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Influence Of School Environment On Academic Achievement Of Students Of Public Secondary School
[A CASE STUDY OF ENUGU STATE]
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CHAPTER THREE RESEARCH METHOD
This chapter presents the procedure to be used in this study under following the sub-headings: research design, area of the study, population of the study, sample and sampling techniques, instrument for data collection, validation of the instrument, reliability of the instrument, method of data collection and method of data analysis.
Research design
The design for this study is descriptive survey. It is to provide the opinion of the respondents on the influence of environment on the academic achievement of public secondary schools in Enugu state. Nworgu (2006) defines descriptive survey design as those studies that aim at collecting data and describing them in a systematic way, the features of a given population. The design is considered appropriate because it will enable the researcher to identify the characteristic of the population objectively.
Area of the study
This study was carried out in the six Education zones of Enugu State comprising seventeen Local Government Areas as at the time of study with an estimated population of about 3,257,298 people. (Population Census Commission, Enugu State, 2007).
The six education zones include Agbani comprising Enugu South, Nkanu East and Nkanu West Local Government Areas, Awgu zone comprising Awgu, Aninri and Oji River Local Government Areas. Enugu zone comprises Enugu East, Enugu North and Isi-Uzo Local Government Areas. Obollo Afor zone comprises Igboeze North, Igboeze South and Udenu Local Government Areas. Nsukka zone comprises Nsukka, Igbo-Etiti, Uzo-Uwani local Government Areas and Udi zone comprising of Ezeagu and Udi Local Government Areas. Enugu State is chosen for the study because it has a lot of public secondary schools.
Population for the study
The population for the study comprised 287 principals and 6438 teachers across the six education zone the state. Source (PPSMB 2010) Sample and sampling technique
The sample size of the study was 600 respondents. Simple
random sampling technique was used in selecting 150 principals of public secondary schools in the state and 450 teachers from the six education zones across the state. The figures from the 100 simple randomly selected schools in the six zones are shown below.
Instrument for data collection
The instrument for data collection was questionnaire titled “Influence of Environment on the Academic Achievement of Public Secondary Schools. Questionnaire†(IEAAPSSQ). The instrument was
developed by the researcher. It consisted of 29 items structured in the following order of Very Great Extent (VGE) 3.49-4, Great Extent (GE)
2.50 – 3.49, Low Extent (LE) 1.50 – 2.49, and Very Low Extent (VLE) 0.50 – 1.49.
Part A of the questionnaire provides information on demographic data of the respondents while part B centered on the request for the respondents to complete the questionnaire meant to answer the research questions posed for the study.
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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---
TABLE OF CONTENTS - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]TABLE OF CONTENTSTitle Page Approval page Dedication Acknowledgement Certification Abstract Table of Contents CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTIONBackground 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 LITERATUREConceptual Framework Concept of Environment Concept of Public Secondary schools Historical Development of Public Secondary School Changes in Structure of the Ownership of Public ... 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 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---
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