DOES STUDENTS' CLASS ACTIVITY INDICATE THEIR ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT?

Abstract

A study was undertaken on se lected
sections of the Tana Haik Comprehensive
Secondary School during the first
semester of the 1980 (E. C.) academic
year to determine the re lations hip that
may exist between students 1 class activity
and the their academic achievement
in mathematics. Students' semester
results were compared with
their class activity. In aU study
sections~ no association existed in
the proportion of passes (those scoring
fifty percent and above) between
the active and passive students. There
was no significant mean score difference
between the activ'e and the passive
in grades nine and eleven. A
significant mean score differ~nce between
the two groups was however observed
in grade ' ten. An analysis of
the sex distribution revealed no as-
.sociatfon between class activity and
sex in aU the study sections except
in grade ten.