An Investigation into Students performances in Science and Mathematics Examinations in Three Secondary Schools in Sokoto Metropolis

Abstract

An investigation into students performances in Science and Mathematics was conducted. Three selected secondary Schools formed the sample of the study. Mock and Wasc examination results in science and mathematics of One thousand one hundred and ninety-three (1193) students are the variables used for the investigation. The investigator developed and tested four hypotheses so as to find out the relationships between the students performances in science and mathematics examinations. The IBM 3600 Computer was employed to calculate the means, standard deviations, coefficient of correlations of the data collected" Similarly, the computer was used for the analysis of variance amongst the students performances in science and mathematics mock and wasc examinations. 

The results of the findings reveal that:

1. There is a high positive correlation between students performances in mock and wasc science and mathematics examinations.

2. There is a high positive correlation between students performances in science and mathematics examinations.

3. Nagarta College Sokoto (boys - single secondary school) performed significantly better than Government Technical College Farfaru (boys - single secondary school) as well as Government Girls College Sokoto (Girls - single seoondary school).

4. Mathematics ability is an essential factor for better understanding of science subjects. 

Finally, some discussions on the results of the finding resulted into recommendations on how to improve both the tea~hing and students performances in science and mathematics examinations.