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Effect Of Punishment And Reward On Academic Performance Of Senior Secondary School Students
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1.4 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The
study will be of much importance to teachers in Shomolu Local
Government area of Lagos State on how to effectively make use of
punishment and rewards in their relationship with the students.
The
study will also help students to understand the appropriate behaviors to
exhibit in and outside the school. For the parents, the study will help
them to know which behavior exhibited by the child requires reward and
which requires punishment.
Through this study, the stakeholders in
education sector may come to appreciate the implications of punishment
and reward in the Senior Secondary Schools. It is hoped that this study
will help the Senior Secondary Schools administrators in Shomolu Local
Government Area of Lagos State to b improve on the academic performance
of students in various schools.
This study will also help to discover
the effects of punishment and reward on learning in some selected
Secondary Schools in Shomolu Local Government area of Lagos State.
1.6REASEARCH QUESTIONS
1.
What effect does corporal punishment have on the academic performance
of Senior Secondary School students in Shomolu Local government Area of
Lagos State?
2. What is the effect of suspension on the academic
performance of Senior Secondary School Students in Shomolu Local
Government Area of Lagos State?
3. What is the effect of expulsion on the academic performance of Senior Secondary School students?
4. What is the effect of extrinsic reward on the academic performance of Senior Secondary School students?
5. What is the effect of intrinsic Reward on the academic performance of Senior Secondary School students?
1.7RESEARCH HYPOTHESES
1. There is no significant effect of corporal punishment on the academic performance of Senior Secondary School students.
2. There is no significant effect of suspension on the academic performance of Senior Secondary School students.
3. There is no significant effect of expulsion on the academic performance of Senior Secondary School students.
4. There is no significant effect of intrinsic reward on the academic performance of Senior Secondary School students
5. There is no significant effect of extrinsic reward on the academic performance of Senior Secondary School students
1.7 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
The research will be carried out in selected Secondary Schools in Shomolu Local Government Area of Lagos State.
1.8 OPERATIONAL DEFINITION OF TERMS
The following terms were used in the work,
· PUNISHMENT: An act of correcting a wrong ‘act’ or character exhibited.
· REWARD: An act of appreciating a job well done.
· MOTIVATION: An act of rewarding or providing with an incentive.
· REINFORCEMENT: An act of giving more force or effectiveness to; strengthen.
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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---
