RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN JUNIOR AND SENIOR BUSINESS STUDIES EXAMINATIONS IN OGBOMOSO NORTH AND SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS

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dc.contributor.authorOLUYOMI, ELISHA OLORUNFEMI
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-13T13:32:53Z
dc.date.available2014-03-13T13:32:53Z
dc.date.issued1998-11
dc.descriptionA THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIA, IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF EDUCATION (BUSINESS EDUCATION: MARKETING) VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, FACULTY OF EDUCATION, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA - NIGERIA.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study was set to determine the relationship between the students academic performance in junior and senior business studies Examinations in Ogbomoso North and South Local Government Areas. The study used the students who wrote JSCE business studies in 1988 to 1992 a period of five years. Federal and state colleges were randomly selected of the twelve schools offering business studies both at junior and senior schools. The same set of students was those who wrote SSCE Commerce; Book keeping & Accounts in 1991 to 1995 another period of five years. The students grade scores in JSCE were correlated with their grade scores in SSCE. A sample size of two hundred and seventy - six (276) students. 20% of the total population was studied. It comprised of one hundred and fifty three (153) males and One hundred and twenty - three (123) females from all the One thousand three hundred and eighty (1,380) students population from the twelve schools that offered Business studies at both Junior and senior school levels. Four hypotheses were tested using pearson product moment correlation coefficient (PPM) to test for significant relationship and t-test to test for significant difference. Alpha level of 0.05 was set for the study as significant level. The study showed that JSCE business studies students performance can be a predictor to their SSCE performance in both Commerce, Book Keeping & Accounts. It showed a relationship between the JSCE business studies performance and their SSCE Commerce; Book Keeping & Accounts as tested in hypotheses 1 and 2. In JSCE Business studies and SSCE Book Keeping & Accounts, the rcalculated of 0.2361 was greater than r - Critical of 0.197 while in JSCE business studies and Commerce, the r - calculated of 0.2105 was greater than r - Critical of 0.197 both at of 274 and at significant level 0.05. The findings also showed a no significant relationship in hypothesis three which stated that there is no significance difference between the performance of male and female students in Book Keeping & Accounts. It was found that there was no significant difference in the performance of male and female students in Book keeping and Accounts; t-test was used to test this hypothesis at 0.05 level of significant. In hypothesis four, a significant difference was found among male and female students performance in commerce as the t-calculated was greater than the t - critical, the hypothesis was rejected at degree of freedom 274 and at a level of significance 0.05. The study found that there is a relationship between the students academic performance in junior and senior business studies junior examination. The performance of students in JSCE business Studies examination can be used to predict students performance in Senior business studies examination in commerce and Bookkeeping & Accounts.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3912
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectRELATIONSHIP,en_US
dc.subjectSTUDENTS,en_US
dc.subjectACADEMIC,en_US
dc.subjectPERFORMANCE,en_US
dc.subjectJUNIOR,en_US
dc.subjectSENIOR,en_US
dc.subjectBUSINESS STUDIES,en_US
dc.subjectEXAMINATIONS,en_US
dc.subjectOGBOMOSO NORTH,en_US
dc.subjectSOUTH,en_US
dc.subjectLOCAL GOVERNMENT AREASen_US
dc.titleRELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN JUNIOR AND SENIOR BUSINESS STUDIES EXAMINATIONS IN OGBOMOSO NORTH AND SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREASen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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