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VOL. 8, ISSUE 4 (2023)
Impact of mathematics competency on students' physics performance in senior secondary schools in Katsina, Nigeria
Authors
Abdulkareem Munir, Yusuf Hamisu
Abstract
The study explored the
impact of mathematics competency on students’ physics performance in senior
secondary schools in Katsina Zonal Quality Assurance, Katsina State, Nigeria.
An ex-post-factor survey research design was used for the study. The population
for this study covered all Senior Secondary III (SS III) Physics students in twelve
public senior secondary schools in Katsina Zonal Quality Assurance of Katsina
State, Nigeria, with a total number of 4,414. A simple random sampling
technique was used to select five (5) schools with total sample of 256 (112
male and 144 female) physics students. Two instruments were used for the study,
namely; Physics mock scores and Mathematics mock scores. Both the Physics and
Mathematics mock scores of the students were collected from each school
involved in selected samples. Two research questions were raised and two
research hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The research
questions were addressed using descriptive statistics such as mean and standard
deviation, and the Anova and Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) statistical
analyses were employed to evaluate the hypotheses. Findings revealed that there
was significant difference between students’ performance in physics based on
discrepancy in mathematical competency among senior secondary schools in
Katsina Zonal Quality Assurance. This finding also showed that there was
significant difference in physics academic performance of the male and female
physics students with high mathematical competency. The finding further
revealed that there was a significant impact of mathematical competency on
students’ physics performance among senior secondary schools in Katsina Zonal
Quality Assurance. Based on this findings, it was recommended that physics
students should be taught the fundamental mathematical concept related to
physics concept as a prerequisite by physics tutors before proceeding to the
teaching of physics concepts.
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Pages:31-36
How to cite this article:
Abdulkareem Munir, Yusuf Hamisu "Impact of mathematics competency on students' physics performance in senior secondary schools in Katsina, Nigeria". International Journal of Academic Research and Development, Vol 8, Issue 4, 2023, Pages 31-36
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