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The Influence Of The Physical School Environment On The Academic Performance Of Secondary School Students
[A CASE STUDY OF ILORIN WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KWARA STATE.]
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]ABSTRACTThe academic performance of students is associated with several factors of which the physical environment of the school is a vital factor. Understanding this influence and the degree of impact is significant in devising means of improving the learning outcome of Students. This underlying phenomenon formed the basis for the conduct of a study in Ilorin Local Government Area (LGA). The study evaluated the influence of the School’s physical environment on academic performance of Stud ... Continue reading---
QUESTIONNAIRE - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]APPENDIXQUESTIONNAIREInstruction: please tick appropriate option onlySECTION A: (STUDENT BASIC DEMOGRAPHICS)1. Sex of Student: (a) Male (b) Female2. Age of Student: (a) 10 yrs (b) 11-13 yrs (c) 14-16 yrs (d) above 16 yrs3. Class of Student: (a) JSS-1 (b) JSS-2 (c) JSS-3 (d) SSS-1 (e) SSS-2 (f) SSS-3SECTION B: (BASIC INFORMATION ON SCHOOL)4. School Categorization: (a) Private (b) Public5. School Localization: (a) Urban (b) Ru ... Continue reading---
TABLE OF CONTENTS - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]TABLE OF CONTENTSTitle page Certification Dedication Acknowledgement Abstract Table of contents CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTIONBackground to the study Statement of the problem Purpose of the study Significance of the study Scope of the study Research Questions Research Hypotheses Definition of key terms CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEWConcept of Environment Concept of Academic performance Physical ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 4 ]Scope of the StudyThe study will be limited to ten (10) Secondary schools in Ilorin West Local Government. The population for the study was drawn from five (5) public and five (5) private secondary schools using an acceptable scientific sample size determination technique from the total population of secondary school students in the ten (10) schools. Questionnaires were administered to students randomly. Insufficient financial resources and time were the major limitations and constraints to this ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER TWO - [ Total Page(s): 6 ]source:https:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/kwara_stateIlorin, the Kwara State capital is located on latitude 8° 32N and longitude 4°35 East. It has a forest area of about 1000 km2 situated in the transaction zone between the forest woodland of the South and the Savanna of the North in South Western of Nigeria. Based on its location, it as the “midland†of Nigeria and the “gateway†between Southern and Northern parts of Nigeria. In terms of its relative position, Ilorin coul ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER THREE - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]CHAPTER THREERESEARCH METHODResearch DesignThe research
design for this study is descriptive survey research design, primarily
concerned with findings, describing and interpreting the outcomes
obtained. Umoru (2012) defined descriptive research as a research that
determines and report the way things are. It involves assessing attitude
or opinion toward individuals, organizations, events, or procedure.
Descriptive studies consider sample from a population to discover
incidences and ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FOUR - [ Total Page(s): 33 ]Testing of HypothesisFrom the table 41 above, items 1-4 are the t-test analysis on variables that are directly related to the influence of the physical environment of the School on students’ academic performance in Secondary Schools in Ilorin West Local Government Area. The calculated values of t-value of 2.067, 1.052, 0.762 and 1.131 at 249 degree of freedom were obtained as against 4.692, 3.117, 2965 and 2.788 calculated t-values respectively for each of the variables. Since the calcula ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FIVE - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]CHAPTER FIVESUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONSSummary of findings1. The result obtained through analysis pointed out that students were highly indifferent on the geographic settlement of the School as it relates to their academic performance. What affected them the most was the immediate environmental factors which constituted a major distraction to their learning just as it sometimes disrupt their academic schedules.2. It also identified the distance between Student’s ... Continue reading---
