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EFFECT OF CLASS SIZE AND STUDENTS’ ATTITUDE ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN CHEMISTRY AT DEMONSTRATION SECONDARY SCHOOL, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA, NIGERIA.
Abstract:
The study examines the effect of class size and student attitude on academic performance in chemistry among demonstration secondary school students of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. It was guided by three research questions and three hypotheses. The sample of the study was made up of 50 students and 5 teachers. The research instrument was structured questionnaire for both the students and teachers. The teacher’s questionnaire consists of 10 questions designed to determine the effect of class size in teaching chemistry. While the student’s questionnaire consists of 20 questions designed to determine student’s attitude toward chemistry. The data collected were analyzed using Percentages, Mean, standard deviation and t-test statistics was used to analyze the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The study revealed the following findings; there was significant difference in student’s attitude to chemistry on their academic performance (tcal=0.65034 > t-crit = 0.5885 at p<0.05). There was a significant difference in class size on student’s academic performance in chemistry (t-cal = 2.02516 > t-crit = 0.1128; tcal = 8.48528 > t-crit = 0.0011 at p<0.05). There was significant difference between male and female students academic performance in chemistry (t-cal = 0.75665 > t-crit = 0.5043 at p<0.05). As a result, the boys performed better than the girls. Boys had a stronger affinity and interest towards Chemistry. Recommendations based on the findings were made among which include; Parents as well as chemistry teachers should encourage the students to develop positive attitude towards chemistry. Also, parents should provide learning opportunities to their girls and should not discourage the girls from studying chemistry.
Keywords: Academic performance, attitude, class size, chemistry