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PSYCHOLOGICAL PREDICTORS OF SOCIAL STUDIES ACHIEVEMENT AMONG JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN BAYELSA STATE

B. IKPORO, P. U. EKEH

Abstract


The study focused on psychological variables as correlates of social studies achievement among junior secondary school students in Bayelsa State. Four research questions and four hypotheses guided the study. Correlational research design was adopted in carrying out the study. A sample of 1000 respondents was drawn from a population of 20,126 JSS2 students across 24 urban and rural secondary schools in Bayelsa State using the simple random and proportionate sampling techniques. The Psychological Predictors of Social Studies Achievement Questionnaire (PPoSAQ) as well as the Social Studies Achievement Test (SSAT) were used as instruments for data collection. Face, content and construct validities of PDVQ were done using experts in educational measurement and evaluation. The Cronbach alpha method was used in determining its reliability. Similarly, KR20 was used to determine the reliability of SSAT. Both instruments had reliability indices of 0.86 for study habit, 0.88 for parental motivation and 0.83 for attitude towards social studies. Also the SSAT had a KR20 index of 0.90. Instruments were administered and collected on face to face basis. A combination of simple regression, t-test, one-way ANOVA and multiple correlation were used to analyse the data. Findings indicated that study habits (p = 0.002 < 0.05) and parental motivation (p = 0.000 < 0.05) all are significant predictors of students achievement in social studies. On the other attitude (p = 0.280 < 0.05) was not a significantly predictor of students’ achievement in social studies. Based on the findings of the study, recommendations made among others were that all educational planners, government, parents, teachers and guidance counsellors should do the needful to ensure that their students/children achieve higher in social studies. Implications of the study, as well as contributions to knowledge were also made.

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Social studies;Achievement;Academic Achievement

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