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THE IMPACT OF TEACHERS’ ATTITUDE TO WORK AND CLASS SIZE ON STUDENTS’ ATTITUDE TO EXAMINATION MISCONDUCT IN AKWA IBOM NORTH EAST SENATORIAL DISTRICT

ABSTRACT

The study analyzed the impact of teachers’ attitude to work and class size on students’ involvement in examination misconduct in Akwa Ibom north-east senatorial district. The research design adopted for the study was the ex-post-facto design because the manifestation of the influence of

independent variables on the dependent variable had already taken place without being manipulated. The study was conducted in the Akwa Ibom North East Senatorial District. The population of the study comprised all Senior Secondary Two (SS2) Civic (SS2) Civic Education students in all the public secondary schools in the Akwa Ibom North-East Senatorial District. The total population of Civic Education students in Senior Secondary School Two (SS2) for the 2017/2018 session was 7,263. The sample of this study consists of 375 SS2 respondents, which is 19% of the study population selected from thirteen schools, and a multi-stage procedure and proportionate sampling technique were used to draw up the sample of the study population. To collect data for this study, the “School Environmental Factors Questionnaire (SEFR)” and “Students’ Attitude to Examination Misconduct Questionnaire (SAEMQ)” were used. Face validity was established for the instrument. To determine the reliability of the instruments, a test-retest was conducted with a sample size of 27 students drawn from schools in Akwa Ibom North East Senatorial District that were not part of the actual study. The data for this study were analyzed using mean (x) and standard deviation (SD) in answering the research questions, while the t-test was used in testing the hypotheses at 0.05 alpha level of significance. Findings from the study showed that class size influences students’ attitude to examination misconduct in Akwa Ibom North-East Senatorial District and also teachers’ work attitude influence students’ attitude to examination misconduct in Akwa Ibom North-East Senatorial District to a high extent. It was recommended that teachers should change their attitude to work in a way that would improve the school system so as to create a negative impact on students’attitude to examination misconduct.

KEYWORDS: Teachers’ Attitude, Work, Class Size, Students’ Involvement, Examination Misconduct, Akwa Ibom North-East Senatorial District

Ubong James AKPAN, Ph.D. And Edidiong Linus NKAN

KING-UK INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC ANTHOLOGY, UNITED STATES, VOL.9 NO.1