Benue State University, Makurdi

ASSESSMENT OF LEARNER’S MASTERY AND NON-MASTERY OF ECONOMICS DIAGOSTICS IN DAMATURU EDUCATIONAL ZONE YOBE STATE NIGERIA

Kaku Zakka, Paul Madaki Deborah and Rufina Stephen Hamafyelto

Abstract

The study investigated the academic performance of Senior Secondary School two (SS 2) students on economics diagnostic test in terms of mastery and non-mastery of the content. The study used survey design. The population of the study comprises of all the economics Senior Secondary School students two (SS II) of economicsstudent in Damaturu Educational zone in Yobe State (4920 students). The study sample 365 students. According research advisor (2006) if the researcher’s population is between 4,500 to 7,000 the researcher can samples 365respondent’s.In order to achieve the objective three objectives were set for the study. Three research questions guided the study and one hypothesis 40 multiple objectives questions and three essay questions were used as instrument for data collection. Preliminary validation was done by two experience teacher in the content area of secondary school economics and two experts in test construction. The trial testing was conducted for grammatical checking and compatibility bank marking while the test was trial tested for item analysis. The validity was 0.8, while reliability coefficient was 0.89. The maximum estimate of mastery and non-mastery was determine through Q matrix and simple percentage. The hypothesis was tested using Chi-square at 0.05 level of significance. The results showed that greater percentage of the respondents showed mastery of all the three concept on economic. Similarly, also there is no significant difference between male and female in the essay items in terms of mastery and non-mastery. Therefore, the study recommended that: the remaining concept that was not mastered teacher should employ appropriate methods for the students for mastery. Teachers should use assessment for learning in teaching and learning for mastery of economic concepts. Teacher should emphasis on the basic concept of graphs in economics

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