selected schools ill Port Harcourt metropolis. .... I3orikiri, Government Girls Secondary School, Harbour Road, Stella Maris College .uul. Community Secondary ...
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ATTITUDE, INTEREST AND VALUE AS CORRELATES
OF ACADEMIC ACHIEYErvIENT IN JUNIOI{ SCHOOL
CERTIFICATE BUSINESS STUDIES OF SOME
SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN
PORT HA1;;C:OURT rVIETROPOLlS
IJY EBENEZEH, O. ENYEKIT ~'\: W, J. UBULOiVI
RJVEW, STATE COLLECI~ OF EDUCATiON
PORT HARCOURT.
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ABSTRACT
The study investigated tlie reuuiousliip {Jc!IVCCIl attitudcs, interest (///(1 \'(/1111' of SI[{(!CII{1 aud their acctdcntic achievement ill Junior ScI/(}ol C('rriji'cC/le Busiuess Sluclie's ,IDIIiC selected schools ill Port Harcourt metropolis. Three IWI/(Ired (30G) student s wlio set! lur II,e I unior Sc![(}ol Certiticcu e E..' xamincnion Ivere rUlle/mll!y sclect e«] aud uICeI [trt II/C .1'1 II ely. 1\ modified Likert's Mutheuiat ics /vltiuulc Scull', u .noclijied ll crkcu« (I C) Students Interest inventory (S11), a sel] designed Vu!ue NUlillg Scu!« (\INS) .i.t«! 1/11'
students results in Business Studies or Junior WAGE were use
CIS inst rnrnc n t:
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Tlie results revealed th«! tlie students ucudetnic achievcurcn; arc jJUSIU\'c!Y rc .cucc! tl iei r altitude and interest, and [1/01 JlO siguificunt reiationship between I//(; vctltt c ojthc
.I'I I/(/y,
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student's academic achievement wc,s established (Journal of Vocational, Science n nrl
EducntionalDcvelopmeut, Vol. 2, Nos. ] & 2: April, 2001).
INTI{ODUCTION The aims and objectives of our educationul system is an cv~tlu~ltiof1-I\::;lIl:-(CillICd According to Joe (199~), 1110st of tile tests or examinations administered by teachers ,IIC achievement tests and arc used mostly to measure the students achievement. Nowadays, it has become one of the 1110st prioritic» 01' both individual:'. lC,ICllCI:; ,111L! schools to check and measure the level or ucadcmic achievement or the students ill ,til subjects, which Business Studies is not ~111 exception. There is 110 individual who docs not seek a vcry high standard of performance for him LIS he wishes to achieve ,I personal
for himself. That notwithstanding, [I person probably develops his need to achieve ccrtuin goals in life because of the social approval of success or the punishment or 1,lilmc , ~1l1c1 beneficiaries of Business Education at all levels 0'1' education cannot be kit out. Business Education, according to Nzerern (1992), is a component of Te-cilnical Education, which has a major role to play in the total development of the country. II is gaLl I
simply education of individuals for business, education about business (Anyaduba, 19S6') and education for business teachers (UbU!OIll, 1997), ,:, Business Studies is a course of study offered in some polytechnics and colleges of Technology, It is an aspect of Business Education, On the other hand, it is combin.uion of business subjects offered at the Junior Secondary School level, which 111ClllLlcs accounts or book-keeping, economics, office practice, C0l11111Cl'Ce shorihund .uul
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typewriting etc, (Ubulorn, 2000). Business Stuclies has two basic objectives 11:1111ely: I( Jl ~I(N/\ I. 01:
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