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International Journal of Learning and Teaching

The main objective of the study was to examine the moral decadence as a potential predictor of st... more The main objective of the study was to examine the moral decadence as a potential predictor of students’ academic performance in some selected senior high schools in the Kumasi Metropolis. Descriptive survey design was used for the study. A multistage sampling procedures namely purposive sampling, proportional sampling and simple random sampling procedures were used in the selection of the sample. A total of 338 respondents were drawn from three senior high schools in the Kumasi Metropolis. Exploratory factor analysis was done to validate the instrument as well as simple linear regression was used to test the hypothesis. Through principal component analysis (PCA), the Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin yielded a value of .636, exceeding the recommended value of .6 and Bartlett’s Test of Sphericity reached statistical significance χ2(78) =360.171, p = .000), supporting the factorability of the correlation matrix. The pattern structure and the commonalities results were both inspected. Items that had...

International Journal of Learning and Teaching, 2022

The quality of students’ academic achievement (AA) determines the effectiveness in the College of... more The quality of students’ academic achievement (AA) determines the effectiveness in the College of Education (CoE). In the educational sector, resolving low confidence or attachment issues that affect AA may necessitate addressing self-esteem. The main purpose of the study was to examine self-esteem (SE) as a predictor of students’ AA in the CoE in Ghana. The descriptive cross-sectional survey design within the positivist paradigm was employed. Multi-stage sampling procedures were used in the sample selection process. In all, 325 students were selected from six CoE to participate in the study. The questionnaire was used to collect data from the respondents and was tested using inferential statistics (Structural Equation Model, and Moderation analysis). The findings showed that SE predicted students’ AA. The result discovered that gender does not moderate the relationship between SE and AA of the students. Keywords: Academic Achievement (AA); CoE; Gender; Self-Esteem (SE).

International Journal of Scientific and Management Research, 2022

The study examined how personality trait relates to academic achievement of College of Education ... more The study examined how personality trait relates to academic achievement of College of Education students in Ghana. The descriptive cross-sectional survey design within the positivist paradigm was employed. A multi-stage sampling procedures were used in the sample selection process. In all, 325 students were selected from six Colleges of Education to participate in the study. An instrument was used to collect the data from the respondents and was tested using inferential statistics such Structural Equation Model and Process Analysis. The findings showed that extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness and neuroticism were not predictors of academic achievement of the students. Openness to experience was the only predictor of students’ academic achievement. The result discovered that gender does not moderate the relationship between subdimensions of personality trait and academic achievement of the students. The study recommended that school officials, educators, and parents shoul...

International Journal of Social Sciences & Educational Studies, 2021