BIOLOGY IN SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN ILORIN METROPOLIS Dear Respondent, I am a student of the above-named university and department carrying out my research work on the Influence of Teachers’ Characteristics on Students’ Academic Performance in Biology in Selected Seco ... Continue reading---
LIST OF TABLES - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]LIST OF TABLETable 1: Showing the Influence of Teachers’ Attitude on Students’ Academic Performance in Biology Table 2: Showing the Influence Of Teachers’ Qualification On Students’ Academic Performance in Biology Table 3: Table Showing the Influence of Teachers’ Experience on Students’ Academic Performance in Biology. Table 4: Table of t-test to Analyze the Mean Score of Teachers Qualification on Students Academic Qua ... Continue reading---
TABLE OF CONTENTS - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]TABLE OF CONTENTSTitle Page Approval Page Dedication Acknowledgements Abstract Table of Contents List of tables CHAPTER ONEINTRODUCTIONBackground to the Study Statement of the Problem Purpose of the Study Research Questions Research hypotheses Scope of the Study Significance of the Study Clarifications of major Terms CHAPTER TWO REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE Science and Biology in Senior Secondary School ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 4 ]So on the grounds that some of these studies have not been able to combine the variables, this study is thus imperative to depart from the earlier studies in locale and content coverage. It is thus necessary and imperative to examine the relationship between teachers’ characteristics (of attitude, qualification, experience, as well as availability) and students’ academic performance in biology. Purpose of the StudyThe general purpose of this study is to establish the maxim between ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER TWO - [ Total Page(s): 10 ]Thus, it is becoming very clear that learning outcome is a comprehensive plan for measuring both academic performance/academic achievement and attitude. It is observed that majority of studies avoid the use of outcome. Measurement of outcome is considered most effective means of finding out information about students. On the other hand, the term “teacher characteristics†can be referred to as qualities that can be measured with tests or derived from their academic or professional rec ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER THREE - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]Patigi District Patigi secondary school, Patigi, Government
Technical college, Patigi, Islamiyah College, Patigi, Etsu Ibrahim
chatta secondary school, Patigi, Government secondary school, TankpafuLade District Community secondary school, lade, Government Day secondary school, Sakpefu, Government Secondary School, LalagiKpada DistrictGovernment secondary school, Kpada, Government secondary school, RogunResearch Instrumentation
The main instrument that was used for data co ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FOUR - [ Total Page(s): 5 ]Testing of HypothesesHOâ‚: There is no significant difference between the performances of students taught by biology teachers based on their qualification. The table above indicated that teachers teaching qualification have no significant difference with the student academic performance (.000) since the p-value is higher than 0.05 level of significance. Therefore,the null hypothesis was rejected.HOâ‚‚: There is no significant difference between the academic performances of students tau ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FIVE - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]ConclusionsPoor academic performance of students has been a source
of worry to all stakeholders in education. Efforts have been intensified
by researchers to evolve researches that would highlight its causes and
possibly find lasting solutions to this menace. Many researches through
recommendations have suggested solutions to this problem and yet there
is still high rate of failure in both internal and external
examinations. Could it be that most of these suggestions were not
imple ... Continue reading---
