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Consequences Of Child Abuse On Students Academic Performance As Perceived By Secondary School Teachers
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CHAPTER THREE
METHODOLOGY
Introduction
This chapter aims at providing information on the research method adopted for the study. The chapter contained the research design, sample and sample procedure, instrumentation, psychometric properties of the instrument (validity and reliability of the instrument), procedure for data collection, scoring procedure and method of data analysis.
Research Design
The research design adopted for the study is the descriptive survey design method. Daramola (2006) defined descriptive research as a systematic attempt to describe the characteristics of a given population or areas of interest. Descriptive survey involves large sample to ensure meaningful description required empirical evidence through data gathering process and many involves hypothesis testing (Daramola 2006). Descriptive survey method was considered appropriate for this study because the researcher aimed at collecting data and describing the data in a systematic manner. The study is designed to determine and find out the consequences of child abuse on student academic performance as perceived by teachers in secondary schools in Ilorin metropolis.
Population of the Study
The population for the study covers all the teachers in Secondary Schools in Ilorin metropolis.
Sample and Sampling Techniques
The target population for this study consists of Secondary School teachers in Ilorin metropolis, Kwara State. However since everyone cannot participate in the study, random sampling technique was used to select 200 teachers from the secondary schools in the metropolis.
Instrumentation
Instrumentation according to Hassan (1994) is the process of selecting tool which an investigation finds appropriate for the solution of the researchers problem at hand. The main instrumentation for this study is the questionnaire titled “Consequence of Child Abuse on student Academic Performance Questionnaire (CCASAPQ).
According to Opadokun (1997) a questionnaire is a set of relevant questions or statements often used to elicit information (responses) from respondents drawn from the target population of a study. The questionnaire is divided into two sections.
Section A deals with the demographic information while Section B deals with questions or items on consequences of child abuse on students academic performance. The response was scored on four point likert-type rating scale
Strongly Agree (SA) = 4 points
Agree (A) = 3 points
Disagree (D) = 2 points
Strongly Disagree (SD) = 1 point
Psychometric Properties of the Instrument
Validity
The validity of any instrument is the degree to which the instrument measures what it purports to measure. Adewumi and Ogundele (1991) defined validity as the degree to which a test measures what it purports to measure. Therefore, in order to ascertain the validity of the instrument of this study, the draft was submitted to the supervisor and two other experts in the Department of Counselor Education for their useful suggestions in terms of eliminating irrelevant items, modifying some and adding new ones. The final draft was reconstructed and it was adjusted for use in the study. Therefore, both face and content validity of this instrument is thus established.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]ABSTRACT   This study investigated the consequences of child abuse on students’ academic performance as perceived by secondary school teachers in some selected secondary schools in Ilorin metropolis.    A total of two hundred teachers (200) were randomly selected from the secondary schools. The instrument used for the study is questionnaire which is designed for teachers in each selected secondary schools. Two hundred copies of the questionnaire were distributed to the respondents ... Continue reading---
APPENDIX A - [ Total Page(s): 2 ] ... Continue reading---
LIST OF TABLES - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]LIST OF TABLES Table 1:   Distribution of respondents by gender      62Table 2:   Distribution of respondents by religion       62Table 3:   Distribution of respondents by teaching experience                      63Table 4:   Distribution of respondents by subject area   64Table 5:   The mean scores and items ranking order on consequences of child abuse on students’ academic performance         65Table 6:   ... Continue reading---
TABLE OF CONTENTS - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]TABLE OF CONTENTSTitle Page  Approval  Dedication  Acknowledgement  Abstract  Table of Contents  List of Tables CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION Background to the Study  Statement of the Problem  Research Questions Research Hypotheses  Purpose of the Study  Significance of the Study Operational Definitions of Terms  Scope of the Study   CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE Introduction  Who is a Child?   Student Academic Performance as affect by Child Abuse i ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 4 ]Statement of the ProblemChild abuse is not just a social problem; it is rather an intellectual and economic problem which is evident in the performance of children in schools. In a situation where over seventy percent (70%) of student that write the WAEC and NECO cannot boast of five credit pass including Mathematics and English Language, then education sector need to be looked into. A common feature of some Nigerians in the twentieth century is to see and treat children the way th ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER TWO - [ Total Page(s): 9 ]Effect of Abuse on Academic PerformanceOne of the most destructive consequences of child abuse may be the detrimental effect on a child’s school performance. Over and over again, research indicates that abused children demonstrate reduced intellectual functioning and perform very poorly in school. And poor school performance can have serious long-term consequences. Academic failure has been associated with antisocial behaviour and quitting school. These behaviours in turn in ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FOUR - [ Total Page(s): 7 ]Hypothesis One There is no significant difference in teachers’ perception of consequence of child abuse on student’s academic performance in Ilorin Metropolis on the basis of gender.  The result in table 6 reveals that the calculated t-value is 0.26 while the critical t-value is 1.96. Since the calculated t-value is less than the critical t-value, the null hypothesis is therefore accepted. Hence, there is no significant difference in the perception of teachers on the consequences ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FIVE - [ Total Page(s): 4 ]Conclusion    Based on the findings of this study it shows that child abuse has a negative effect on student academic performance and adulthood development which ultimately have adverse effect on the human capital development of the country, such that we now have young adults with bad sense of self-worth, self esteem and sense of moral value, this has contributed to the rate of crime and social values, civic unrest and deviant behaviours that is existing in the midst of teenage ... Continue reading---
REFRENCES - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]REFERENCESAdeniran, K. (2003). Child Abuse and Neglect among Junior Secondary Schools Students in Ibarapa Area of Oyo State Nigeria. Chalk, R., Gibbons A., Scarupa, H.J. (2002). The multiple dimensions of Child Abuse and neglect new insights into an old problem. Washington, DC: Child trends, Retrieved April 27, 2006, from www.childtrends.org/files/childabuse RB.pdf (PDF-82KB).Claussen, A.H. & Crihenden, PM (1991). “Physical and Psychological Maltreatment: Relations among types of Maltrea ... Continue reading---
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]ABSTRACT   This study investigated the consequences of child abuse on students’ academic performance as perceived by secondary school teachers in some selected secondary schools in Ilorin metropolis.    A total of two hundred teachers (200) were randomly selected from the secondary schools. The instrument used for the study is questionnaire which is designed for teachers in each selected secondary schools. Two hundred copies of the questionnaire were distributed to the respondents ... Continue reading---