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Influence Of School Environment On Academic Achievement Of Students Of Public Secondary School
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title Page
Approval page
Dedication
Acknowledgement
Certification
Abstract
Table of Contents
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION
Background to the Study
Statement of the Problem
Purpose of the Study
Significance of Study
Scope of the Study
Research Questions
Hypotheses
CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF LITERATURE
Conceptual Framework
Concept of Environment
Concept of Public Secondary schools
Historical Development of Public Secondary School
Changes in Structure of the Ownership of Public Secondary School
School Building
Library Services
School Location
School Facilities
Theoretical Framework
Skinnerian environmental theory
Review of Empirical Studies
Summary of Literature Review
CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHOD
Design of the Study
Area of the Study
Population for the Study
Sample and Sampling Technique
Instrument for Data Collection
Validation of the Instrument
Reliability of the Instrument
Method of Data Collection
Method of Data Analysis
CHAPTER FOUR: RESULTS
Research Question One:
Research Question Two:
Research Question Three:
Research Question Four:
Hypothesis one:
Hypothesis two:
Summary of findings:
CHAPTER FIVE: Discussion of Results
Extent school buildings affect academic achievement of Students
Extent library services affect academic achievement of students of public secondary school
Extent school location affects academic achievement of the students
Extent school facilities affect the academic achievement of student in the public schools
Conclusion
Educational Implications
Suggestion for Further Studies
Summary of the Study
References
Appendix I: Questionnaire
Appendix I: Letter of Introduction to Respondents
Appendix III: Summary of the zones in Enugu State
Appendix IV: List of School in Enugu State Education Zones
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]ABSTRACTThe study was carried out to investigate the influence of school environment on academic achievement of students in Enugu State public secondary schools. The design of the study is descriptive while the population comprised principals and teachers in the education zone. The sample size for the study was 600 respondents while a researchers’ self developed questionnaire formed the instrument for data collection. Three experts validated the instrument and a cronbach Alpha reliability ... Continue reading---
APPENDIX A - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]APPENDIX IDepartment of Educational FoundationsUniversity of Nigeria, Nsukka.20th March, 2010.Dear Sir/Madam,Influence of school environment on academic achievement of students of public secondary school in Enugu State.I am a postgraduate student of the above institution, conducting a research on the above topic: This is to seek for your permission to enable me distribute my questionnaire (copy attached) to your teachers for completion, to enable me carry out this research successfully.Thanks fo ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 4 ]Studies on the relationship between availability of resources and students academic achievement have revealed that secondary schools provided with adequate education resources performed significantly better than those provided with inadequate resources (Balogun, 1995). Environment is a very important factor in achievement of goal of any educational programme. People acquire most of their knowledge through the interaction with facilities provided in the environment for learning. Also learning is ... Continue reading---
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CHAPTER TWO - [ Total Page(s): 7 ]Theoretical framework Skinnerian environmental theoryThis section is based on the fact that environment is vital for the achievement of educational goal. This becomes necessary since the study is on the influence of school environment on the student achievement of public secondary schools in Enugu State.The origin of environmental theories can be traced to a known psychologist named John Locke (1917). He is the father of the learning tradition. He postulated that experience and learning are basi ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER THREE - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]Validation of the instrumentThe instrument was subjected to face validation by three experts from the field of Education Administration and Planning, in the Department of Educational Foundations and one in Measurement and Evaluation, of the faculty of Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka. The experts were requested to look at the adequacy of the items in line with the purpose research questions as well as the rating scale. Corrections were affected in some of the items and on the response op ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FOUR - [ Total Page(s): 6 ]Conclusion: The conclusion is drawn that Principals and Teachers do not differ significantly in their mean ratings with regard to the extent school environment affects students academic achievement.Summary of Findings1. The result identified office for teachers, reading room for students and classroom space for teaching as the major areas that to a great extent affect the academic achievement of students with regard to buildings in the public secondary schools.2. It also identified p ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FIVE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]The mean responses of the principals and teachers were individually identified and subjected to t-test analysis. The findings from the analysis revealed that respondents agreed on the extent school buildings affect the academic achievements of the students of public secondary schools. The findings revealed that staff offices, classroom accommodations and library are the major areas affecting academic achievement of the students.Furthermore, the responses made by principals were separated from th ... Continue reading---
REFRENCES - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]REFERENCESAdegboyega, A.A. (2002). Trends in Public Financing of Federal Inventors in Nigeria a Case Study of University of Ibadan in Adedeji, S. O. (ed) African Journal of Educational Planning and Policy Studies 3, No. 1 pp 95-108.Agugbuem, E.O. (2002). Taking the Distance out of the Distance Education; the Complementary Roles of Information Nigeria Education Review 7 (1) 171 – 179.Akpa, G.O. Udoh, S.U, and Fagbamiye E.O. (2005). Deregulating the Provision and Management of Education in ... Continue reading---
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]ABSTRACTThe study was carried out to investigate the influence of school environment on academic achievement of students in Enugu State public secondary schools. The design of the study is descriptive while the population comprised principals and teachers in the education zone. The sample size for the study was 600 respondents while a researchers’ self developed questionnaire formed the instrument for data collection. Three experts validated the instrument and a cronbach Alpha reliability ... Continue reading---
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