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Predictive Validity of Junior School Certificate Examination on Students` Performance in Senior School Certificate Examination in Mathematics
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Umar, Umar Abubakar, Lawal |
| Copyright Year | 2017 |
| Abstract | The study determined the difference in gender, and relationship between Junior Secondary Certificate Examination and National Examination Council - Senior Secondary Certificate Examination result in mathematics among secondary school students in Gombe state. Expo- facto research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprises of 21,487 (14,347 male and 7,140 female) secondary school students. A proportionate stratified random sampling was used to select 378 students drawn from six schools of three senatorial zones of the state. Results of Students who sat for 2012/2013 JSCE and 2014/2015 SSCE were used for data collection. Hypotheses were formulated and tested at α= 0.05 level of significance. The data was analyzed using t-test and Pearson product moment correlation. Findings from the study revealed that the difference in Junior Secondary Certificate Examination and Senior Secondary Certificate Examination mean scores was not significant (t (376) =0.474, p> 0.05). This study concludes that a success in Junior Certificate Examination can lead to success in Senior School Certificate Examination if it is monitored well by the school management and teachers, because they all play a vital role for an effective teaching and learning. Experience teachers to handle the teaching of Junior Secondary school classes and teachers with experience on Senior Secondary Certificate Examination marking to be involved in teaching Senior Secondary classes was among the recommendation made from the study. |
| Starting Page | 53 |
| Ending Page | 58 |
| Page Count | 6 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Volume Number | 4 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://www.zeetarz.com/Jee/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Predictive-Validity-of-Junior-School-Certificate-Examination-on-Students-Performance-in-Senior-School-Certificate-Examination-in-Mathematics.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
