CORRELATION STUDY OF THE PERFORMANCE OF MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE STUDENTS DURING 2017/2018 AND 2018/2019 ACADEMIC SESSION TEACHING PRACTICE

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ABSTRACT This research work correlated students’ performance of Mathematics and Computer science at F. C. E. (T) Bichi between 2017/2018 to 2018/2019 academic session. The design of the study was correlation research design. Area of study was F. C. E. (T) Bichi. The study was guided by 2 research questions and 2 hypotheses. Population of the study consists of 603students from Mathematics and Computer science departments. The sampled population was 100 students. Simple random sampling was used for the study. Instrument used for the study was students teaching practice scores of two consecutive years. Mean, standard deviation and Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was used to test the relationship that exist between two subjects. 𝑡-test statistics was used to test the relationship that exist between Mathematics and Computer science in two years. The study concludes that; the government, stake holders and administrators should improve quality of teacher education by ensuring that all necessary materials/skills needed for teacher education are provided for effective training and supervision. Based on data collected and analyzed findings revealed that: there exist a significant relationship between teaching practice achievement scores between Mathematics and Computer science. The study recommends that: teaching practice allowances should be improved and must be paid on time, student teachers should have good knowledge of subject matter before going in for teaching practice.

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