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The study was conducted to investigate student’s participation in learning activities and academic performance in Abak Local Government Area. To guide the study, two specific purposes, research questions and null/hypotheses respectively were formulated. The survey research design was adopted for the study. The population comprised of all primary school pupils in Abak Local Government which was 75,642. A sample size of 240 respondents was selected using simple random sampling techniques. The researcher developed instrument entitled: Learning Activities Questionnaire (LAQ) to generate data for the study. The instrument was validated by the researcher’s supervisor and an expert in test and measurement. Test-retest reliability analysis was used to determine the reliability coefficient that yielded reliability index of 0.85. Pearson Product Moment Correlation analysis was used to test the hypotheses. The findings of the study reveal that there is significant relationship between students’ participation in visual oriented activities and their academic performance. The study also indicates that there is significant relationship between students’ participation in auditory learning activities and their academic performance. It was recommended that school activities should involve all the modules of learning in teachings students for better understanding.