RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN ESSAY AND PRACTICAL TESTS IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL BIOLOGY EXAMINATION

EBUOH, CASMIR N. (2014) RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN ESSAY AND PRACTICAL TESTS IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL BIOLOGY EXAMINATION. An International Journal, 7 (1). pp. 1-10. ISSN 2277- 0364

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Abstract

Literature revealed that there is poor enrolment of students in Biology related courses such as medicine, pharmacy, radiography, nursing, medical laboratory science, dentistry as a result of poor performance of students in Biology. The purpose of the study was to find out the relationship between the students performance in essay and practical scores in senior secondary mock examination in Biology. The design of the study was correlation and the population was all the 1956 students that wrote the senior secondary mock examinations in biology in the 2008/2009 academic session. Simple random sampling (battling without replacement) was used to sample 650 students from 14 secondary schools in Ezeagu Local Government area of Enugu Slate. The method of data collection was documentary information of students' scores on essay and practical in mock biology examinations. Pearson‘r’ and t-test were used to correlate and test the hypothesis at 5% level of confidence. Based on the analyzed data, it was found that out of the 10 schools studied, the relationship between essay and practical scores was significant in seven schools, The relationship was significant in the co-educational and boys schools. In the girls' schools relationship was not significant

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Q Science > Q Science (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts > Faculty of Law > Faculty of Management and Social Sciences > Faculty of Education
Depositing User:	miss lydia lydia
Date Deposited:	23 Sep 2019 12:50
Last Modified:	24 Sep 2019 10:48
URI:	http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/2053

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