IMPACT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN BIOLOGY
Abstract
The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of community resources on the academic
performance of secondary school students in Biology in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area. The
design adopted for the study was Quasi-experimental research design. Two schools Obio/Akpor
Local Government Area were randomly selected for the study, which are; Community Secondary
School, Rumuepirikom and Community Secondary School, Ogbogoro. In each school, SS2 A
class was selected and using a coin, the two classes were assigned experimental and control
groups respectively. The sample size of the study consists of 153 students. The instruments used
for data collection were Biology Performance Test (BPT) developed by the researcher. Validity
and reliability of the instrument were established. Cronbach alpha and Kuder-Richardson
formular (K-R20) to obtain correlation coefficient values of 0.76 and 0.82 for BPT and
QCR respectively. The data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation for research
questions and t-test for hypothesis. The findings of the study show that the available community
resources were health center, farm, garden and zoo, creek and ponds. The museum was not
available. It also revealed that available community resources were not adequately utilized by
Biology teachers. Finally, use of community resources has a positive impact on the academic
achievement of Biology students. Further test for gender difference in achievement, showed no
significant difference. It was recommended among others, that teachers should incorporate
community resources into their teaching Biology in secondary schools.
Keywords: Community, Resources, Performance, Biology, Students, Academic.
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