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The need of monitoring both students and lecturers academic performance has drawn the attention o... more The need of monitoring both students and lecturers academic performance has drawn the attention of many researchers around the globe. In recent time, studies have shown that learning outcome have predicted by many psychological factors as such, the study examine some psychological factors as predictors of students" academic performance in some selected Polytechnics in North Eastern Nigeria. Quantitative approach with correlational research design were used in the study. A sample of 416 respondents were selected through stratified and simple random sampling techniques and questionnaire was used as instrument of data collection. Interdependence theory had been adopted as theoretical framework for the study. The results revealed that not all the predicting psychological factors (students" attitude towards lecturers, studentslecturer interaction and academic self-efficacy) are contributing to academic performance. But only students" attitudes towards lecturers and student"-lecturer interaction are the two main independent variables that predict academic performance. Furthermore, based on the stepwise multiple regression analysis attitude appeared as the strongest predictor of student academic performance with 86.3% of variance (R 2 = 0.863) towards students" academic performance for the total of 416 respondents in this study. Therefore, it can be concluded that only academic selfefficacy could not predict academic performance. Based on the findings of this study, it is recommended that future research on psychological factors should adopt qualitative or mixed method approach in order to have an in depth and comprehensive understanding of factors that are related to student academic performance in Nigerian Polytechnics, since the present study adopted quantitative method.
IOSR journal of humanities and social science, 2017
This paper investigate the levels of students' academic self-efficacy beliefs and relationship be... more This paper investigate the levels of students' academic self-efficacy beliefs and relationship between academic self-efficacy with students' academic performance among final year students' in one of Nigerian Colleges of education. Questionnaire was used as the means of data collection. A total sample of 339 respondents who were stratified and randomly selected from five faculties of the College participated in the research. The respondents were between the age of 19 to 34 years old with mean age equals 23.19 (SD= 2.64). The findings revealed that, 80.82% of the respondents have higher levels of academic self-efficacy in the College. Also positive and significant relationship between academic self-efficacy beliefs with students' academic performance (r=0.342, p<0.01) were recorded. Therefore, it is recommended that students' should be exposing to the kind of self-efficacy intervention program in order for the students' to be having a kind of confidence to feel that, they can really perform well and deal with all academic related task positively, which in turn improve academic achievement of students' positively.
Malaysian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (MJSSH), Mar 24, 2017
This paper examined the influence of psychosocial factors on student's academic performance. Self... more This paper examined the influence of psychosocial factors on student's academic performance. Self-administered questionnaire was applied as the method of data collection and a sample of 339 students' from five faculties/schools in Potiskum College were chosen based on stratified and simple random sampling techniques to complete the survey. After analyzing the data collected, Person's correlation coefficient reflected that, there was a positive and significant correlation between the all four variables: students' attitudes towards lecturers, academic self-efficacy, students'-lecturers' interaction and academic performance. Moreover, multiple regression analysis by using stepwise method was conducted to estimate the prediction power of the independent variables on the dependent variable. The finding indicated that only attitude and interaction could significantly predict students' academic performance by R2=65.6%. Meaning academic self-efficacy failed to predict academic performance in present study. To conclude in this study, attitude and interaction are important factors in influencing students' academic performance positively in Potiskum College of education, Nigeria.
The study focuses on the types of teacher-student relationship in Federal Polytechnic, Damaturu,Y... more The study focuses on the types of teacher-student relationship in Federal Polytechnic, Damaturu,Yobe State, Nigeria.In the research a total of 312 respondents was selected through stratified and simple random sampling method. The findings revealed that, the most prevalence types of teacher-student relationship in the school was authoritarian (paternalistic 69.23%) while on the most effective types of teacher-student relationship therapist (89.1%) appeared as the strongest variable for smooth teacher-student relationship in the Polytechnic. The study recommend that: The management of the Polytechnic should devise an effective method of monitoring teacher student relationship; such as use of questionnaire, telephone lines for complaints from the students etc. should be exploited to elicit responses from students on their relationship with teachers. Both students and teachers should be discouraged from answering relationship on religion, family ties and personality influence. Teachers ...
