THE DIFFERENTIAL EFFECT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL LOCATION ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS’ IN MATHEMATICS
Keywords:
Edo State, Mathematics, School Location, School II, Senior Secondary School, Students’ Academic Performance.Abstract
This study examined the differential effect of secondary school location on academic performance of students’ in mathematics in Edo State. The study was guided by two research question and one corresponding null hypothesis. The design used was correlational research design. The sample for the study was 300 SSII students. The instrument used for data collection was Mathematics achievement test. The instrument was validated by five experts and the reliability of the instrument was determined by the use of Pearson product moment correlation with a reliability index of 0.70. The data were collected by administering the instrument to respondents with the help of five research assistants. The data collected were analyzed using Mean and Standard Deviation for the research question and the null hypotheses was tested using analysis of variance. The result showed that students in the urban areas had higher mean performance in Mathematics than the students in the rural areas and therefore, school location have interaction effect on the Mathematics mean performance of the students at the secondary schools in Edo State. It was recommended, among others, that Edo State government should endeavour to provide rural schools with school resources, adequate qualified Mathematics teachers and instructional materials in Mathematics in order to improve the performance of students in Mathematics in the rural areas.
