Students’ Attitude and Interest as Correlates of Students’ Academic Performance in Biology in Senior Secondary School

Abstract

The study examined the relationship in the students’ attitude to Biology and students’ interest and academic performance of student in Biology in Ekiti State, Nigeria. Students for the study were two hundred (200) SS II Biology students randomly drawn from five secondary schools in Ado Local Government Area of Ekiti State. The research design adopted was a descriptive survey research which was questionnaire based and past terminal continuous assessment results of the students involved in the study. The instruments used to collect relevant data from the students were Biology Attitudinal Scale (BAS), Biology Interest Scale (BIS) and terminal continuous assessment results. The instruments were subjected to validity and reliability mechanism. Pearson Product Moment correlation(r) statistical analysis was used to analysed the two null hypotheses formulated for the study. The findings showed that there is significant relationship in the students’ attitude to Biology and students’ academic performance in Biology, and the findings also revealed that there is significant relationship in the students’ interest in Biology and students’ academic performance in Biology. Conclusion and recommendations were also made in this paper.