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Original Research Article The Influence of Selected Adolescent Behaviours on Academic Achievement in Biase High Schools |
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Anguel Donatus Imbufe |
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Department of
Integrated Sciences, Cross River State College of Education,
Akamkpa, Nigeria |
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Abstract |
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It is the mind of any teacher to pass 100% of his/her knowledge
to the learner. The teacher keeps looking for ways of improving
his/her ability to do this. But he/she always meets with
obstacles often generated by the learner. Some of these
obstacles are characters such as truancy, substance use,
gangsterism, financial distractions and engagement in sexual
activities. The adolescents are in a rush to engage in these
characters because they want to be recognised as adults. This
paper sought to investigate the strength of the relationship
between these deviant behaviours and academic scores of the
children in Biase LGA of Cross River State. A stratified random
sample was obtained from SS3 students who participated in Cross
River State SSCE Mock Examination in 2017/2018 Academic Year.
They were asked to respond to a questionnaire that yielded
information on the level of involvement in some adolescent
deviant characters while their academic achievements were
obtained from Cross River State Ministry of Education,
Examination and Certificate Division. These were organised using
correlation coefficient in Microsoft Excel. Results revealed
that there was a significant negative relationship between
deviant characters and academic achievements (r2 = 0.826). What
causes children to involve themselves in deviant characters are
environment and parent background related. To correct the social
vice, the environment and parent will be responsible.
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