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Relationship Between Shs Students‘ Attitude, Motivation, Anxiety, and Achievement in the Study of Elective Mathematics

The purpose of the study was to analyze the relationship between SHS students‘ attitude, motivation, anxiety, and achievement towards the study of elective mathematics. The sample consisted of all public grade B mixed SHS 2 students doing Elective Mathematics, selected from five (5) SHSs in three municipalities, drawn from five programmes namely, General Arts, Science, Agricultural Science, Business and Technical. In all, nine hundred and sixty-seven (967) students participated in the study (595 males and 372 females). The purposive sampling technique was used to select the participants. The research designs used were descriptive survey and inferential statistical method. The tools used were achievement test and a questionnaire. The instruments were pre - tested and the construct validity was established using Cronbach alpha. The Cronbach alpha coefficients of the instruments were 0.795 for attitude, 0.791 for motivation and 0.767 for anxiety, which established the internal consistency of the instrument. The statistical tools used to analyse the research questions were Pearson‘s Product Moment Correlation and Standard Multiple Regression. Attitude, motivation and anxiety therefore, had positive significant effects on achievement. The results revealed that there were strong positive significant correlations between the achievement and each of the affective variables used. There were positive high significant correlations between each pair of affective variables. It is therefore, recommended that elective mathematics teachers and parents check attitude and motivation of the students effectively to enable them develop much desire, interest and the right attitude towards the study of elective mathematics. This will help reduce elective mathematics anxiety level among the students.

Source: UCC
Relationship between students' class attendance and their academic performance: The case of junior high schools in the Kumasi metropolis

The study examined the relationship between students’ class attendance and their academic performance. To this end, four research hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Descriptive surveys were employed for the study. A special form was designed to collect data on class attendance and academic performance from 1800 students who formed the unit of analyses. Relevant data gathered were used to test 4 hypotheses. Frequencies, percentages, means, and standard deviation were used to analyze data in the quest for testing the research hypotheses. The hypotheses were subjected to Pearson’s product moment correlation co-efficient test and the t-distribution test at an alpha level of p<0.05 for determining the strength, direction and the significance of the relationships involved in the variables The study revealed different degrees of relationships between all the variables tested without any having zero relationship. Students’ class attendance and academic performance were statistically significant on location of a school, level of academic performance and class attendance respectively. However, statistically significant difference in performance of male and female students was not caused by class attendance. Among others, it was recommended that educational authorities should come out with effective measures of ensuring students regular attendance in schools because there is a critical link between effective educational strategies and students attendance rates.

Source: UCC
The Relationship Between Students’ Achievements in Mathematics and their Performance in Economics

The study, conducted in selected senior high schools in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis of Ghana sought to investigate the relationship between students’ achievements in Mathematics and their performance in Economics. A questionnaire which contained a Test of Economics Understanding (TEU) as well as a Test of Mathematics Understanding (TMU) was used as the main instrument for data collection. Data obtained was analysed using simple frequencies and percentages, correlation and regression analysis, as well as inferential statistics. The results indicated a significant inverse association between students’ perception of Mathematics and their performance in Economics. Students’ performance in Mathematics was also found to have a positive impact on students’ performance in Economics. The study also revealed that programme of study influence significantly, students’ performance in both Economics and Mathematics. It was recommended that all Economics students at the senior high school level study Mathematics as an elective course to enable them improve their performance in Economics.

Source: UCC
Relationship between students’ morphological awareness and their reading comprehension in english language at selected basic schools in the mfantseman municipality, ghana

There have been grievances by educational stakeholders that the standard of English in Ghana is falling at all levels of education in the country. Studies conducted to assess the link between morphological awareness and reading comprehension among students in Ghana are scanty; especially, among basic school students. The present study examined the relationship between morphological awareness and reading comprehension among basic school students in the Mfantseman Municipality of Ghana. The study was quantitative in nature, and employed the correlational research design. The proportional random sampling technique was used to select 317 participants from 14 basic schools in the Mfantseman Municipality. The Comprehension Achievement Test (RCAT) and the Morphological Awareness Test were used to collect data from the participants. Two-independent sample t-test, and the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient were used to analyse the data. No statistically significant difference in morphological awareness of male and female students was found. Also, no statistically significant difference between male and female students, with respect to reading comprehension, was revealed. Finally, a statistically significant positive relationship was found between morphological awareness and reading comprehension. It was concluded that male and female students were not diffirent relative to competence in morphology and reading comprehension. It was then recommended that teachers should give equal attention to both genders. Suggestions were made for further studies.

