Home Educational Resources and Senior Secondary School Students’ Academic Achievement in Mathematics in Ibadan Metropolis, Oyo State

Abstract

Students’ performance in The West African Mathematics Examination 
Council in mathematics as a subject revealed that over the past ten years, 
Secondary School students’ achievement in Mathematics has not improved
significantly. Some factors identified as causes include school, home and 
students related factors. This study investigated the influence of home 
educational resources on students’ academic achievement in Mathematics 
in Ibadan metropolis. The population of the study consist of all Senior 
Secondary School two students in all the 813 secondary schools in Ibadan 
metropolis and teachers of mathematics in these schools. Two selfdeveloped instruments on Home Educational Resources 
(HERQ)(r=0.842) and Students Mathematics Achievement Test 
(SMAT)(KR20=0.724) were used to collect data for the study. Descriptive 
statistics of simple percentages, frequency counts, mean and standard 
deviation and inferential statistics of Multiple Regression and t-test were 
used to answer the three research questions and two hypotheses stated. 
The dependent variable (academic achievement in mathematics) on 
secondary school students academic achievement, there was significant 
relative influence of personnel resources at home (B=0.112, t =2.463) 
on senior secondary school students academic achievement in 
mathematics, there was significant mean difference (t=3.126, P<0.05) 
in the mathematics academic achievement of students from private and public senior secondary school students in Ibadan metropolis. It was 
concluded that classroom management indices are some of the causes of 
the academic achievement of students in Ibadan metropolis. It was 
recommended among others that teachers should be trained on classroom 
management skills especially on classroom control and time management.