TEACHERS' AND STUDENTS' PERCEPTION OF CAUSES OF POOR PERFORMANCE IN THE UNIVERSITIES MATRICULATION EXAMINATION

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1997-06
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ANAJA, ABUBAKAR GARBA
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The research was designed primarily to investigate the current perception of teachers and students on causes of poor performance in the Universities Matriculation Examination in Science with particular reference to instructional materials, teacher's influence, teacher's motivation, students' attitude to science and peer group influence on performance in the Universities Matriculation Examination. The study was carried out with a sample size of three hundred and sixty-one (361) students and one hundred and twenty-three (123) teachers randomly selected from selected schools from Bauchi, Cross River, Delta, Kogi, Ogun and Kaduna States. Five empirical research questions and five hypotheses were formulated for this study. These are all related to perception of various factors responsible for candidates poor performance in the University Matriculation Examination. Also, a fifty-one (51) item que, ionnaire made up of two parts, A & B was carefully designed and used to gather relevant data for the study. The findings as conceptualized by the researcher would go along way to provide relevant suggestions to the government, JAMB and other related agencies responsible for the development and administration of public examination of this magnitude. The major test statistics employed in data analysis was the Pearson Product-Moment Correlation Coefficient (PPmr) and percentages. The results revealed that both teachers and students were in agreement that lack of instructional materials in schools were significantly related to students' performance in the Universities Matriculation Examination in Science. Also, both teachers and students indicated that schools were grossly understaffed and lacked qualified and experienced graduate teachers. x Teachers and students also indicated that teachers with higher academic qualifications and experience teach more effectively than those with lower qualifications. There was a high agreement by both teachers and students that teachers' salaries and allowances are not regularly paid neither do teachers enjoy annual leave grant, and promotion. These were not given for an upward of five to ten years especially at state level. Besides, in-service training is not granted. Both teachers' and students' perceptions indicated a high significant relationship between attitude and performance in the universities matriculation examination. Teachers and students also agreed that peer group influence has significant relationship with performance in the university matriculation examination as shown by the correlation coefficient (r) value (0.6522). It was recommended that government private organisations and other interest groups should provide enough instructional materials for schools and ensure that close supervision, is given to see that the .materials provided are properly used by the schools. Teachers should be provided with the necessary incentives like their counterparts in other sectors of the economy. Qualified, and experienced teachers should be recruited while in-service training with full pay should be macle available to teachers. Regular promotion should be guaranteed to all deserving teachers to boost thier morale. Students in schools should be given necessary orientations and adequate career guidance and counselling to enable them to develop positive attitude towards education and subjects offered at school. Students should be encouraged to keep friends who cherish hard work and dedication to work.
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A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF EDUCATION IN EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA JUNE, 1997
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TEACHERS,, STUDENTS,, PERCEPTION,, CAUSES,, PERFORMANCE,, UNIVERSITIES,, MATRICULATION,, EXAMINATION
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