This paper examined the influence of psychosocial factors on student’s academic performance. Self... more This paper examined the influence of psychosocial factors on student’s academic performance. Self- administered questionnaire was applied as the method of data collection and a sample of 339 students’ from five faculties/schools in Potiskum College were chosen based on stratified and simple random sampling techniques to complete the survey. After analyzing the data collected, Person’s correlation coefficient reflected that, there was a positive and significant correlation between the all four variables: students’ attitudes towards lecturers, academic self-efficacy, students’-lecturers’ interaction and academic performance. Moreover, multiple regression analysis by using stepwise method was conducted to estimate the prediction power of the independent variables on the dependent variable. The finding indicated that only attitude and interaction could significantly predict students’ academic performance by R2=65.6%. Meaning academic self-efficacy failed to predict academic performance ...
Introduction It is a common sense that an individual attitude can be positive or negative. Positi... more Introduction It is a common sense that an individual attitude can be positive or negative. Positive student’s attitudes towards lecturers is paramount in academic environment which make teaching and learning process very effective. Attitude is not natural, meaning not inherited through genetic rather is acquired through learning or exposure to an objects. Attitude refers to the student’s evaluation of his/her lecturer as a positive or negative during the process of teaching, learning and interaction with the lecturers. Attitudes are “learned predispositions to respond to an object or class of objects in a favorable or unfavorable way” (Fishbein, & Ajzen, 1975). Brecker and Wigging (1991, p.137) defined attitude as enduring non-verbal characteristics of social and physical world, and they are acquired through experience and exert a directive influence on behavior. The above definitions indicated that, an attitude can be acquired through experience and interaction which has an influen...
IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2017
This paper investigate the levels of students' academic self-efficacy beliefs and relationship be... more This paper investigate the levels of students' academic self-efficacy beliefs and relationship between academic self-efficacy with students' academic performance among final year students' in one of Nigerian Colleges of education. Questionnaire was used as the means of data collection. A total sample of 339 respondents who were stratified and randomly selected from five faculties of the College participated in the research. The respondents were between the age of 19 to 34 years old with mean age equals 23.19 (SD= 2.64). The findings revealed that, 80.82% of the respondents have higher levels of academic self-efficacy in the College. Also positive and significant relationship between academic self-efficacy beliefs with students' academic performance (r=0.342, p<0.01) were recorded. Therefore, it is recommended that students' should be exposing to the kind of self-efficacy intervention program in order for the students' to be having a kind of confidence to feel that, they can really perform well and deal with all academic related task positively, which in turn improve academic achievement of students' positively.
The need of monitoring both students and lecturers academic performance has drawn the attention o... more The need of monitoring both students and lecturers academic performance has drawn the attention of many researchers around the globe. In recent time, studies have shown that learning outcome have predicted by many psychological factors as such, the study examine some psychological factors as predictors of students" academic performance in some selected Polytechnics in North Eastern Nigeria. Quantitative approach with correlational research design were used in the study. A sample of 416 respondents were selected through stratified and simple random sampling techniques and questionnaire was used as instrument of data collection. Interdependence theory had been adopted as theoretical framework for the study. The results revealed that not all the predicting psychological factors (students" attitude towards lecturers, studentslecturer interaction and academic self-efficacy) are contributing to academic performance. But only students" attitudes towards lecturers and student"-lecturer interaction are the two main independent variables that predict academic performance. Furthermore, based on the stepwise multiple regression analysis attitude appeared as the strongest predictor of student academic performance with 86.3% of variance (R 2 = 0.863) towards students" academic performance for the total of 416 respondents in this study. Therefore, it can be concluded that only academic selfefficacy could not predict academic performance. Based on the findings of this study, it is recommended that future research on psychological factors should adopt qualitative or mixed method approach in order to have an in depth and comprehensive understanding of factors that are related to student academic performance in Nigerian Polytechnics, since the present study adopted quantitative method.
IOSR journal of humanities and social science, 2017
This paper investigate the levels of students' academic self-efficacy beliefs and relationship be... more This paper investigate the levels of students' academic self-efficacy beliefs and relationship between academic self-efficacy with students' academic performance among final year students' in one of Nigerian Colleges of education. Questionnaire was used as the means of data collection. A total sample of 339 respondents who were stratified and randomly selected from five faculties of the College participated in the research. The respondents were between the age of 19 to 34 years old with mean age equals 23.19 (SD= 2.64). The findings revealed that, 80.82% of the respondents have higher levels of academic self-efficacy in the College. Also positive and significant relationship between academic self-efficacy beliefs with students' academic performance (r=0.342, p<0.01) were recorded. Therefore, it is recommended that students' should be exposing to the kind of self-efficacy intervention program in order for the students' to be having a kind of confidence to feel that, they can really perform well and deal with all academic related task positively, which in turn improve academic achievement of students' positively.
