International Journal of Trends and Developments in Education: Students’ perception of class size as an indicator of academic performance of senior secondary school students in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria.
Date
2024
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Benin, Edo State(Institute of continuous Education): University of Benin, Nigeria
Abstract
■ Introduction ■ Conceptual Framework ■ Method ■ Research Design ■ Data Collection ■ Results ■ Discussion, Conclusion and Implications
Description
In this study, students’ perception of class size as an indicator of academic performance in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria, was evaluated. Systematic random sampling was used to select 8 secondary schools, while simple random sampling was used to select the respondents. The total student population was 6,012 and the final sample size was 312 respondents. Two research questions and hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The quantitative approach with structured questionnaires was used for data collection. Questionnaires were distributed to the respondents, and the research questions were analyzed using the mean and standard deviation. Chi square analysis was used to test the research hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The result of the analyzed data showed that there was a statistically significant influence of class size and teacher-student ratio on students’ academic performance in public senior secondary schools in Uvwie LGA.