Students' Performance in Further Mathematics at Senior Secondary Certificate Examination and Mathematics in Remedial Sciences Programme, University of Jos-Nigeria

Abstract

The importance of Further Mathematics in the study of Mathematics in Remedial Sciences Programme (RSP) cannot be overemphasized. It is in the light of this that this study was carried out to determine the relationship between students' performance in the Further Mathematics and Mathematics in Remedial Sciences Programme, University of Jos-Nigeria. The sample of the study comprised all the students that offered Further Mathematics in secondary school that were admitted into the Remedial Sciences Programme for the 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 sessions. Two instruments were used for the collection of data-namely; Further Mathematics Results Grade (FMRG) and Remedial Programme Mathematics Results Grade (RPMRG). The grades of the two results were converted from Letter Grades (LG) to Grade Points (GP). Thus, the letter grades A-F were converted to Grade Points 5.0 respectively. This means that A=5, B=4, C=3, D=2, E=1 and F=0 for both FMRG. The data collected were analyzed using Karl Pearson correlation coefficient (r) at .05 level of significance. Independent analyses of the results revealed that a positive relationship exists between students' performance in Further Mathematics in SSCE and Mathematics in Remedial Sciences Programme. Based on this finding it was recommended that students should be encouraged to offer Further Mathematics in secondary schools.