ACADEMIC OPTIMISM, MOTIVATION AND MENTAL ABILITY AS DETERMINANTS OF ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN OGUN STATE, NIGERIA
Journal Title: European Journal of Business and Social Sciences - Year 2013, Vol 1, Issue 12
Abstract
This study sought to determine the relative and composite contributions of the independent variables of academic optimism, academic motivation and mental ability to Senior Secondary School students’ academic performance in Ogun East Senatorial District, Nigeria. This study employed the descriptive research design of ex-post facto type. Five hundred and eighty-eight participants selected through the multi-stage stratified random sampling technique, were used for the study. Four main instruments were used in collecting data, they are: Almost Perfect Scale-Revised (APS-R), General Achievement Goal Orientation Scale (GAGOS) and Mental Ability Test for the independent variables and Junior School Certificate Examination results in Mathematics, English and Integrated Science for dependent variable. The data collected were analyzed using Multiple Regression Analysis. The results revealed that two out of the three predictor variables were good predictors of students’ academic performance. Mental ability was the most potent out of the predictor variables (B = .052; t = 6.729; p<.05). Academic optimism was next to mental ability in predicting student’s academic performance (B = 008; t = 2.5333; p<.05). Academic motivation was a weak predictor of students’ academic performance (B = .004; t = 1.397; p< .05). Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that government should put in place adequate facilities and resources which will make learning encouraging, while the school administrators should try as much as possible to boost the morale of teachers by providing necessary encouragement needed to achieve educational aims and objectives.
Authors and Affiliations
AKINLANA TEMIDAYO| Olabisi Onabanjo University Faculty of Education, Ago Iwoye, Ogun State. E-mail:takinlana27@yahoo.com Phone: 08055469146
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