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STUDY ATTITUDE AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN BIOLOGY AT SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL IN MUBI METROPOLIS OF ADAMAWA STATE
Abstract- This study examined the study attitude and academic achievement in Biology at secondary school level in Mubi metropolis of Adamawa State. The population of the students was all students in public secondary schools in Mubi metropolis of Adamawa State, out of which a sample size of three hundred was drawn through stratified sampling technique. The research instrument for data collection was self-developed by the researcher. The validity of the instrument titled “Study Attitude and Academic Achievement in Biology at Secondary School Level Questionnaire” was carried out by an expert in Counselling Department, while t-test reliability method was used to carry out the reliability of the instrument, and the reliability co-efficient was 0.85. Data were analyzed using mean, Pearson moment correlation coefficient and t-test statistics. Students generally have a favourable attitude towards Biology. Attitude towards Biology is influenced by the perception and beliefs about Biology, learning abilities and competence in Biology and the previous performance and rankings in Biology in schools where the later poses a negative influence. The attitudes of the students also influence their confidence level in Biology mostly in terms of their feeling about getting good grades, tackling tasks and their desire to pursue Biology related courses in the future. It was concluded that achievements in Biology mostly can be attributed to the students attitude towards the subject, school environments, abilities, future interest, personal effort. It was recommended that school administration should advantageously make use of the learners’ positive attitude to create a strong inclination and culture of Biology as a subject in secondary schools where the students can score favourably like in any other subject and the curriculum designers and the teachers should articulate well on the usefulness and applicability of Biology in general so that students create positive minds towards the subject and subsequently strive to improve in the subject.
Index Terms- Study attitude; study habit; factors; study skills and academic achievement.