THE INFLUENCE OF DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOURS ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND MATHEMATICS IN FCT ABUJA

Abstract

The study investigated the Influence of Disruptive Behaviours of Senior Secondary School Students in Mathematics and English language in FCT Abuja. The study has two research question and two hypotheses tested on 0.05 level of significance. The descriptive survey research design was employed for the study with a population of 24,771 SSII students’ from the 77 public senior secondary schools in Abuja. A sample of 377 students’ was selected for the study using Krejcie and Morgan (1970) table of determining sample size. Two instruments were used for collecting data on a four-point rating scale. The instrument was subjected to expert validity which yielded a validity index of 0.71. Also, a reliability was conducted on a population which is not part of the sample for the study and yielded a reliability coefficient of 0.84. The study analyzed the collected data using mean and standard deviation for the research questions while the t-test was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance using statistical package for social sciences SPSS, version 23. The study finds out that there is a significant influence of disrespectful language on academic achievement of secondary school students in Federal Capital Territory Abuja. The study recommends that a code of conduct regulating the management of schools should be reviewed in order to ensure that appropriate disciplinary measures are taken against students who disrespect teachers. The study also concludes that disruptive behaviours are capable of causing disruption of normal teaching and smooth learning in the classroom.