Environmental variables and academic performance of junior secondary school student’s in basic science in Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria

Abstract

The main purpose of this paper was to evaluate the extent to which Environmental variables influences secondary school students’ academic performance in Basic Science in Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State. To achieve the purpose of this study, two research questions were posed and two null hypotheses were formulated and tested at .05 level of significance. Review of literature was carried out according to the sub-variables of the study. The study adopted the descriptive survey design. The population of the study is restricted to all junior secondary three (JSS 3) students in Calabar south L.G.A. of Cross River State with a population of 1830, comprising of 912 males and 918 females respectively. The instrument was “Basic Science Performance Test (BSPT)”. Face and content validity of the instrument was done by the supervisors and three experts in Test and Measurement Department Faculty of Education University of Calabar. Kuder Richardson formula 20. (KR-20) was used to determine the reliability of the instruments. From the administered test (BSPT), data was organized and analysed using One-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA). The findings of the study revealed that the two environmental variables used in the study significantly influences secondary school student’s academic performance in Basic Science in Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State. The researcher recommends among other things that, the government should make science education free to motivate people to go into sciences discipline which is the bedrock of every economy.