Source: UCC
Relationship Between Students’ Perception of Deficit Needs and Academic Performance of Senior High School Students in the Techiman North District

The study investigated the relationship between students’ perception of deficit needs and their academic performance in the Techiman North District. The study was nested in Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Theory. In the quest of achiebving the purpose of the study, correlational research design was adopted for the study. The targeted population was all the students from the five public Senior High Schools in the Techiman North District. The accessible population was the second year students from the five public SHS in the Techiman North District. The stratified and simple random sampling techniques were employed to sample 290 respondents from 1,171 students. Five Needs Satisfaction Measure Scale and test scores in the four core subjects were used to ascertain the perception of deficit needs and the academic performance of the respondents respectively. It was established that esteem needs and safety needs predicted the academic performance of students’ more than other deficit needs. Results from the study suggested that psychological needs have a statistically significant positive but low relationship with academic performance. However, the study did not establish a statistically significant relationship between safety needs and the academic performance of students. A statistical significant relationship was established between the perception of esteem needs and academic performance. It is recommended that school authorities should place much emphasis on the physiological needs of students to help them improve on their academic performance as the study has established significant relationship between perception of Physiological needs and academic performance.

Source: UCC
Relationship between students’ perception of the internal dynamics of their collaborative learning contexts, effort made and academic performance.

The major thrust of the study was to find out the relationship between students’ perception of the internal dynamics of their collaborative learning context, effort made and their academic performance in E.P. College of Education, Bimbilla. One hundred and fifty students from the college were selected for the study through the purposive sampling technique. Questionnaire was used to obtain brief demographic information such as gender and age necessary for the study and the research questions. The correlation between students’ performance in English, Mathematics, and Science on one hand, and their perception of the internal dynamics of collaborative learning context on the other hand was compared. SPSS computer software was used for the data analysis. The Pearson Product Moment Correlation was used to analyze data for the correlations because all the data were measured on six point likert-scale. Although most respondents had high positive perception (90%) about the internal dynamics of their collaborative learning context, there was no correlation between academic performance and the internal dynamics variables except in the case of equal participation versus performance in science which has a correlation of 0.231, significant at 0.05. Academic self-efficacy was found to be moderately related to the way students perceived the internal dynamics of their collaborative learning context. It was also found that students’ academic effort and grades in Mathematics, English and Science were hardly related.

Source: UCC
Relationship between Study Habits and Academic Performance among Junior High School Pupils in Akuapem Ghana: Implications for Counselling

The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between study habits and academic performance of junior high school pupils in Akuapem South District of Ghana. Correlational research design was used in the study. The target population of this study subsumes all pupils in public junior high schools in Akuapem South District of Eastern Region of Ghana. A total of 302 JHS pupils within the district were sampled to participate in the study using simple random and proportional sampling technique. The respondents were measured with a questionnaire adapted from Essuman study habits inventory and the average of their three terms academic results. Data were collected and analyzed using regression analysis. The study showed that time management, pupils’ engagement in assignment, examination taking practices, reading and memorization and note-taking all positively correlated academic performance of pupils. It was concluded that study habit is an essential ingredient for better academic performance. It was recommended that guidance and counselling should be encouraged by school management in various schools in the district to meet pupil’s needs in terms of those who cannot study properly. The school counsellors should provide the necessary assistance and psychological support to such pupils to overcome obstacles they face in learning at home and school.

