LEARNERS MOTIVATION: A NUANCED APPROACH TO ACHIEVING ACADEMIC INTERNATIONAL STANDARD AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN AVO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EBONYI STATE

Abstract

This Study Assessed Learners Motivation, a nuanced approach to achieving academic international standard among secondary school students in Avo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. The study was carried out to find out what factors motivate learners and the impact of motivation to achieving academic international standard among secondary school students of Science and Arts. Two research questions and two hypotheses were addressed. The study adopted a comparative design. The population comprised of one thousand four hundred students (1400) comprising of eight hundred (800) arts and six hundred (600) science students in twelve (12) schools in Avo Local Government Area in Ebonyi State. The researcher adopted simple random sampling techniques to select four hundred and fifty (450) students which comprised two hundred (200) science and two hundred and fifty (250) Arts students as the sample size. The instrument used for data collection was the researchers developed questionnaire containing 16 items titled: “Learners Motivation: An Approach to Achieving Academic International Standard Questionnaire (LMANAAAISQ)”. It was divided into two (2) sections of A and B. The instruments was structured using four (4) points scale of VHE (very High Extent), three (3) HE (High Extent), two (2) VLE (Very Low Extent), one (1) LE. (Low Extent) to measure the degree of extent. The validity of the instrument was determined by three (3) experts. The study discovered that the students of Science and Arts agreed to a higher level that teaching methods and learning environment mostly motivate the students; and accepted that motivation help sustain learners activities over a period of time and allows students to fully focus as well among Secondary School Students of Science and Arts in Avo L. G. A. of Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Recommendations were made which include that: The government and stakeholders and infrastructures school administrators and management of education should ensure that appraisal reports are duly sent on the conditions and situations of the schools for proper maintenance.