INFLUENCE OF GENDER STEREOTYPING ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AMONG BIOLOGY SYUDENTS IN ANAMBRA STATE

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Abstract The research is an investigation of the influence of gender stereotyping academic achievement in biology among students in Anambra State. The study was carried out in 2 out of the 6 education zones in the state namely: Nnewi and Onitsha, The population of the study was 17,550 SSII students in the 80 public schools in the 2 zones. Sample comprised 300 males and 300 females. The selection was by simple random sampling, equal number of students were selected from each school. Hence, 50 males and 50 females selected from each school. Five research question and one null hypothesis guided the study. The design for the study was survey. Instrument for data collection is a questionnaire with 40 items of 4 point Likert type. The instrument was validated by 2 experienced lecturers and the reliability was established using Cronbach Alpha. A reliability co-efficient of 0.81 was obtained. Data was analyzed using mean and standard deviation while the null hypothesis was tested using t-test. Findings show that gender stereotyping in biology has negative influence on students’ achievement. Based on the findings, it is recommended that teachers should employ less gender sensitive approach in their teaching and parents should take responsibility of educating their children.

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