STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AS MEDIATED BY STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC AMBITION AND EFFORT IN THE PUBLIC SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS IN ASHANTI MAMPONG MUNICIPALITY OF GHANA
STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AS MEDIATED BY STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC AMBITION AND EFFORT IN THE PUBLIC SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS IN ASHANTI MAMPONG MUNICIPALITY OF GHANA
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2015
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Owusu-Osei, Benedict
Twum Ampofo, Eric
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International Journal of Academic Research and Reflection
Abstract
This study sought to examine how the academic performance of SHS students in the Ashanti
Mampong Municipality of Ghana is influenced and mediated by some key variables. Descriptive
and correlational research designs were used and the data were collected via the use of
questionnaires. The sample size was therefore 571 students via a multi-stage sampling procedure.
The findings of the study established father’s education, mother’s education, the child’s
academic ambition and the child’s effort as the associates of academic performance. The findings
further revealed that mother’s education, sex of the child, the child’s academic ambition and the
child’s effort as the main determinants of academic performance. The findings again failed to
reject the null hypothesis. Based on these findings, it was recommended that stakeholder in
education should inculcate high academic ambition in students and also parents should ensure
that a chunk of their wards’ time is spent on their books and they should be ready to support
children when the going gets tough.
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Ampofo, E. T., & Osei-Owusu, B. (2015). Students’ academic performance as mediated by students’ academic ambition and effort in the public senior high scjools in Ashanti Mampong Municipality of Ghana. International Journal of Academic Research and Reflection, 3(5), 19-35.