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.