Title:
EFFECTS OF MOTIVATION PACKAGE ON SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN GEOGRAPHY IN JOS NORTH, PLATEAU STATE

Authors:
Zainab Mohammed , Dorah N. Damar Ph.D , Christian Y. Oche Ph.D and Yakubu G.Kajang Ph.D, Nigeria

Abstract:
The significance of Geography as a school subject cannot be over emphasized. Geography is a subject that teaches the interaction of man with his physical environment. Geography is regarded as an important vehicle through which environmental education can be taught, it deals with humanenvironment relationships and it is interdisciplinary and overlapping between natural sciences, social sciences and humanities. This study examined the effects of motivation package on secondary school students’ academic achievement in geography in Jos North, Plateau State, Nigeria. This research used quasi- experimental research with non-equivalent groups design. Subject of the research is all SSII Geography students of public and private senior secondary schools in Jos North Local Government Area. The stratified sampling and simple random sampling technique was employed for the study. The sample included 43 geography SS2 students from intact classes of the four sampled schools. The experimental group was made up of 8 males and 12 females while the control group was made up of 11 males and 12 females. Therefore, there are 20 and 23 students in the experimental and control group respectively. The Environmental Hazards Geography Students Achievement Test (EHGSAT) instrument was used for data collection. The t-test of independent sample was used to test hypotheses1 and 2, while Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) was used to test 3 and 4 respectively. The statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 23 was used for the analysis. The findings show that there is no significant difference between the experimental and control group pre-test geography academic achievement mean scores, there is significant difference between the experimental and control group post-test geography academic achievement mean score, there is significant difference between private and public school students on post-test geography academic achievement mean score and there is no significant difference between boys and girls on post-test geography academic achievement mean score. The study recommended training and re-training of geography teachers through series of workshops, seminars and symposia on Environmental Motivation Package in senior secondary schools among other recommendations were made.

Keywords:
Academic Achievement, Gender, Motivation Package, School type

DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.37500/IJESSR.2020.3511