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School Location and Gender as Predictors of Students’ Performance in WASSCE Multiple Choice Test in Biology


 
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1. Title Title of document School Location and Gender as Predictors of Students’ Performance in WASSCE Multiple Choice Test in Biology
 
2. Creator Author's name, affiliation, country Adekunle T. Olutola; ORCID No. 0000-0002-5958-793X. Department of Educational Foundations, Faculty of Education, Federal University Dutsinma, P.M.B 5001, Katsina State; Nigeria
 
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This study investigated school location and gender as predictors of students’ performance in West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) multiple choice test in biology. The researcher adopted survey research design for the study. Sample for the study consisted of 1450 Secondary School Three (SSIII) students drawn from 20 randomly selected senior secondary schools in Ekiti State, Nigeria. The instrument used for the study was 2008 WASSCE multiple-choice Biology test paper. Findings from the study showed that significant different existed between students’ performance in WASSCE multiple choice test in biology based on school location (df=1448, t=6.84, P<0.05); gender (df=1448, t=8.89, P<0.05), and school type (df=2, 1447, 1449; F=211.68, P<0.05). Based on these findings, the researcher recommended that secondary school administrators and Biology teachers should encourage male and female Biology students’ to participate actively during the weekly lessons to improve their performance in WASSCE Biology Examination.

Keywords: Biology, multiple choice test, school location, students’ performance, WASSCE
 
5. Publisher Organizing agency, location Liceo de Cagayan University
 
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7. Date (YYYY-MM-DD) 2017-06-06
 
8. Type Status & genre Peer-reviewed Article
 
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10. Identifier Uniform Resource Identifier http://asianscientificjournals.com/new/publication/index.php/ljher/article/view/960
 
10. Identifier Digital Object Identifier 10.7828/ljher.v12i1.960
 
11. Source Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) Liceo Journal of Higher Education Research; Vol 12, No 1 (2016): June
 
12. Language English=en en
 
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