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Download full textOluwaseyi Aina Gbolade Opesemowo – Research in Social Sciences and Technology, 2023
Local Item Dependence (LID) is a desecration of Local Item Independence (LII) which can lead to overestimating or underestimating a candidate's ability in mathematics items and create validity problems. The study investigated the intra and inter-LID of mathematics items. The study made use of ex-post facto research. The population encompassed all…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Item Response Theory, Test Items
Anazia, Innocent Uche – IAFOR Journal of Education, 2019
This study examined the predictive power of quantitative and verbal aptitudes on the performance of senior secondary school students in Economics. The study arose from the poor performance of students in the Senior School Certificate Examination and the General Certificate in Education Economics. The study adopted descriptive survey research…
Descriptors: High School Students, Verbal Ability, Economics, Private Schools
Awofala, Adeneye O. A. – International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 2017
The study investigated mathematical proficiency as related to gender and performance in mathematics among 400 Nigerian senior secondary school students from 10 elitist senior secondary schools in Lagos State using the quantitative research method within the blueprint of descriptive survey design. Data collected were analysed using the descriptive…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Gender Differences, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematical Aptitude
Adamu, L. E. – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
The purpose of the study was to determine the relationship between scores in mathematics knowledge and teaching practice of Diploma mathematics students. A sample of 39 students was used. Two research questions and two hypotheses were asked and formulated respectively. An ex-post facto correlation design was used. The data were analyzed using…
Descriptors: Quality Assurance, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematical Aptitude, Scores
