Teachers’ Attitudes to Social Studies and Students’ Academic Performance in Junior Secondary Three-Certificate Examination
Journal Title: Asian Journal Social Sciences & Humanities - Year 2014, Vol 3, Issue 3
Abstract
This paper investigated teachers’ attitudes toward social studies. Three hundred and thirteen students took part in the study. These respondents were randomly selected from fourteen public secondary schools in Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. Questionnaire and junior secondary three-certificate examination results provided the data for this research. Finding revealed that teachers with positive attitude toward social studies, the students performed better than those who perceived the same teachers’ attitude as negative.
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Cecilia Okon, Uto Archibong
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