A Comparative Analysis of the Academic Performance of Computer Science Integrated Science and English Language of Junior Secondary School Student
Chapter One
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
The purpose of the study is to find out the difference and similarities of the student’s performance in English language and computer science in junior secondary school in Enugu North.
The objective of this research is to enable students to learn, develop and deploy communication skills in English language and computer science.
The following objective includes:
- To use ranking methods of influencing factors in predicting student’s academic performances in learning of computer science and English language.
- To enhance and determine the academic performances of the students by effective use of instructional materials of English language and computer science.
- To state the measure in identify the academic performance of students in computer science and English language.
- To find the cause of poor performance of students in teaching and learning of English language and computer science and how to reduce it.
CHAPTER TWO
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
INTRODUCTION
In most of the studies as will be seen in the review of relevant literature, quite a number of researches has been carried out on comparative studies of academic performance, but the relationship between students’ scores in Social Studies and Integrated Science have rarely been studied. Hussain, Khan, Latif, Amin and Sibtain (2011) carried out a study to compare the academic achievement of science and arts students in compulsory subjects at the secondary school level with particular reference to male and female students. The sample for the study comprised of a total of sixty students. Thirty students each were randomly selected from boys and girls (15 science and 15 arts students from each group). Four null hypothesis regarding the cross check of achievement between science and arts male and female were tested.The mean, standard deviation and variance and the difference between mean (t-test statistics) was used for data analysis. The result revealed that the female science students showed significant better result than female arts. Male science students showed significant better result than male arts while female science and female arts students were significantly better than their male counterparts. Adeyemi (2011) investigated students’ academic performance in public examination in Secondary Schools in Ondo and Ekiti States, Nigeria. The research design was descriptive. The population was composed of all 281 Secondary Schools in Ondo State and the 171 Secondary Schools in Ekiti State. The stratified random sampling technique was used for the selection of 240 and 146 Secondary Schools from Ondo and Ekiti State respectively. The instrument for data collection was an inventory and the data collected were analysed using percentages, Chi-square test and the ttest. Result of the analysis revealed that the performance of students at both Junior Secondary Certificate (JSC) and Senior Secondary Certificate (SSC) examinations were low. There was no significant difference in the performance of students from the two States in JSC but there exist significant differences in their performance at SSC level. Igwesi (2003) compared the academic achievement of students from monogamous and polygamous families in Offa, Kwara State. The research design used was causal-comparative. The sample for the study was made up of 200 Senior Secondary one (SS1) students (100 from monogamous and 100 from polygamous families) selected from four schools in Offa using the stratified simple random sampling technique. A format was used for collecting data on academic achievement of students and the data analysed using t-test statistics. The result of the analysis showed that a significant difference exist between the academic achievement of student from monogamous homes and those from polygamous homes with students from monogamous homes achieving higher mean scores than their polygamous counterparts. In a study conducted by Okafo and Egbon (2011), it was hypothesized that no difference exists between male and female performance in undergraduate accounting courses. The subjects used for the study were first year male and female accounting undergraduate students of the University of Benin, Nigeria who sat for Introductory Financial Accounting Courses namely, Introduction to Financial Accounting I & II in 2004/2005 to 2007/2008 academic session. The letter grades of A, B, C, D, E & F with a weight of five, four, three, two, one and zero respectively were used as measures of academic performance. The t-test statistics for the difference between two independent samples was adopted for the study. The study revealed that there is no significant difference between academic performance of male and female Accounting students in undergraduate accounting courses. Ogundele (2012) compared students’ academic performance in Mathematics and Principles of Account using scores obtained by students in the subjects in two academic sessions 2008/2009 and 2009/2010. The outcome of the study showed that the relationship between academic performance in Mathematics and Principles of Account was in significant.
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research design
The researcher used descriptive research survey design in building up this project work the choice of this research design was considered appropriate because of its advantages of identifying attributes of a large population from a group of individuals. The design was suitable for the study as the study sought to a comparative analysis of the academic performance of computer science integrated science and English language of junior secondary school student
Sources of data collection
Data were collected from two main sources namely:
(i)Primary source and
(ii)Secondary source
Primary source:
These are materials of statistical investigation which were collected by the research for a particular purpose. They can be obtained through a survey, observation questionnaire or as experiment; the researcher has adopted the questionnaire method for this study.
Secondary source:
These are data from textbook Journal handset etc. they arise as byproducts of the same other purposes. Example administration, various other unpublished works and write ups were also used.
Population of the study
Population of a study is a group of persons or aggregate items, things the researcher is interested in getting information to a comparative analysis of the academic performance of computer science integrated science and English language of junior secondary school student. 200 staff of selected secondary schools in Enugu North Local Government Area was selected randomly by the researcher as the population of the study.
CHAPTER FOUR
PRESENTATION ANALYSIS INTERPRETATION OF DATA
Introduction
Efforts will be made at this stage to present, analyze and interpret the data collected during the field survey. This presentation will be based on the responses from the completed questionnaires. The result of this exercise will be summarized in tabular forms for easy references and analysis. It will also show answers to questions relating to the research questions for this research study. The researcher employed simple percentage in the analysis.
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
Introduction
It is important to ascertain that the objective of this study was to ascertain a comparative analysis of the academic performance of computer science integrated science and English language of junior secondary school student
In the preceding chapter, the relevant data collected for this study were presented, critically analyzed and appropriate interpretation given. In this chapter, certain recommendations made which in the opinion of the researcher will be of benefits in addressing the challenges of the academic performance of computer science integrated science and English language of junior secondary school student
Summary
This study was on a comparative analysis of the academic performance of computer science integrated science and English language of junior secondary school student. Four objectives were raised which included: To use ranking methods of influencing factors in predicting student’s academic performances in learning of computer science and English language, to enhance and determine the academic performances of the students by effective use of instructional materials of English language and computer science , to state the measure in identify the academic performance of students in computer science and English language and to find the cause of poor performance of students in teaching and learning of English language and computer science and how to reduce it.. In line with these objectives, two research hypotheses were formulated and two null hypotheses were posited. The total population for the study is 200 staff of selected secondary school in Enugu North Local Government Area. The researcher used questionnaires as the instrument for the data collection. Descriptive Survey research design was adopted for this study. A total of 133 respondents made up principals, vice principals administration, senior staff and junior staff were used for the study. The data collected were presented in tables and analyzed using simple percentages and frequencies
Conclusion
The improved enrollment and students’ good performance though not steady is a mark that students are beginning to appreciate the values of science and technology in solving the problems of the society. It is also an attestation that various governments’ and stakeholders’ efforts in promoting education at all tiers of education are encouraging and motivating. However, from the data collected, it was observed that teaching and learning of these subjects have been on a disjointed manner (stand-alone) which is contrary to goals education that the subjects should be integrated. This may, thus, account for reason the students do not see the relationship among the different subjects that make up the STEM education. Therefore, if such pattern of teaching and learning the STEM subjects continues, Nigeria learners may not gain substantially from the benefits accruable from effective STEM education
Recommendation
It was recommended that the teaching of both subjects which serves as basis for any career be improved, this could be achieved through the use teachers who are specialists in the subjects
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