Abstract: The study investigated the influence of subject combination and gender on the achievement of Physics students in physics at the Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) Level. The research design adopted was causal-comparative. The results of 2009/2010 Physics students’ sectional performance across the various subject combinations were considered. A total of 119 physics students’ result across the subject combinations and levels of the Federal College of Education, Kontagora were used for the study. The One way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and studentized t-test were used to analyze the data (students’ results) collected. The findings revealed that students’ subject combination is not a determinant of students’ academic performance in Physics at NCE level except at NCE 1. It also revealed that sex is not a determinant of students’ academic performance in Physics. Conclusions were drawn and recommendations such as Physics students should be made to offer relevant courses in mathematics irrespective of their subject combinations and that both sex should be given equal attentions among others were proffered.
Keywords: Subject combination, physics achievement, gender, NCE.
Title: Influence of Subject Combination and Gender on Achievement of NCE Physics Students in Physics
Author: Dr. Clement M. Dania, Dr. Femi Daniel
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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