FAMILY TYPES AND UPPER BASIC SCHOOL STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN ISLAMIC STUDIES, IN ADAMAWA STATE, NIGERIA
Keywords:
Family types, Monogamous, Polygamous, Academic performance, StudentsAbstract
This study investigated the influence of family types (monogamous and polygamous) on Upper Basic School Students’ Academic Performance in Islamic Studies in Adamawa State, Nigeria. Descriptive research of correlational type was employed. The population for this study comprised all the students of Islamic Studies in the Upper-Basic Schools in Adamawa State. The target population consisted of all the Upper-Basic School III students of Islamic Studies in the State. The sampled size comprised 1,110 students drawn from 436 Upper-Basic Schools in the three Senatorial Districts of Adamawa State. One research question was raised and answered. One hypothesis was postulated and tested. The instruments used for data collection are Family Types Questionnaire (FTQ) and a Researcher-designed Proforma (RDP). It was assumed that the Upper Basic Examination which yielded the students’ performance had been validated by the Ministry of Education. The reliability of the instrument was ascertained through test re-test method and reliability index of 0.86 was obtained. Percentage indices was used to answer research question raised while Chi-square statistics was used to test the only hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study showed that: Six hundred and eighty-eight, 688 (61.98%) of the study sample were within the low-level academic performance while four hundred and twenty-two 422 (38.02%) were within the high level of academic performance. The Study concluded among others that that there was significant difference in the academic performance of Upper Basic School Students in Islamic Studies in Adamawa State based on family types. It was therefore, recommended among others that all students, irrespective of their family types, should be encouraged to work harder in their performance.
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