Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences

Yazarlar: Adedeji Tella, Adeyinka Tella, Olufemi Adeniyi

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Özet: Academic achievement is interestingly an important issue; a fundamental premium upon which all teaching-learning activities are measured using some criteria of excellence e.g. good academic performance, poor academic performance and academic failure. This study examined locus of control, interest in schooling and self-efficacy as predictors of academic achievement of Junior Secondary School Students. The population of the study consisted of 500 students comprising 300 boys and 200 girls. These were selected from twenty-five secondary schools through stratified random techniques.  An ex-post facto research design was adopted. Three independents variables (Locus of Control, Interest in schooling and self –efficacy) with the dependent variable (academic achievement) were measured with relevant standardized instruments. Two research questions were developed and answered. The results indicate that locus of control, interest in schooling and self efficacy jointly and relatively contribute significantly to the prediction of academic achievement of the Junior Secondary School Students. Based on these findings, the need to continuously stimulate the interest of the students and teaching them time management and for teachers to see all the three variables on the study as important and improve them simultaneously was emphasized.

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