Malaysian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (MJSSH), Mar 24, 2017
This paper examined the influence of psychosocial factors on student's academic performance. Self... more This paper examined the influence of psychosocial factors on student's academic performance. Self-administered questionnaire was applied as the method of data collection and a sample of 339 students' from five faculties/schools in Potiskum College were chosen based on stratified and simple random sampling techniques to complete the survey. After analyzing the data collected, Person's correlation coefficient reflected that, there was a positive and significant correlation between the all four variables: students' attitudes towards lecturers, academic self-efficacy, students'-lecturers' interaction and academic performance. Moreover, multiple regression analysis by using stepwise method was conducted to estimate the prediction power of the independent variables on the dependent variable. The finding indicated that only attitude and interaction could significantly predict students' academic performance by R2=65.6%. Meaning academic self-efficacy failed to predict academic performance in present study. To conclude in this study, attitude and interaction are important factors in influencing students' academic performance positively in Potiskum College of education, Nigeria.
The study focuses on the types of teacher-student relationship in Federal Polytechnic, Damaturu,Y... more The study focuses on the types of teacher-student relationship in Federal Polytechnic, Damaturu,Yobe State, Nigeria.In the research a total of 312 respondents was selected through stratified and simple random sampling method. The findings revealed that, the most prevalence types of teacher-student relationship in the school was authoritarian (paternalistic 69.23%) while on the most effective types of teacher-student relationship therapist (89.1%) appeared as the strongest variable for smooth teacher-student relationship in the Polytechnic. The study recommend that: The management of the Polytechnic should devise an effective method of monitoring teacher student relationship; such as use of questionnaire, telephone lines for complaints from the students etc. should be exploited to elicit responses from students on their relationship with teachers. Both students and teachers should be discouraged from answering relationship on religion, family ties and personality influence. Teachers ...
This paper examined the influence of psychosocial factors on student’s academic performance. Self... more This paper examined the influence of psychosocial factors on student’s academic performance. Self- administered questionnaire was applied as the method of data collection and a sample of 339 students’ from five faculties/schools in Potiskum College were chosen based on stratified and simple random sampling techniques to complete the survey. After analyzing the data collected, Person’s correlation coefficient reflected that, there was a positive and significant correlation between the all four variables: students’ attitudes towards lecturers, academic self-efficacy, students’-lecturers’ interaction and academic performance. Moreover, multiple regression analysis by using stepwise method was conducted to estimate the prediction power of the independent variables on the dependent variable. The finding indicated that only attitude and interaction could significantly predict students’ academic performance by R2=65.6%. Meaning academic self-efficacy failed to predict academic performance ...
Introduction It is a common sense that an individual attitude can be positive or negative. Positi... more Introduction It is a common sense that an individual attitude can be positive or negative. Positive student’s attitudes towards lecturers is paramount in academic environment which make teaching and learning process very effective. Attitude is not natural, meaning not inherited through genetic rather is acquired through learning or exposure to an objects. Attitude refers to the student’s evaluation of his/her lecturer as a positive or negative during the process of teaching, learning and interaction with the lecturers. Attitudes are “learned predispositions to respond to an object or class of objects in a favorable or unfavorable way” (Fishbein, & Ajzen, 1975). Brecker and Wigging (1991, p.137) defined attitude as enduring non-verbal characteristics of social and physical world, and they are acquired through experience and exert a directive influence on behavior. The above definitions indicated that, an attitude can be acquired through experience and interaction which has an influen...
IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2017
This paper investigate the levels of students' academic self-efficacy beliefs and relationship be... more This paper investigate the levels of students' academic self-efficacy beliefs and relationship between academic self-efficacy with students' academic performance among final year students' in one of Nigerian Colleges of education. Questionnaire was used as the means of data collection. A total sample of 339 respondents who were stratified and randomly selected from five faculties of the College participated in the research. The respondents were between the age of 19 to 34 years old with mean age equals 23.19 (SD= 2.64). The findings revealed that, 80.82% of the respondents have higher levels of academic self-efficacy in the College. Also positive and significant relationship between academic self-efficacy beliefs with students' academic performance (r=0.342, p<0.01) were recorded. Therefore, it is recommended that students' should be exposing to the kind of self-efficacy intervention program in order for the students' to be having a kind of confidence to feel that, they can really perform well and deal with all academic related task positively, which in turn improve academic achievement of students' positively.