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• W200376703 abstract "Educators are incessantly concerned about the need to improve academic achievement especially in the sciences. The plethora of researches on students academic achievement in the sciences, is a testimony to this concern (e.g. Bajah, 1979; Babalola, 1979; Holliday, 1981; Nwagbo, 2001; Oyewole, 1982; Olayiwela, 1999; Okonkwo, 2000; Nwagbo, 2001, and Okoro, 2005). This is as it should be because the consequences of success or failure in science subjects in schools are far reaching particularly in developing countries like Nigeria. This is not only because a higher achievement especially in the sciences is the foundation for technical skills which are in short supply, but also because higher achievement is particularly valued in a society which sets high premium on academic success as the stepping stone for entrance into more prestigious occupations. (Ukeje, 2000). The various biological differences in human make-up particularly between male and female human beings in most cases have led to the suspicion that one sex may have a edge over the other sex. Some people believe (without of course any empirical support) that because men are regarded as the dominant and even superior sex, they intrinsically have better brains and learn much better than women (Mkpughe, 1998). This view tends to be in line with that of Rosenthal and Rubin (1982) together with that of Hyde (1981) that differences between male and female students in intellectual performance in schools have been demonstrated on a wide range of variables Maccoby and Jacklin (1974) concluded that three cognitive gender differences were well established. Girls have greater verbal, ability than boys, and boys have better visual spatial ability than girls. Other research studies show that observed differences had not always favoured one gender. In Nigeria, considerable efforts have been expended on trying to see how gender effects can be implicated in the seemingly poor performance of girls in integrated science (Ukwuagwu, 2002). Unfortunately, these research efforts have not produced any definite clear-cut picture from their findings as they do not agree on the magnitude and direction of gender differences in performance in Integrated science. The present study tries to take a wholistic view of gender effects on integrated science by looking at the effects of gender in relations to other variables of socio--economic status and school location on performance in Integrated science. The location of a school has a significant effect on the academic performance of the child. A school could be located in the urban or rural area. Ezewu (1987) stated the obvious that the location of a school (rural or urban) affects a child's ability to study and perform at the level expected of him. A stimulating school environment arouses the student to learn especially in the area of science. Hence the degree of interest a student derives from a learning environment affects his performance. Mkpugbe (1998) noted that different aspects of school environment influence students achievement. She further stated that the individual students academic behaviour is influenced not only by the motivating forces of his home, scholastic ability, and academic values but also by the social pressure applied by the participants in the school setting. In Nigeria, most rural based schools lacks enough qualified teachers, are poorly equipped and lack basic amenities-all serving as inhibiting factors of good academic performance. Combining school location and other variables on science performance may or may not produce the desired result. This study therefore seeks to evaluate the effect of genders, socio-economic status and school locations on performance in Integrated science. Socio-economic status of parents in one way or the other affects the academic performance of the school children in science. The above fact was further justified in the statement of Ezewu (1981) who stated that the socio economic status of a family affects the schooling of the children either positively or negatively. …" @default.
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