Gender And Academic Performance Of College Physics Students: A Case Study Of Department Of Physics/Computer Science Education, Federal College Of Education (Technical) Omoku, Nigeria
Keywords:
Gender, enrolment gap, academic performanceAbstract
This paper focused on gender enrolment gap and academic
performance of college Physics students. A sample of
eighteen female and eighteen male students were purposively
selected as sample from the department of Physics/Computer
science education of Federal college of Education
(Technical), Omoku in Rivers state in the 2007/2008
academic session. The cumulative grade point average
(CGPA) of the sample was analysed using mean, standard
deviation and percentages. Four hypotheses formulated were
tested using t-test. It was revealed that there was no statistical
significant difference in academic performance between
female and male students. Based on this, it was recommended
that teachers in the department of Physics/Computer should
still improve on their pedagogy skills so as to be able to
impact on the students, stressing the importance of Physics
in Technology, giving them the necessary motivation to learn
especially in their introductory courses.
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