ASSESSMENT OF THE LEVEL OF ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF METALWORK TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS IN TECHNICAL COLLEGES IN SOUTH-SOUTH, NIGERIA
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Assessment, Academic Performance, Metalwork Technology and Technical CollegesAbstract
This study investigated the levels of academic performance of metalwork technology students in technical colleges in South-South, Nigeria. One research question was raised to guide the study and a descriptive research design was used for the study. The population of the study was drawn from technical colleges in South-South states of Nigeria, and a stratified sampling technique was used to sample 880 vocational II and III students. The instruments used for data collection was a Metalwork Technology Performance Test, the instrument consisted of adapted past questions from National Business and Technical Examination Board, which has been validated by experts of metalwork technology. The reliability coefficient of the instrument was established using Cronbach Alpha that yielded a reliability coefficient of .92 and the instrument was administered to the respondents with the aid of trained research assistants. Percentage was used to answer the research question and t-test was used to test the only hypothesis. The findings revealed low level of academic performance of students in metalwork technology and there was a significant difference between in the levels of academic performance between male and female students in metalwork technology in technical colleges. Based on the findings, the following recommendations were made; qualified and experienced technical workshop instructors should be recruited to teach metalwork students, regular professional development programme on current teaching methodologies should be provided to the instructors to improve the academic performance of students, among others.
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