TRENDS IN ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN COMPUTER STUDIES IN RIVERS STATE
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secondary school students in computer studies in Rivers state from 2014-2018.
Three research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. The
research adopted the expost-facto research design. Sample size of 21,976
students in Rivers State who had enrolled and sat for computer studies
examination in the Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE)
conducted by the West African Examination Council (WAEC) from 2014 to
2018 was used for the study. The homogenous purposive sampling method was
adopted to draw the sample. The instruments used for data collection was the
already existing SSCE 2014-2018 computer studies results. The data collected
was analyzed using statistical mean scores and standard deviation for the
research questions and the independent t-test for the hypotheses. The study
found among others that the trend of academic achievements of students in
computer studies in Rivers State from 2014-2014 was above average across
the years, that there was no significant difference in the academic achievement
trend of students in SSCE 2014-2018 computer studies in Rivers State based
on gender, and that the difference in the academic achievement trend of
students in SSCE 2014-2018 computer studies in Rivers State based on school
location was significant. Based on the findings, it was recommended among
others that Government should pay serious attention to schools in rural areas
particularly in the area of resource allocation.
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