Improving academic performance of business education students in accounting courses in colleges of education in Delta State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study investigated ways of improving academic performance of business education students in accounting courses in Colleges of Education in Delta State, Nigeria. Four research questions guided the study and two null hypotheses tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted descriptive survey design. The population of the study was 76 Business Education lecturers in Colleges of Education in Delta State and the entire population was used as the sample size. A 40-item questionnaire designed on four-point rating scale was used as the instrument for the study. The instrument was validated by two experts. The reliability of the instrument was established using Pearson product moment correlation method and the reliability coefficient was 0.82. Research questions were analyzed using mean and standard deviation while z- test was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that teaching method, group work, study habit and teacher–student relationship improve business education students’ academic performance in accounting courses as perceived by the respondents. It was recommended based on the findings that, Business education, accounting lecturers in Colleges of Education in Delta State need to teach accounting courses with student–centered teaching method to maintain good academic performance. There is need for accounting lecturers to introduce group work among students and encourage them to participate for better understanding of the subject matter.