PATHWAYS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL VARIABLES ON PHYSICS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN IMO STATE, NIGERIA
Journal Title: Asian Journal of Management Sciences and Education - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 3
Abstract
The study investigated the pathways of Psychological variables on Physics academic performance of senior secondary school students in Imo State, Nigeria. One research question and one null hypothesis guided the study. The study adopted a correlation research design. The population comprised all the 10,312 SSII Physics students in the 312 public senior secondary schools in Imo State. The sample size is 1019 SSII Physics students. The multistage sampling approach comprising proportionate stratified and purposive sampling technique was used to arrive at the sample. Two researchers designed instruments titled “Psychological Variables Scale (PVS) and a teacher made Physics test “Physics Performance Test” (PPT) were used for data collection. Construct validity of PVS was done with the help of standardized instruments, face and content validities were also established for PVS. Content validity of PAT was done using table of specification. The Cronbach alpha was used to establish general reliability coefficient of PVS at 0.95. While Kuder-Richardson21 was used to establish reliability coefficient of PPT at 0.71. Linear regression and proportion/percentage were used to answer the research questions, while z-test for a single proportion was used test the null hypothesis. It was found out that, based on the standard, that β- weight value with significant value is less than the probability value of .05, the recursive model resulted in a meaningful recursive parsimonious model of twenty-four (24) paths instead of the initial sixty-four (64) paths. Since the indirect effect of psychological variables contributes to academic performance in physics than the direct effects, it is therefore recommended that more attention should be paid to the indirect significant pathways than the significant pathways of psychological variables.
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Ekechukwu Rosemary Obiagaeri, Amaeze Fedelis Eze
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