THE EFFECT OF REWARD AND PUNISHMENT ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS. A CASE STUDY OF IKPOBA OKHA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE
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EFFECT OF REWARD AND PUNISHMENT ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL
STUDENTS. A CASE STUDY OF IKPOBA OKHA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE
ABSTRACT
This project work
seeks to find out the effects of reward and punishment on academic performance
of students. A case study of Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area in Edo State.
During the study, data were collected through the use of questionnaires and
oral interview. 20 questionnaires were given to students in Peak Comprehensive
High School, 23 to students in Queen Ede Secondary School and 60 to students in
Golden Foundation Academy. In this work, effects have been made to point out
that rewards and punishments are weapons of descriptive and that they have
important role to perform in school administration and academic performance of
students. During this study, I discovered that some teachers administer or
punish some students involve turns out to see punishment as a wicked act and
not a measure of correcting a wrong act.
One of the conclusion drawn from the
study is that reward and punishment plays a big and important role in teaching
and learning process and should be practiced in schools. Some of the recommendations
made were that teachers should use punishment and rewards widely in learning
situations in schools. And let punishment be appropriate and suitable for the
offence for which it is used.
TABLE OF CONTENT
Chapter
One
1.0
Introduction
1.1
Background of the study
1.2
Statement of the problem
1.3
Purpose of study
1.4
The significance of the study
1.5
Research Questions
1.6
Limitations of the study
1.7
Definition of terms
Chapter Two
2.0
Literature Review
Chapter Three
3.0
Methodology of the study
3.1
Introduction
3.2
Administration of Questionnaire
3.3
Research Instrument
3.4
Validity of Instrument
3.5
Method of Data Analysis
Chapter Four
4.0
Data analysis and presentation
Chapter Five
5.0
Summary, conclusion and Recommendations
5.1
Summary
5.2
Conclusion
5.3
Recommendation
References
Questionnaire
CHAPTER ONE
1.0.
Introduction
1.1
Background of the Study
The means through
which a teacher can maintain class discipline in secondary schools is through
reward and punishment. The effective use of reward and punishment in secondary
schools had been expressed with different views by many educationists and
psychologist. And these contributing views and feelings of others (educationist
and psychologists) will be brought together by the writer during the course of
study so that the reader can be given sufficient ground-work on which to base
his conclusion after reading the research work.
Reward and punishment
is eq1ually an area of interest, which closely involves many parents and
teachers who feel the need for education authorit6y to define its limitation so
as not to over step their units. Rewards and punishment, especially when they
are related to learning process, are most debated solution must be sought out
in this intriguing issue because the outcome will give a practical advice and
guidance to those who are just beginning the teaching career or to parents who
show much concern over their children’s success in life. This work does not
ever claim to solve all the problems concerned with punishment and reward in
learning process in the school but rather to highlight some possible solutions,
which will be of abundant educational values to both teachers and parents and
the public in general.
1.2
Statement of Problem
This work is on the
study of the effects of rewards and punishment on academic performance of
students in some selected schools in Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area. Many
educationalists (psychologist) have written many books covering this topic.,
the writer attempts in the study therefore is to examine the views of some of
these renowned writers in addition to their “research finding” and personal
experience so as to be able to know the following main/sub problems.
1.
To find out whether effective learning can always take place in absence of any
form of punishment.
2.
Whether there is other methods of learning effectively where by reward and
punishment will not be employed.
3.
If punishment has effect on the learning process of the students in secondary
school.
4.
If reward and punishment can be combine so that much can be achieved in terms
of educational objectives.
1.3
Purpose of Study
The main aims and
objective why the writer is carrying out this research is simply to give more
information about reward and punishment inn secondary schools learning in
Ikpoba Okha Local Government in Edo State.
1.4
The Significance of Study
This study will help
to lay more emphasis on the effective use of punishment and reward by policy
makers. Those who plan the curriculum in the secondary schools will be equipped
with the effects of reward and punishment in our secondary schools.
It will also benefits
the Edo State ministry of education because it will provide them useful
information about the roles of rewards and punishments as a means of enhancing
learning in our society at large.
1.5
Research Questions
This study will be guided by the
following questions.
1.
Is punishment a way of correcting student?
2.
Do parents and teachers support the use of punishment?
3.
Does reward promote or encourage learning?
4.
Does punishment have negative effect on learning?
1.6
Scope of the Study
This research is
concerned with reward and punishment in some selected secondary schools in
Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area. It involves about five teachers from both
junior and senior secondary school and about a hundred students.
1.7
Definition of Terms
Reward:
An act of appreciating a job well done.
Punishment:
An act of correcting a wrong “act” or character exhibited.
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