Source: UCC
The relationship between sustainable development and resource use from a geographic perspective

Geography provides the basic building blocks or the study of resource use and sustainable development, inasmuch as it categorizes the human environment. Within the environment are resources that are needed or the survival of society resources are largely limited and nite, humans as agents of change must employ techniques that allow an efficient and lasting use of the available resources in their environment. This paper discusses the nexus between geography, resource exploitation, use, and sustainable development. t also discusses the characteristics, types, and classification of resources, development and sustainable development as well as the challenges and strategies or attaining sustainable development, particularly in developing countries

Source: UCC
Relationship Between Teacher Job Satisfaction and Productivity in the Asante Akim South District of the Ashanti Region of Ghana

The aim of this study was to assess how basic school teachers’ job satisfaction relates to their productivity in the Asante Akim South District of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The descriptive design was employed in conducting the study. The population covered all the Basic School teachers in the Asante Akim South District. The sample size was 217, made up of 179 males and 38 females. A questionnaire was used to collect data from respondents. Data analysis was done, using frequency and percentage counts as well as the Pearson Product Moment correlation. Key findings of the study indicated that majority (71.9%) of the respondents perceived that the government’s District Best Teacher award scheme only motivates a few teachers at the expense of the majority of teachers. Teachers’ level of job satisfaction shows a strong positive correlation with teacher productivity (r = 0.870, p = 0.020). In order to enhance teacher job satisfaction and productivity, it was recommended that the District Best Teacher award scheme should be made to cover at least 20% of teachers in the district instead of an individual so that majority of them would not feel unmotivated, neglected and unrecognized. Government should make teacher promotions and salaries relatively equitable and competitive with that of workers in other analogous institutions in the country in order to enhance their job satisfaction and productivity.

Source: UCC
Relationship between teachers' expectations and students' achievement in junior high schools in the Mfantseman municiplity

Teachers in the classroom portray varying degrees of expectation levels in terms of students’ achievement. The way that a teacher feels toward the ability of a student can greatly impact the academic growth of that student. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between teachers’ expectations and students’ achievement in junior high schools in the Mfantseman Municipality of the Central Region of Ghana. The study was a correlational one. The unit of analysis was the school not the individual. In all, 36 schools were selected for the study comprising 18 rural schools and 18 urban schools in the municipality. A total of 205 respondents were randomly selected from the 36 schools. They responded to teachers’ and headteachers’ questionnaires on their expectations for their schools and the students’ in their schools. The BECE result of 2007/08 was used proxy for students’ achievement. Descriptive statistics, Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient, Point biserial correlation coefficient and the one-way ANOVA were used to analyse the data of the study. From this study, no significant relationships exist between teachers’ expectations and students’ achievement in junior high schools in the Mfantseman Munnicipality. Although weak correlations were found between the variables, it was recommended that in-service training should be organized for heads and teachers of Junior High Schools to sensitize them on the possible unconscious biases.

Source: UCC
The relationship between teachers’ ICT competency and academic performance of students in Information and Communication Technology in East Akim Municipality.

Advances in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT’s) are changing the way people share, use, and process information. Overtime, students’ academic performance had been used to determine excellence in teacher teaching. This study was conducted to investigate the relationship between teachers’ ICT competency and students’ performance in ICT in East Akim Municipality in the Eastern Region of Ghana. It also sought to find out whether availability of ICT resources have influence on students’ performance. In the study, 19 public Junior High Schools were sampled from 67 schools. Questionnaire was employed for data collection from the total sample of 322 students and 19 teachers of ICT. Descriptive research design was selected for quantitative research approach. The findings on the academic performance of students revealed that only 7(2.2%) out of 322 students and 9(2.8%) had a mark above 80 for term 1 and term 2 respectively. Majority of the students also rated themselves as either poor or very poor in performing computer related tasks. Most students’ performance in both practical and end of term examination were low due to the unavailability of computers in their schools. This reflected in a positive linear relationship between the availability of ICT resources (computers) and students’ academic performance. The null hypothesis H0 was rejected at 0.05 level of significance with p = 0.032. The level of teachers’ ICT competence on the six UNESCO standards generally recorded a low mean value of 3.77. It was recommended that teachers who do not have the required ICT qualification and practical skills in ICT usage should seek training to enable them competently and confidently use them in teaching the subject.

Source: UCC
Relationship between teachers’ self-efficacy and classroom management practices in the Kwahu West Junior High Schools.

