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Assessment of Students’ Attitude towards Test-Taking in Secondary Schools in Afikpo Education Zone Ebonyi State, Nigeria

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  • Valentine Joseph Owan
  • Bassey Asuquo Bassey
  • Mercy Bassey Ekpe

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Assessment of students’ attitudes towards test-taking in secondary schools in Afikpo Education Zone of Ebonyi State, Nigeria was the main thrust of this study. The study was guided by four null hypotheses in line with the ex-post facto research design. Proportionate stratified random sampling technique was employed in selecting a sample 1,276 respondents from a population of 12,763 students distributed across 43 public and 71 private secondary schools in the study area. Students’ Attitudes Towards Test-Taking Questionnaire (SATTQ) with Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient of .893 was used for data collection. The null hypotheses were all tested at .05 level of significance using population t-test and independent t-test statistical methods. Emerging findings showed that the level of students’ attitudes towards test-taking as an academic activity in secondary schools is significantly high. It was also shown that males students, students in urban and private schools significantly differ in their attitudes towards test-taking as an academic activity, from female students and students in rural and public secondary schools. Based on these findings, it was recommended, amongst others, that all students irrespective of gender, school type and school location should be properly counselled by both teachers and professional counsellors to develop positive attitudes towards taking tests in schools.

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  • Valentine Joseph Owan & Bassey Asuquo Bassey & Mercy Bassey Ekpe, 2020. "Assessment of Students’ Attitude towards Test-Taking in Secondary Schools in Afikpo Education Zone Ebonyi State, Nigeria," American Journal of Creative Education, Online Science Publishing, vol. 3(1), pages 1-9.
    • Handle: RePEc:onl:amjoce:v:3:y:2020:i:1:p:1-9:id:345
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