Home, School Environment and Peer Group Influence as Correlate of Secondary School Students'Academic Performance in Economics Iseyin LGA, Oyo State
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2016-12
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Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Emmanuel Alayande College of Education Oyo. Oyo State.
Abstract
Introduction; Statement of the problem; Research questions; Methodology-research design; Sample and sampling technique; Research instruments; Data analysis; Discussion of results; Conclusion; Recommendation; References.
Description
The study examined the home, school environment and peer group influence on Secondary school students' academic performance in Economics in Iseyin local government area. The study adopted a descriptive research design. Simple random sampling technique was used to select five secondary schools out of eleven secondary schools in Iseyin local government areas. Fourty students in each school were purposively selected because only students offering Economics were used as sample. In all, two hundred (200) students participated in the study. Questionnaire and Economics achievement test were the main instruments used in the study. Data were analyzed using multiple regression and analysis of variance (ANOVA.). Results of the study revealed that home background, school environment and peer influence jointly predicted students' academic achievement in Economics. The result also showed that the relative contribution of the independent variables to students' academic performance was significant. It is recommended that parents should provide different media like books, educational gadgets at home, libraries should be established in schools, and principal of secondary schools should encourage parents to provide for the needs of their children in learning Economics. Students should also be encouraged to choose their friends wisely.