Browsing by Author "Raji, M. A. A."

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The predictive power of junior secondary school (SSS) achievement in Epe local government area of Lagos state
(2010) Onuka, A. O. U.; Raji, M. A. A.; Onabamiro, A. T.
This study examined the predictive power of JSS achievement on SSS achievement in Epe local government area in Lagos state. The population for the study consisited of all the twenty-five secondary schools in Epe local government area of Lagos state. From these schools, six were randomly selected. The senior secondary schools certificate results from computer sheets for the year 2008 and the corresponding junior secondary school certificate computer results of year 2005 were collected from the selected schools. The data were extracted from the computer sheets and analysed using linear correlation and correlation matrix. Results showed that there was significant relationship between the overall performance of the JSS achievement and overall performance of the SSS achievement. Out of the nine subjects correlated, five significantly correlated: Soc. studies (r=0.346;P<0.01); Bus studies(r=0.598;P<0.01);IRK(r=0.280; P<0.05); CRK(r=0.417;P<0.01) Agric (r=0.199;P<0.05) while four did not. It was recommended that since the achievement in JSS positively correlated with the achievement in SSS, students should not wait until they got to the senior secondary before they begin to be serious with their studies. Government should also encourage teachers to put in their best to make sure that much is imparted on the students' right from the junior secondary level
Students’ Performance in Public Examinations, Home Background and School Factors as Determinants of Performance in University Examinations in the Southwest of Nigeria
(2013) Raji, M. A. A.
The confidence in the validity of public examination results in predicting undergraduates‟ academic ability in Nigerian universities had drastically reduced. Studies have shown divergent findings on the predictive validity of public examinations but there seem to be a dearth of studies on the cumulative predictive validity of the public examinations of students‟ achievement at the university level. This study, therefore, investigated the causal effects of Junior Secondary School Certificate Examination (JSSCE), Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE), Universities Matriculations Examinations (UME) scores, home background and school factors on the Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of first year students in selected South-west Universities. The study was an ex-post facto research. Multi-stage sampling technique was used to select the samples. Random sampling was used to select two states from the South-west while universities were clustered along public and private ownership. Two universities each were randomly selected from each cluster. Five faculties from which a department each was chosen were randomly selected. One hundred participants were randomly sampled from each department. Purposive sampling was used to select participants who graduated from secondary schools within the South-west, Nigeria. The sample was 988 first year undergraduates. Two instruments were adapted namely, Student Home Background Questionnaire (SHBQ) (r = 0.78) and School Factors Questionnaire (SFQ) (r =0.72).Records of participants‟ JSSCE, SSCE, UME and CGPA were obtained. Five research questions were answered. Data were analysed using path analytic procedures. Variations on the CGPA of students were caused by the predictors through 37 significant and meaningful pathways. Four pathways were direct while 33 were indirect. There were minimal discrepancies between the original and the reproduced correlation coefficients. The mean difference is -0.04. Among the eight variables involved in the hypothesised model, three variables: V1 (parents‟ education), V2 (parents‟ income) and V7 (SSCE results) had significant direct and indirect influence on first year CGPA of undergraduates while V3 (Home facilities), V4 (availability of physical facilities in school) and V6 (JSSCE) had indirect influence. Students’ performances in public examinations, home background and school factors cumulatively predicted students‟ performances. Furthermore, V8 (UME) had the only direct influence. The variables had the following path weights: parent education P91 = 0.147, parents‟ income P92 = 0.092, home facilities P93 = 0.064, availability of physical facilities in school P94 = 0.134, JSSCE P96 = 0.200, SSCE P97 = 0.112 and UME P98 = 0.94 Parents‟ income and parents‟ education positively determined the university undergraduates‟ performance. Parents should be encouraged to provide their wards with all needed learning materials both at home and in school to assist them improve their performances. Furthermore, government should award scholarships to indigent students to enable them purchase all the required materials for enhanced learning and the resultant improved performance. Government or the proprietors of secondary schools in Nigeria need to provide adequate infrastructure in the schools with well equipped facilities and provide competent hands to handle them
University students' perception of teacher academic integrity in a Nigerian university
(2007) Onuka, A. O. U.; Raji, M. A. A.
The paper examined the meaning of academic integrity from various perspectives and listed the components of academic integrity as found in some literature, and also the factors militating against integrity. The researchers developed and validated a 28-item checklist of what students perceive to be characteristics of teachers academic integrity. A sample of one hundred students across various strata via: ( diploma,undergraduate and postgraduate) from three Faculties and the Institute of Education was used in the study. The main findings were: The students placed high premium on teacher academic integrity, were unwilling to be given assignments, and did not want feedback so that their weakness would be unrevealed. Among the recommendations made were: that an academic integrity programme be established and the machinery for its enforcement set up such that complainants would be protected.