Comparative Study of the performance of Male and Female Senior Secondary Students in Christian Religious Studies in Ilorin West LGA, 2015-2019.
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2022-08-20
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Department of Educational Foundations, Faculty of Education, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt.
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This research is a comparative study of the performance of school male and Female senior secondary students in Christian Religious Studies in Ilorin West Local Government Area Kwara State, from 2015-2019. A lot of research studies have been carried out to understand the reason for students' poor performance in the subject. The purpose of this research was focused on examining the factors affecting students' poor performance in CRS, the difference in the academic performance of male and female in CRS and the challenges facing the teaching of CRS in senior secondary schools.To carry out this research, four schools were selected in llorin West Local Government Area Kwara State, Nigeria. Four (4) CRS teachers and twenty-four (24) students were randomly selected from each of the four (4) selected schools which equaled Hundred (100) respondents. Simple random sampling technique was adopted to select the sample. The data for the study was gathered using a researcher designed questionnaire. The findings revealed that the pattern of students' performance in examination in Christian Religious Studies is such that students perform well in New Testament topics followed by miracle topics, healing topics and in Old Testament topics, and factors such as students' interest, teacher's methodology, unconducive environment, lack of instructional material and teacher's relationship affects student's performance in CRS.It was recommended that there be conducive environment, students' positive attitude, provision of Instructional materials, improved teacher-student's relationship and provision of adequate facilities for better student's performance in CRS.
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Comparative Study, Performance, Students, Christian Religious Studies