Correlation between Students Academic Performance and Entrepreneurial Ability When Taught Saponification Reaction Using Kitchen Resources

This paper examined the correlation between chemistry student’s academic performance and entrepreneurial ability when told saponification reaction using kitchen resources. Saponification reaction was taught using kitchen resources such as, ashes from unripe plantain, ashes from cocoa pods peels, ashes from oil palm husks, vegetable oil, coconut oil and kernel oil. The sample comprised of 50 students from Community Secondary School, Akparabong in Ikom Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria. Two instruments were used for data collection: Chemistry Achievement Test (CAT) and Entrepreneurial Ability Questionnaire Test (EAQT). The Cat was made up of 25 objectives item questions which had 3 distractors and one correct option. The EAQT had 10 items with a 4 point Likert Level. Cronbach was used to determine the reliability of the EAQT and Kuder Richardson formula 20 was used to establish reliability of Cat. EAQT had a reliability of 0.87, while Cat had a reliability of 0.79. The researcher used quasi experimental and survey design for the study. Pearson Product Correlation Coefficient was used for data analysis. The result of analysis gave a positive correlation of r = 0.81. The null hypothesis starting that there is no significant relationship between academic performance and entrepreneurial ability was rejected. Based on this finding, the researchers advocated the use of materials (kitchen resources) that students are familiar with.