INFLUENCE OF INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

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INFLUENCE OF INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

ABSTRACT

This study explored the influence of individual differences influences students’ performance in schools by examining the influence of socioeconomic status, environment, heredity and gender differences on the academic performance of secondary school students in Abeokuta.
A sample of two hundred and forty students both male and female at Junior Secondary School level in Ilorin that participated in the study,
was drawn across 12 selected secondary schools in Ilorin metropolis using systematic sampling technique. A researcher made
questionnaire titled “The influence of individual differences on academic performance” having 0.67 reliability co-efficient was used to elicit
data. The data collected were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation and t-test statistics.
Results indicated that there is relationship between the varied students’ environment and academic performance. It was also found that
gender had influence on their academic performance.
It was recommended among others that teachers should bear the individual differences of their students in mind in the teaching and
learning process. Guidance and counseling centres should also be encouraged in secondary schools so that the students can be properly
guided on ways to harness their individual differences properly

INFLUENCE OF INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

INFLUENCE OF INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS