ABSTRACT

This study aimed at examining the school environmental factors and students’ academic performance in physics in public secondary schools in Akwa Ibom State. Three research questions and three hypotheses were formulated. Literatures relevant to the study were reviewed under theoretical, conceptual and empirical framework. The research design employed for this study was descriptive survey design; a study population of 3169 SS2 Physics students and sample size of 90 students was employed. The instrument used for the data collection was School Environmental Factors Questionnaire (SEFQ). The instrument was validated by experts and as well tested for reliability, where a reliability co-efficient of 0.87 was obtained. Ninety (90) copies of the School Environmental Factors Questionnaire (SEFQ) were administered to the students sampled for the study. Data were collected, processed and analyzed statistically and tested for its hypothesis at 0.05 significance using Chi-square test analysis. The results obtained from the data analysis showed that there is significant influence between physical facilities and students’ academic performance in physics. There is significant influence between class size and students’ academic performance in Physics. There is significant influence between school location and students’ academic performance in Physics. Some useful recommendations were made of which one is that efforts should be made by education stakeholders to provide schools with functional facilities to help promote effective teaching and learning for students’ academic performance.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CONTENTS                                                                                                  PAGES

Title page        -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           i

Declaration     -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           ii

Certification    -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           iii

Dedication       -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           iv

Acknowledgments      -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           v

Abstract          -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           vi

Table of Contents       -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           vii

List of Tables  -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           xi

List of Appendices      -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           xii

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

1.1       Background of the Study        -           -           -           -           -           -           1

1.2       Statement of the Problem        -           -           -           -           -           -           6

1.3       Purpose of the Study  -           -           -           -           -           -           -           7

1.4       Research Question      -           -           -           -           -           -           -           7

1.5       Research Hypothesis -           -           -           -           -           -           -           8

1.6       Significance of the Study       -           -           -           -           -           -           8

1.7       Delimitation of the Study       -           -           -           -           -           -           9

1.8       Limitation of the Study          -           -           -           -           -           -           10

1.9       Definition of Terms    -           -           -           -           -           -           -           11

CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

2.1       Theoretical Framework          -           -           -           -           -           -           12

2.1.1    Social Cognitive Theory         -           -           -           -           -           -           12

2.1.2    The Broken Windows Theory -           -           -           -           -           -           15

2.2       Conceptual Framework           -           -           -           -           -           -           16

2.2.1    Concept of School Environment        -           -           -           -           -           16

2.2.2    Physical Facilities as Component of School Environment     -           -           19       

2.2.3    Class Size as a Component of School Environment               -           -           21

2.2.4    School Location as a Component of School Environment     -           -           22

2.3       Empirical Study Review         -           -           -           -           -           -           24       

2.3.1    Physical facilities and students’ performance in physics       -           -           24

2.3.2    Class Size and students’ performance in physics       -           -           -           26

2.3.3    School Location and students’ performance in physics         -           -           27

2.4       Summary of the Literature Review                -           -           -           -           29

CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHOD

3.1       Research Design         -           -           -           -           -           -           -           31       

3.2       Area of the Study                    -           -           -           -           -           -           32

3.3       population of the study           -           -           -           -           -           -           33

3.4       Sample and Sampling Technique       -           -           -           -           -           33

3.5       Instrumentation           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           34

3.6       Validation of the Instrument  -           -           -           -           -           -           35

3.7       Reliability of the Instrument   -           -           -           -           -           -           35

3.8       Scoring            -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           36

3.9       Research Procedure    -           -           -           -           -           -           -           36

3.10     Method of Data Analysis        -           -           -           -           -           -           36

CHAPTER FOUR: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

4.1       Results            -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           38       

4.1.1    Research Question One          -           -           -           -           -           -           38

4.1.2    Research Question Two          -           -           -           -           -           -           41

4.1.3    Research Question Three        -           -           -           -           -           -           42

4.2       Discussion of Results -           -           -           -           -           -           -           45

4.3       Summary of Findings             -           -           -           -           -           -           48

CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND

 RECOMMENDATIONS

5.1       Summary         -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           49

5.2       Conclusion      -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           50

5.3       Implication of the Findings    -           -           -           -           -           -           51

5.4       Recommendations      -           -           -           -           -           -           -           52

5.5       Suggestion for Further Study -           -           -           -           -           -           53

5.6       References      -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           54

5.7       Appendices     -           -           -           -           -           -           -           -           58