IMPACT OF PERSONALITY TRAITS ON SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN BIOLOGY IN JOS SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF PLATEAU STATE
Abstract
This study investigated the impact of personality traits on senior secondary school students' Achievement in Biology in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State. The researcher Formulated five research questions and five research hypotheses to guide the study. A survey research design was adopted for the study. The population consists of 1142 senior secondary school students offering Biology across all the 18 public secondary schools in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State. The sample comprises of five public secondary schools from which 105 SS (I) Biology students were selected. A 30- item questionnaire on The Five Factor Model was used as the instrument for data collection. The validity of the instrument was asserted by a lecturer in Biology Education Unit, one secondary school teacher and two experts in the field of measurement and evaluation. Analysis was done using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). Data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistical tools. Mean scores, standard deviations, frequency distributions, and percentages were used to describe the demographic characteristics of the students, the relationship between the various personality traits, and their biology achievement. Pearson Correlation Coefficient was used to determine the relationship between each of the five personality traits and biology achievement. Multiple Regression Analysis was employed to examine the predictive power of the five personality traits on students' achievement in biology. This analysis helped identify which personality traits significantly contributed to academic achievement in biology. The significance level was set at p< 0.05. Quantitative data was analyzed using statistical software to perform correlation and regression analyses, determining the relationship between personality traits and biology achievement. Findings of the study revealed that there is a great influence of openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and neuroticism on Secondary school Student's achievement in biology in Jos South LGA of plateau state. The study recommended that teachers should take into account, their students personality traits as approaches to education that are effective on one student might not work on another student.
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