Akinnodi, Phillips Akinrotimi and Adewumi, Abayomi Joseph and Jobi, Hope (2024) English Language and Mathematics Senior Secondary School Two Unified Examination Results as Predictors of Senior School Certificate Physics Examination in Ondo State, Nigeria. International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research Methods, 11 (2). pp. 1-6. ISSN 2398-712X(Print), 2398-7138(Online)
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Abstract
This study investigated whether the performance of students in SSCE physics
could be predicted from their grades in English and Mathematics at the senior secondary school two unified examination. (SSS 2E). Two research null hypotheses were generated to guide the study. The study employed descriptive research of expost-facto design. Five Secondary Schools were purposively selected from Akure South Local Government Area of Ondo State, Nigeria. A total of 175 2021/2022 SSS3 Physics students that sat for English Language and Mathematics SS2 unified examination in 2020/2021 academic session were involved in the selected public secondary schools. Data collected were analysed using Pearson product moment correlation. The two null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Results analysis indicated that performance of students in Mathematics could be used to predict results of SSCE physics; it was however found that result in English Language alone had low predictive value for performance in physics. Based on the findings of the study, it was therefore recommended among others that credit pass in English Language should not be made mandatory for student seeking admission for science.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | L Education > L Education (General) |
| Depositing User: | Professor Mark T. Owen |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Aug 2024 13:42 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Aug 2024 13:42 |
| URI: | https://tudr.org/id/eprint/3284 |
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