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Effect Of Punishment And Reward On Academic Performance Of Senior Secondary School Students
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1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
In
Nigeria and the world all over, academic performance remains a vital
means through which students learning is measured and evaluated. The
increasing poor performance in public examination has over the years
been a great concern to stakeholders in education. Government,
educational administrators and managers, captain of industries and
professionals from all walks of life have continued to show their
concern for the dwindling academic performance of senior secondary
school students in public examinations such as WAEC(West Africa
Examination Council), NECO(National Examination Council), JAMB(Joint
Admissions and Matriculation Board), and NABTEB(National Business and
Technical Examinations Board.
However, the dwindling performance of
students in public examination can be attributed to several factors such
as poor study habits, lack of concentration in class, indiscipline,
ineffective use of punishment and reward, family issue, peer influence,
absenteeism, failure to reward appropriate and punish inappropriate
behavior and the likes.
The falling standard of education is a
pressing problem of the society and it has become a cankerworm which
must be tackled. Efforts made to identify the cause of these problems
and to suggest possible solution has led educational researchers and
scholars to investigate some teacher, school environment and students
variable as correlates of students’ academic performance. Although these
have led to improvement in students’ academic performance, it appears
that such improvement is adjudged to be insignificant.This however is an
indication that more investigation needs to be conducted for students’
academic performance to be improved upon significantly. This study
therefore filled this gap by investigating the effect of punishment and
reward on senior secondary school students’ Academic Performance in
Shomolu Local Government Area of Lagos State.
1.3 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
The purposes of this study are to:
1.
Determine the effect of Corporal Punishment on the Academic Performance
of Senior Secondary School students in Shomolu Local government Area of
Lagos State.
2. Determine the effect of Suspension on the
Academic Performance of Senior Secondary School Students in Shomolu
Local government Area of Lagos State.
3. Determine the effect
of Expulsion on the Academic Performance of Senior Secondary School
Students in Shomolu Local government Area of Lagos State.
4.
Determine the effect of Intrinsic Reward on the Academic Performance of
Senior Secondary School Students in Shomolu Local government Area of
Lagos State.
5. Determine the effect of Extrinsic Reward on
the Academic Performance of Senior Secondary School Students in Shomolu
Local government Area of Lagos State.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This study examined the effect of punishment and reward on academic performance of senior secondary school students in Shomolu local government area of Lagos State. Five research questions were formulated to guide the study. Through the process of simple random sampling, a total of two hundred (200) students from five (5) senior secondary schools were selected to participate in the study. The major instrument used for collecting data was a questionnaire tagged EPRAP. The data collected were anal ... Continue reading---
