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    Contributory influence of pre admission qualifications and demographic factors of federal colleges of agriculture students on their attitude towards mathematics courses.
    (The Faculty of Education Univeristy of Lagos Akoka-Lagos, Nigeria, 2013-01) Adeleke, J. O.; Appah, O. R.
    Over the years many researchers have sought to find out the factors that affect students' attitude towards mathematics To some students, mathematics is a difficult subject which ought not to be made compulsory. Despite the importance of mathematics in the colleges of agriculture, the attitude of the students to mathematics has not changed significantly. The observed attitude is likely explainable by the students' demographic factors and their pre admission qualification. This study, therefore, investigated students' demographic factors (i.e sex of the student, age of the students, father's highest qualification, mother's highest qualification, father's occupation, mother's occupation) and pre admission qualification and unified tertiary matriculation examination score) as predictors of their attitude towards mathematics This study is a survey type that adopted correlational approach. Four hundred and four (404) students of the colleges that sat for 2010 UTME and were admitted into Federal College of Forestry Ibadan and Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology Ibadan were used for this study. Data was collected using Score Sheets for UTME SSCE scores. and Attitude Towards Mathematics Questionnaire (Cronbach Alpha Reliability Coefficient = 0.87).The data collected was analysed using multiple regression. The result showed that the students' demographic factors and the pre admission qualification jointly accounted for 5.5% of attitude towards mathematics. The findings of this study also revealed that among all the independent variables, only UTME scores (β= .170; t = 3.401; p
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    Pre-admission qualification and demographic factors of year one national dipoloma students of federal colleges of agriculture as precursors of achievement in mathematics
    (2011-06) Adeleke, J. O.; Appah, O. R.
    Mathematics serves as a strong reinforcement to most courses offered in Federal Colleges of Forestry and Federal Colleges of Animal Health and Production Technology. Despite the importance of mathematics in colleges of agriculture, students' achievement in mathematics courses was not impressive. The observed performance could be explained by students' demographic factors and pre-admission qualification. This study investigated students' demographic factors (sex, age, fathers' highest qualification and occupation as well as mothers' highest qualification and occupation) and pre-admission qualification (senior secondary certificate examination and unified tertiary matriculation examination) as precursors of their cognitive achievement in mathematics. This study adopted correlational approach. Four hundred and four students of the colleges that sat for 2010 UTME and admitted into Federal College of Forestry Ibadan and Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology Ibadan were used for the study. Data was collected from the colleges using students record files and achievement test in mathematics (difficulty level ranging from 0.4 to 0.5 and reliability coefficient = 0.83). The data was analysed using Frequencies, percentages/ and multiple regression analysis. The result showed that the highest percentage of students, 33.9 per cent scored between 40 and 50 per cent,17.6 per cent failed while only 5.2 per cent scored 70 per cent and above. The independent variables regresses against achievement in mathematics had composite influence on achievement in mathematics (R = .347 and Adjusted R2=0.102; F(8,390) =6.673;P<.05). It was alaso found that only UTME scores (β=.155;t=2.984; p<0.05) and mothers' occupation(β=-.176:t=-3.528: p<0.05) were significant factors that influenced achievement in mathematics. Based on findings, it is recommended that institutions should inisist students obtain the required minimum UTME scores becauser it will go a long way in supporting them to achieve greater performance in their intended courses of study at the higher level.