THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT NEED OF SECONDARY SCHOOL ATHLETES AND NON - ATHLETES IN ZARIA EDUCATIONAL ZONE OF KADUNA STATE
THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT NEED OF SECONDARY SCHOOL ATHLETES AND NON - ATHLETES IN ZARIA EDUCATIONAL ZONE OF KADUNA STATE
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1998-07
Authors
ZAMANI, BULUS WYORKS
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A B S T R A C T
The purpose o f t h i s s tudy was to compare th e a cademic
achievement need o f Secondary S ch o o l a t h l e t e s and n o n - a t h l e t e s
in Zaria E d u c a t io n a l Zone o f Kaduna S t a t e . The r e a s o n t h a t
motivated the r e s e a r c h e r to unde r take t h i s s tu d y i s th e f a c t
that school athletes are p e r c e i v e d by the p u b l i c as th o s e who
cannot achieve a c a d em i c a l ly as much as t h e i r c o u n t e r p a r t ,
non-athletes.
Mo d i f ied B a k a r e ' s (197 6) Academic Need Achievement S c a l e
(ANAS) was a dmin i s t e r e d on 380 (190 a t h l e t e s and 190 nonathletes)
selected from S en io r Secondary S ch o o l s t u d e n t s in
Zaria Educational Zone of Kaduna S t a t e . Data on th e academic
and athletic a chie v ement s of the s e l e c t e d s tu d e n t s were
collected for the purpose of compar ison between a t h l e t e s and
non-ath1etes.
For the purpose o f t h i s s tu d y , the r e s e a r c h made us e o f
the EX-POST FACTOR r e s e a r c h d e s i g n , hence the in f o rm a t i o n
(data) required were a l r e a d y a v a i l a b l e a t the time t h i s
investigation was conducted. Simple survey d e s i g n was
implored to ascertain the number and s tan d a rd o f the e x i s t i n g
facilities in the 19 sampled s c h o o l s in Z a r i a E d u c a t i o n a l Zone .
The data collected were analyzed using a two - s amp let- t e s t
to determine whether or not differences e x i s t e d between th e two
groups, athletes and non-athletes. Pearson's P roduc t Moment
Correlational Statistics was used to d e t e rmin e i f a s i g n i f i c a n t
r e l a t i o n s h i p e x i s t e d between a t h l e t i c a chie v ement and academic
a chievement o f Secondary S ch o o l a t h l e t e s . The l e v e l o f
s i g n i f i c a n c e was s e t a t P < 0 . 0 5 .
The f i n d i n g s show t h a t :
1. There was no s i g n i f i c a n t d i f f e r e n c e between a t h l e t e s
and n o n - a t h l e t e s o f Se c ondary S c h o o l s in t h e i r
academic a chievement ne ed.
2 . There was a s i g n i f i c a n t r e l a t i o n s h i p between academic
and a t h l e t i c a chie v emen t s among Se c ondary S c h o o l s
a t h l e t e s .
3 . There was a s i g n i f i c a n t d i f f e r e n c e between academic
a chievement need and academic a chiev ement o f
Secondary S ch o o l a t h l e t e s .
4 . There was no s i g n i f i c a n t d i f f e r e n c e between a t h l e t e s
and n o n - a t h l e t e s o f Secondary S ch o o l in t h e i r
academic a chiev ement wi th r e g a rd s t o t h e i r academic
grade p o i n t s .
F i n a l l y , summary, c o n c lu s i o n and recommendat ions were
drawn from the t h e o r e t i c a l r e v iews o f l i t e r a t u r e and the
s t a t i s t i c a l a n a l y s i s emanat ing from th e t e s t in s t r um e n t .
Fur th e r recommendat ion was made f o r f u r t h e r s t u d i e s in t h i s
are a o f r e s e a r c h .
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A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF
SCIENCE IN SPORTS MANAGEMENT.Ahmadu Bello,University Zaria.
Keywords
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT,, NEED, SECONDARY SCHOOL,, ATHLETES,, NON - ATHLETES,, ZARIA EDUCATIONAL,, ZONE,, KADUNA STATE