The study sought to examine the relationship between teachers’ self-efficacy and their classroom management practices among public Junior High School teachers in the Kwahu West Municipality. The descriptive survey design was used for the study. Proportional sampling and simple random sampling procedures were used to select a total sample of 217 respondents for the study. Two sets of questionnaires were employed for the study. The Tschannen-Moran and Woolfolk Hoy teacher self-efficacy scale (TSES) was adapted and a structured questionnaire on classroom management practices were used for the study. Frequencies and percentages, Mean and standard deviation, Pearson Product Moment Correlation and Independent sample t-test were used to analyse the data for the study. The results showed a statistically significant moderate positive correlation between teachers’ self-efficacy and classroom behaviour management practices. The study also revealed a statistically significant moderate positive correlation between teachers’ self-efficacy and instructional management practices as well as between teachers’ self-efficacy and student classroom engagement practices. The study recommends that the Ghana Education Service organise training programmes for teachers to receive more training in the fields of self-efficacy and classroom management practices to yield higher outcomes in the classroom management.

Source: UCC
Relationship Between Teachers‟ Expectations and Junior High School Students‟ Learning Behaviour in the Aowin Municipality in Ghana”

This study explores the relationship that exists between teachers‟ expectations and students learning behaviour in the Aowin Municipality. This study seeks to offer another way possible for improving students learning behaviour in the Aowin Municipality by considering the “relationship between teachers‟ expectations” and students learning behaviour in the Ghanaian context. A Correlational research design was employed for the study. “Using the Krejcie and Morgan (1970) table of sample size, a sample of 225 comprising 205 students and 20 teachers from 19 Junior High Schools in the Aowin Municipality was used.” A multi stage sampling method is adopted and used for conducting the study. An adapted Teacher Expectations questionnaire by Gallahar (2009), “with reliability coefficient” of 0.87 was used for the study. The data was quantitatively analysed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). The findings revealed that teachers have high expectations; and that some expectations are dominantly expressed by the teachers. Teachers‟ expectations were seen to have reflected in the students‟ learning behaviours. The findings on the relationship between teacher expectation and students‟ learning behaviour, though not significant, it was concluded that what teachers expect of their students may have some form of influence on the learning behaviours of students. It is therefore recommended that the school authorities should regulate the kind of expectations teachers give their students. For instance the head teacher can have the general expectations for the school as well as specific classroom expectations by the individual class teachers. This can be read or pasted to keep reminding the students of what is expected of them.

Source: UCC
The relationship between work-family conflict and organizational commitment among the medical practitioners in Cape Coast

This study examined the relationship of Work family conflict on organizational commitment among medical practitioners in Cape coast metropolis. The purpose of the study is to examine the relationship between WFC and affective commitment, WFC and continuance commitment and WFC and normative commitment. There were one predictor variable, work family conflict and one criterion variable, organizational commitment. Both variables were measured through questionnaires and interviews. WFC was measured through WFC scale and organizational commitment was measured through organizational commitment scale. These questionnaires were distributed among the respondents. Both qualitative and quantitative research methods were used. Out of 271 questionnaires distributed 250 questionnaires were retrieved with response rate of 92.2%. The results were processed with SPSS v 20 and analyzed with ANOVA. The results of the study revealed that WFC existed among the respondents, however it had a positive relationship with Affective commitment, Continuance commitment and Normative commitment among medical practitioners. It is recommended that hospital managements should consider the factors leading to work family conflicts and reduce those factors by introducing work -life balance policies such as flexible working hours.

Source: UCC
Relationship Marketing, Brand Image and Customer Retention in Grocery Retail Enterprises in Cape Coast Metropolis

The study examined the influence of relationship marketing on customer retention among grocery retail enterprises in the Cape Coast Metropolis through the mediating role of brand image. Specifically, three research objectives were investigated; to analyse the influence of relationship marketing on customer retention; to examine the influence of brand image on customer retention; and to assess the mediating role of brand image in the relationship between relationship marketing and customer retention among grocery retail stores in Cape Coast Metropolis. The study relied on the quantitative approach and explanatory design. A structured questionnaire was used to gather data from a sample of 203 respondents at the selected retail shops. The data was then processed using the IBM SPSS Statistics (version 25) and analysed using inferential statistics through PLS-SEM. The study found that relationship marketing and brand image had a significant influence on customer retention. The study also found that brand image partially mediated the relationship between relationship marketing and customer retention among grocery retail stores in Cape Coast Metropolis. The study, therefore, recommends that retailers in the bit to excel in the competitive environment should first pay attention to the brand image of products they combine to offer the market and second, develop a system such as customer automation to improve on relationship marketing.

Source: UCC