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Journal of Emerging Trends in Educational Research and Policy Studies (JETERAPS) (Vol 1 No 1)
| Abstract: This study investigated the correlation that existed between mathematics achievement and the achievement in each of chemistry, physics and biology in WASSCE. The study is important because it re-emphasises the importance of mathematics to science and that mathematics achievement can be used to predict the achievement of students in science. The ex post facto research design was employed in carrying out the study. This involved the use of already existing data on the achievement of 480 students in six secondary schools in Makurdi local government area of Benue state. To this end, three research questions and corresponding three hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Using Pearson product moment correlation and t-test statistics, it was found that there existed a significant relationship between mathematics and each one of chemistry, physics and biology at 0.05 level of significance. The study therefore recommended that the necessity of mathematics for science students in secondary schools be sustained and curriculum planners are to further incorporate contents in the four subjects involved in the study. |
| Keywords: mathematics, science, correlation, achievement, secondary schools, WASSCE, significant relationship. |
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