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Title: | A correlational study of entry qualifications and final academic performance of science education students of Kashim Ibrahim College of Education, Maiduguri |
Authors: | Popoola, B.A. Akano, R.O. |
Year: | 2000 |
Periodical: | Annals of Borno |
Volume: | 17-18 |
Pages: | 24-29 |
Language: | English |
Geographic terms: | Nigeria Northern Nigeria |
Subjects: | pupils academic achievement higher education |
Abstract: | This paper examines the relationship between students' entry qualifications and final academic performance in a tertiary institution. Entry qualifications and final Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of thirty-six science students of Kashim Ibrahim College of Education, Maiduguri (Nigeria) were collated. This spanned a period of five years, 1990 to 1994. Using a multiple regression model, the paper shows that there is no statistically significant effect of entry qualifications on final academic performance. Only 19.85 percent of the total variations are addressed by the fitted multiple regression model, thereby leaving 80.15 percent of the variations unaccounted for. This indicates that the bulk of the factors influencing final academic performance is outside the scope of entry qualifications. The results also show that English language, rather than Mathematics or any other science subject for that matter, has the greatest impact on the performances of science students. The paper concludes by highlighting some other possible determinants of students' performances in tertiary institutions. Bibliogr., sum. [Journal abstract, edited] |