COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF STUDENT’S PERFORMANCE IN ISLAMIC AND CHRISTIAN STUDIES IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY OF IDO L.G.A, OYO STATE)
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Academic attainment is stimulation a central issue of government, parents, teachers and community in general. Nowadays, the worry with the subject of
refining academic performance has also improved. Research revealed a significant relationship between socio-psychological variables (such as; Interest,
motivation and self-efficacy) and academic performance (Adeyemu, 2005). Interest is referred as a content-exact motivational distinctive formed of inherent
sensation-related and worth-related valences. It one identified as one of the important motivational constructs that influence students’ engagement and achievement in learning (Shen & Chen, 2006). The findings from various studies point out the position of interest for the complexity of text comprehension, the practice of learning strategies, as well as the quality of the expressive experience while learning (Ulrich, 1991).
