ERIC Number: EJ1086090
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 5
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ISSN: ISSN-2222-1735
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Needful Implements in Improving the Study and Scholastic Skills of Nigerian Secondary School Students
Adegoroye, Biodun-Smith; Ajagbe, Adesina Adunfe
Journal of Education and Practice, v6 n34 p54-58 2015
Showing concern about the consistent depreciation in expected study and scholastic behaviours among Secondary School students and the trailing failure in school test and exams and public exams, the authors gathered empirical report on the chosen variables among a randomly selected 1,200 secondary school students in JSS I, II, III, SSS I, II, III in 10 rural and urban centers Secondary schools among the 141 in Ekiti State. The data came from the author designed scholastic and study skills inventory on the sample. The result indicated a no significant different in the poor level of scholastic and study skills among the population. Recommendations were in the direction of the need to launching and begin the practice of the "STAR" program (Oana, 1981) by counsellors in the secondary schools as a means of reversing the trend of the unhealthy development.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Study Skills, Skill Analysis, Academic Ability, Gender Differences, Predictor Variables, Student Surveys
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Nigeria
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