Cognitive Skills as Predictors of Students’ Academic Achievement in the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination .

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dc.contributor.authorAkanni, O.O.
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-27T11:07:58Z
dc.date.available2022-09-27T11:07:58Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.descriptionScholarly Articleen_US
dc.description.abstractThis research work assessed cognitive skills as predictors of academic achievement of senior secondary school students’ in ’education district two of Lagos state. The descriptive survey research design was adopted in the study. The population of the study includes all the secondary school students in public schools in educational district II of Lagos state. The sample of the study consisted of two hundred (200) students randomly selected through stratified random sampling techniques. The instruments used for data collection was a self-developed questionnaire (CSPSAASQ) and the English Language Achievement Test (ELAT). The instrument has a reliability coefficient of 0.82 and 0.745 when tested during the pilot study. Three null hypotheses were tested to guide the study and all were rejected at 0.05 level of significance. The results of the analyses revealed that; students abstract thinking, logical reasoning and memory cognitive skills will significantly impact on academic achievement of students in senior secondary school certificate examination (SSCE) in Lagos state. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that students should be encouraged to cultivate good cognitive skills that can help improve their intelligent quotients, which can significantly improve their academic achievement in the SSCE amongst others.en_US
dc.identifier.citationAkanni.O.O (2021). Cognitive Skills as Predictors of Students’ Academic Achievement in the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination . International Journal of Educational Research (IJER), Faculty of Education, University of Lagos.,9 (1).1-16.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1595-8485
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/11553
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Journal of Educational Research (IJER), Faculty of Education, University of Lagosen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesInternational Journal of Educational Research (IJER);9(1)
dc.subjectCognitive Skillsen_US
dc.subjectPredictorsen_US
dc.subjectAcademic achievementen_US
dc.subjectSenior Secondary School Students'en_US
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCES::Social sciences::Educationen_US
dc.titleCognitive Skills as Predictors of Students’ Academic Achievement in the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination .en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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