The Impact of Peer group on the Academic Performance of Primary School Pupils in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. (original) (raw)
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This study was designed and carried out to find out the influence of peer groups on the academic performance of secondary school students. To achieve this purpose, five research questions were formulated; How does peer group influence have great effect on the academic performance of students? Does peer influence have any effect on academic performance of children from broken homes? How does peer group influence have any effect on academic performance of children from broken homes? Does peer group influence have varying effects on academic performance of male and female students? What role does age play to determine the extent of peer group influence on academic performance of students? And how does the peer group utilize their time meaningfully to have positive results? The research instrument used to elicit responses for the purpose of this study was the questionnaire made up of five sections. The population sample one hundred (100) students was taken from four (4) secondary schools in Ondo West Local Government Area of Ondo State. Data were collected through the use of structural questionnaire designed by the researchers. Data collected were analysed using simple percentage. Furthermore, It is concluded that peer group have influence on the academic performance of secondary school students especially at the developmental years of adolescent. It is recommended that the school in general should ensure that there is a guidance and counselling serve within its environment to help and assist children being negatively influenced by peers and also, children students with peculiar problems especially those from broken home as they have been observed to conform more to peer pressure as compared to others from stable homes. Finally, the study found out that pupils are closer to their friends than to their teachers and parents concerning their academics and that parents monitor their children's peer group association. A significant relationship also exists between parental monitoring for homework and academic achievement. It is recommended that parents should offer psychological support to their children by way of communicating with their children about the value or utility of education, fostering educational and career aspiration in the child, linking of school work to current event, and making plans or preparations for the child's future. When students received such support, they become more determined to achieve academically.
THE INFLUENCE OF PEER GROUP ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
mweusiiiiii chafuuuuu, 2018
This study was designed and carried out to find out the influence of peer groups on the academic performance of secondary school students. To achieve this purpose, for research questions were formulated. Does peer group influence have great on the academic performance of students? Does peer influence have any effect on academic performance of children from broken homes? Does peer influence have any effect on academic performance of children from broken homes? Does peer influence have varied effects on the academic performance of male and female students? Does age determine the extent of peer group influence of academic performance of students? The research instrument used to elicit responses for the purpose of this study was the questionnaire made up of four sections. The population sample was taken from four (4) secondary schools in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State and the findings of this research study were. Peer group influence has significant effect on the academic performance of secondary school students. Peer influence has significantly varied effects on the academic performance of male and female students.
ABSTRACT This research work was carried out to examine the factors and effects of peer group influence on academic performance of Adolescent Students in Niger State. The research methodology utilizes descriptive statistics with simple numbers and percentages and correlation analysis in the analysis and synthesizing of primary sources of data collected via questionnaire, as well as diverse literature on the area of study. Chi-square was used in the testing of hypothesis posited. However, this study revealed that; peer group has a significant influence on the academic performance of adolescent students. It is therefore, recommended that, Teachers and other education practitioners and those in related professional training, need to have knowledge of the effects of peer group pressure and understanding of the issues surrounding negative peer influence to prevent negative peer group influence and be more adequately prepared to help a teenager facing negative aspects of peer pressure.
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The Impact Of Peer Groups On The Academic Achievements Of Secondary School Students
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The study investigated the relationship between peer group influence, parental psychological support and student's academic performance in junior secondary schools in Jega educational zone, Kebbi state. The study used expost factor design. Cluster and simple random sampling were used to select the sample size. Four junior secondary schools with a total population of 504 and a sample size of 217 students were drawn and used for the study. The study made use of instruments adapted from Azua, (2016). The instrument is known as Peer support inventory and parental support inventory. The academic performance was obtained from the scores in English language and mathematics from the students' end of term examinations. Two hypotheses were formulated for this study and tested using Pearson Product Moment Correlation. The findings of the study show that there is a significant relationship between peer support and academic performance of junior secondary school students (r=0.731, p=0.004), also a significant relationship exist between parental psychological support and academic performance of junior secondary school students (r=0.743, p=0.002). It is recommended that parents should actively participate and offer psychological support to their children by way of interacting with their children about peer group influence and thus, repositioning them skillfully towards excellent academic performance.
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