Identifying Factors Affecting Students' Academic Achievement in Science and Mathematics in Primary Schools of Hawassa City

Reta Regassa Jetu

doi:10.7176/jep/10-10-06

Abstract

The main objective of this study was to investigate factors affecting students’ academic achievement in science and mathematics in primary schools of Hawassa city. A self-developed, structured and semi structured questionnaire was used to obtain information from the students, teachers and head teachers on the variables under study. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. From the total of 10 cluster schools available in Hawassa city administration, 4 cluster schools were selected as our first stage sample. Since, the elementary unit for the study is student from grade 5 to grade 8; the required sample size was taken from total students learning in grade five to eight in the selected clusters schools. The results of the study indicated that low studying habit; low follow up the progress of students by their parents, low education level of parents and low monthly income status of parents are the major challenging factor for successful academic achievement of students in science and mathematics. Keywords: Academic achievement, Primary education, Motivation, Academic environment, Science education DOI : 10.7176/JEP/10-10-06 Publication date : April 30 th 2019

Highlights

1.1 Background of the study Science and technology play an important role in the modern world
In depth interview was employed to school principals, supervisors and parent- teachers association (PTA) to collect qualitative data on various factors that may affect the academic achievements of students
4.3 Results of regression coefficients The study used multiple liner regression analysis to investigate the relationship between response and each of explanatory variables student related factors, teachers related factors and school related factors where each predictor is represented by many indicators

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Introduction

1.1 Background of the study Science and technology play an important role in the modern world. According to Aremu (2000), poor performance is a performance that adjudged by the examinees/testees and some significant as falling below an expected standard. The interpretation of this expected or desire standard is better appreciated from the perpetual cognitive ability of the evaluator of the performance. Bakare (1994, as cited in Abdullahi, 2013) described poor academic performance as any performance that falls below a desired standard

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