Influence of Academic Processing Speed on Pre-Service Physics Teachers’ Performance in Ilorin, Nigeria
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2023
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Department of Science Education, Faculty of Education, Prince Abubakar Audu University, Anyigba, Kogi Sate, Nigeria
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Academic processing speed is an essential cognitive factor that determines to a greater extent the performance of every student success in their academic tasks ranging from classroom lesson, self or group learning, extra-curricular activities and writing of continuous assessment test or examination which were always carried under a specified period of time. The purpose of this study is to determine the influence of academic processing speed on performance of pre-service physics teachers. This study adopted descriptive survey type of research of ex-post facto as this method was found appropriate because it help the researchers to collect and collate numeric data and to make use of correlations among existing variables. Students’gender (female and male) occurs at two level. The population for this study comprised all college of education penultimate year students in Kwara State. Penultimate year students that offers physics as a minor course constituted the target population while one hundred and seven (107) students responded to the Google-form -prepared test and inventory via WhatsApp. 24 academic-processing-speed item adapted from Randy Kulman’s academic processing speed inventory (2017) and 5 researchers designed short answered questions was used in the study. Findings from the study show a significant value from the table was 0.12 (p>0.05) which was found to be higher than the alpha level of significant (0.05). The formulated research hypothesis that stated that academic processing speed has no significant influence on students’ performance in physics was retained/not rejected. Recommendations from the study revealed that academic processing speed helps in categorizing students into the different levels. Also the educators at all level need to work on the students’ academic processing speed in other to determine the level at which each student can carried out academic activities in timed situations.
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Academic Processing Speed, Performance, Physics, Gender
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Abdulkadir, A. S., Yahaya, W. O., Shehu, A., Yahaya, Q., & Akanbi, A. O. (2023). Influence of Academic Processing Speed on Pre-Service Physics Teachers’ Performance in Ilorin, Nigeria. Journal of Science, Technology and Mathematics Pedagogy, 1(1), 278-283