Abstract
<p>The study investigated the relationship between home variables and students’ achievement in Social Studies. This is with a view of enhancing students’ better performance in Social Studies. The study employed the survey research design. The population consisted of the Junior Secondary School Students in Osun State. Stratified sampling technique was employed in selecting 500 students in five purposively selected local governments in Osun State. Two instruments titled “Home Variables Questionnaire” (HVQ) and “Social Studies Achievement Test” (SSAT) were constructed by the researcher to elicit information from the subjects. The two instruments yielded 0.71 and 0.84 respectively using Cronbach alpha. Seven out of the nine variables were found to be significant predictors of students’ achievement in Social Studies; (Sex β = 1.98; t = 4.93; p&lt;0.05, age β=-1.16, t=-3.42; p&lt;0.05, ethnic group β=0.51; t=-6.95; p&lt;0.05, religion β=-2.86, t=-6.95; &lt;0.05 parent living pattern β=-2.66; t=-2.92 p&lt;0.05, number of fathers’ wives β=5.25; t=4.21; p&lt;0.05, mother’s position among wives β=-3.39; t=-4.718; p&lt;0.05) whereas the two other variables were not predictors of students’ achievement (mother’s no of children β=0.19; t=1.78; p&gt;0.05, and position in the family β=0.01, t=0.010, p&gt;0.05). Also, there was significant difference in male and female students’ achievement in Social Studies (t=9.991, p &lt;0.05). Furthermore, there was a significant relationship between home facilities and students’ achievement in Social Students (r=0.180; p&lt;0.05) whereas there was no significant relationship between birth order and students’ achievement (r=0.050, p&gt;0.05). The study recommended among others that government should provide schools with adequate infrastructures and facilities that will enhance effective learning environment.</p>
Highlights
Education is an inevitable need of life
The study investigated the relationship between home variables and students’ achievement in Social Studies
There was a significant relationship between home facilities and students’ achievement in Social Students (r=0.180; p0.05)
Summary
Education is an inevitable need of life. It has been defined by various experts and educationists. Education according to Oladosu (2004) means a set of activities which entail handing down the ideas, values and norms of the society across generations. It involves the transmission of knowledge, skills, attitudes and beliefs. These ideas are properly learnt through Social Studies as a discipline. All societies have arrangements for taking care of their young children. Current social and economic trends are disrupting many existing child care arrangements especially in Nigerian households where child rearing and career development is the responsibility of the parents but of everybody in the extended household (Albert, Awe, Herault, & Omitoogun, 1995)
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