PERSONALITY, HOME INFLUENCE AND ACHIEVEMENT OF GIRLS IN KADUNA STATE SCIENCE SECONDARY SCHOOLS
PERSONALITY, HOME INFLUENCE AND ACHIEVEMENT OF GIRLS IN KADUNA STATE SCIENCE SECONDARY SCHOOLS
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2000-08
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GOJE, ESTHER (MRS)
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Abstract
The study investigated personality, home influence and
the academic achievement of girls in Kaduna State Science
Secondary Schools. The sample of (N=250) was drawn from SSII
students from five Girls' Secondary Schools in the state i.e.
Giwa, Soba, Kaduna, Zonkwa and Kwoi.
The data was collected using two questionnaires: the Home
Environment Questionnaire and the Junior Eysenck Personality
Inventory (JEPI). The student's academic performance was
obtained by collecting the average scores in their past
examination records of three terms in English and Mathematics.
These are the compulsory subjects in the secondary schools.
The Pearson's Product Moment Correlation Coefficient
technique was use>d to test five out of the six hypotheses.
The results found no significant relationship between the Home
Environment, Personality disposition i.e Introvertion,
Extravertion or Neuroticism with academic achievement.
Analysis of Variance was used to find out if any differences
existed between the personality types in their academic
achievement. The results showed no significant difference in
academic achievement. The socio-economic background, parental
education and parental encouragement did not correlate
significantly with performance.
From these findings, conclusions were drawn and
recommendations were offered.
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL IN PARTIAL
FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTERS OF
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY.
AUGUST, 2000
Keywords
PERSONALITY,, HOME,, INFLUENCE,, ACHIEVEMENT,, GIRLS,, KADUNA STATE,, SCIENCE,, SECONDARY SCHOOLS