GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

ABSTRACT

The study examined the interactive effects of self-concept on students’ academic achievement in social studies in Akwa Ibom State. Qausi experimental of 2 X 3 factorial designs was adopted for the study. The study was conducted in Akwa Ibom State. The target population for this study was all the Junior Secondary two (JS2) Social Studies students in all the public secondary schools in Akwa Ibom State. A two-stage sampling technique was used to select 150 students from a centrally located secondary school in Akwa Ibom State. It was the use of intact classes drawn from the 3 arms of JS2 class from the selected secondary school centrally located. Each of the 3 arms of the JSS 2 class used for the study had 50 students. This gave a total of 150 participants in the study. Two research instruments were developed and used for the purpose of this study titled “Social Studies Achievement Test Questionnaire (SOSAT)” and Social Studies Self-Concept Questionnaire (SSCQ). In order to ascertain the validity of the instrument the social studies achievement test (SOSAT) and social studies self-concept questionnaire (SSCQ) were given to experts in Social Studies, Abia State University, Uturu and the researchers Supervisors to screen for face and content validity. The reliability coefficient or index was 0.89 for SOSAT. With these indices, the instruments were considered valid reliable, and capable of measuring the intended events with consistency. Multiple Analyses of Variance (MANOVA) was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. It was concluded in the study that that the high self-concept group was able to perform better than their counterparts with low self-concept group when collaborative and discussion methods were used. Based on the findings of the study one of the recommendations made was that students should be exposed to favorable environmental conditions, so as to enhance favorable disposition which may lead to positive self-concept and thus, enhance academic performance in Social Studies.

KEYWORDS: Self-concept, Academic achievement, Social Studies and Akwa Ibom State