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

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 improvedsignificantly. 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.