ASSESSMENT OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ SELF- REGULATED LEARNING IN OVIA SOUTH WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, EDO STATE

Abstract

The study assessed senior secondary school students’ self- regulated learning in Ovia South West Local Government Area, Edo State. One research question and two hypotheses guided the study in order to achieve the study objectives. The survey research design was adopted for the study, the population comprised all public senior secondary school two (SS2) students Ovia South West Local Government Area, Edo State. Using the simple random sampling technique, respondents from eight (8) secondary schools in studied Local Government Area were selected. Thus, 35 students were drawn from each of the selected public schools which summed up to 280 respondents. Primary data was collected from the target respondents, using a structured questionnaire titled Self-Regulated Learning Assessment Scale (SRLAS) that was adapted from Ruth et al., (2017), with the assistance of their class teachers. The questionnaire was content validated to ensure that included items capture the study variables. The Cronbach Alpha method was used to determine the reliability giving a coefficient of 0.75.  Simple percentage, t –test of independent samples, One –way ANOVA and LSD Post Hoc test for means difference were used to analyzed the data collected. The findings of this study revealed low level of self- regulated learning of students in the study area, a significant difference between male and female students in their self- regulated learning was observed. The findings also revealed a significant difference in the age categories of the students in their self- regulated. Recommendations are made among others that teachers should create student-centered atmosphere and challenging environment that will enable them feel proactively in the learning process.