Inter-personal relationship and Decision making as predictors of student’s achievement in Basic science in Akwa Ibom state North West Senatorial District Nigeria

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This study investigated the predictive powers of inter personal relationship and decision making on students’ achievement in Basic Science. The study adopted a correlational research design. The population consisted of 23,294 JS2 students from 92 government secondary schools in Akwa Ibom State North West (Ikot Ekpene) Senatorial District. A multistage sampling technique was used in selecting 1,164 students from the schools in the local government areas. Inter personal relationship and Decision-making Inventory (IDI) and Basic Science Achievement Test (BSAT) were instruments for the data collection. The coefficient of determination scores was the model to test the convertible research hypotheses. The results revealed that Inter personal relationship was not statistically significant on students` achievement. Decision making was the last independent predictor with a 0.171 predictive value. However, the joint predictive power of the domains of Inter personal relationship and decision making on students` achievement in Basic Science was not statistically significant with .884 predictive values. Based on the findings, the State government should organize seminars and workshops for teachers in Ikot Ekpene Senatorial District to enable them to understand students’ inter personal relationship and decision making to build their emotions and that of the students. Also, the principals should encourage teamwork in the school system by considering the teachers and the students in the decision-making of the school to enable them to express their emotions.

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