EFFECTIVE CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT AND STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN BRASS LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF BAYELSA STATE
Abstract
The study looked at how effective classroom, management can be used as a tool to boost students’ academic performance in Brass Local Government Area (LGA) of Bayelsa State of Nigeria. The study was guided by six research questions. The study made use of the descriptive survey design. The study’s population was two thousand one hundred and twenty two (2,122) students selected from twelve (12) public secondary school from Brass LGA of Bayelsa State of Nigeria. The simple random sampling technique was used to select two hundred and twenty student who made up the respondents. A research instrument tilted Effective Classroom Management and Students Academic Performance in Brass LGA of Bayelsa State (ECMSAPPSSBLGABS) structured on a four point scale was used to gather information from the respondents. The study was able to find out that effective classroom management strategies like teachers maintaining cordial relationship with their students, teachers using positive reinforcement to encourage students, teachers’ reinforcement of school rules as well as teachers correction of students’ bad behavior enhance students’ academic performance in Brass LGA of Bayelsa State. As such the study recommended that teachers should ensure they build cordial relationship with their students, use positive reinforcement to encourage students, reinforce school rules and correct students’ bad behavior in order to enhance their academic performance in Brass LGA of Bayelsa State.
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