Instructional Facilities, Lecturers’ Indices, Attitude and Time Management as Determinants of Students’ Academic Achievement in Keyboarding in Colleges of Education, Southwest, Nigeria
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2023-12
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Lead City University
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Students’ poor academic achievement has been a great concern to the stakeholders in Business Education, especially with performance in Keyboarding in Colleges of Education in Southwest, Nigeria. This signifies a critical setback to Business Education in particular and economic growth in general. This study investigates possible causes that could serve as determining factors to poor students’ academic achievement in Keyboarding in Colleges of
Education in Southwest, Nigeria. Five research questions were raised and five hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Descriptive research design of survey type was used for the study. The population consisted of Business Education students and their lecturers in Colleges of Education in Southwest, Nigeria. The sample size consisted of 600 students who have completed required BED courses and 70 lecturers. Data were collected using the adopted NCCE Checklist and standardised questionnaires. The instrument has a reliability coefficient of 0.87. Research questions were analysed with descriptive statistics using mean ( ?ത ) and standard deviation while the hypotheses were analysed with inferential statistics using Multiple Regression Analysis and t-test at 0.05 significant level. Findings revealed that instructional facilities availability was below NCCE requirement (˂ 100%), adequacy
was moderate (?ത = 3.11; SD = 0.91) while utilization was very high (?ത = 3.51; SD = 0.81). Lecturers’ indices were moderate ( ?ത = 2.06; SD = 0.83), students’ time management was moderate (?ത = 3.06, SD = 0.91), students’ academic achievement was average (69%) while there was negative attitude of students towards Keyboarding ( ?ത = 2.70; SD =0.96). All formulated hypotheses were significant with adequacy and time management (F(2, 597) =602.096, R2 = 0.669, Adjusted R2 = 0.667), on relative influence, time management (β = - 0.134, t = -0.624); adequacy (β = 0.951, t = 4.434), on joint influence, adequacy, students’ attitude and time management (F(3, 596) = 406.778, R2 = 0.672, Adjusted R2 = 0.670), academic staff indices and utilisation (β = 0.307, t = 2.723, β = 0.562, t = 4.996) while institution ownership difference (federal (?ത = 3.18, SD = 0.47), state (?ത = 2.41, SD = 0.65), (F(1, 598) = 279.928), all significant at 0.05). It was concluded that instructional facilities, lecturers’ indices, students’ attitude and time management all have significant impact on students’ academic achievement. The study therefore, recommends that there should be strict compliance to the BMAS while NCCE should ensure adequate supervision of all Colleges of Education in the country.
Keywords: Instructional Facilities, Students’ Attitude, Time Management, Lecturers’ Indices, Academic Achievement
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Instructional Facilities, Students’ Attitude, Time Management, Lecturers’ Indices, Academic Achievement