THE ROLE OF REWARD AND PUNISHMENT ON STUDENT'S ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN SOME SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS
ATTENTION:
BEFORE
YOU READ THE CHAPTER ONE OF THE PROJECT TOPIC BELOW, PLEASE READ THE
INFORMATION BELOW.THANK YOU!
INFORMATION:
YOU CAN
GET THE COMPLETE PROJECT OF THE TOPIC BELOW. THE FULL PROJECT COSTS N5,000
ONLY. THE FULL INFORMATION ON HOW TO PAY AND GET THE COMPLETE PROJECT IS AT THE
BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE. OR YOU CAN CALL: 08068231953, 08168759420
THE ROLE OF REWARD AND PUNISHMENT ON STUDENT'S ACADEMIC
PERFORMANCE IN SOME SELECTED SECONDARY SCHOOLS
ABSTRACT
This project work is the role of reward and punishment on
student’s academic performance in some selected secondary schools in Oredo
local government area of Edo state. In order to carryout the study, the
researcher formulates research questions. A questionnaire made up of 20 items
was used to elicit responses from the respondents. The population of the study
consisted of students from selected secondary schools in Oredo local government
area. The data was analyzed using a simple percentage. Discussion of results
that emerged from the study revealed that there is high level of student’s population
who takes to punishment as a habit. That majority learnt the act of punishment
from their peer group etc. Based on the discussion of result, useful
recommendations were made. It is my ardent believe that these recommendations
when implemented by the authorities concerned will go a long way in stopping
punishment among students in the locality.
TABLE OF CONTENT
Chapter One
Introduction
Background of the study
Statement of problem
Purpose of study
The significance of the study
Research questions
Scope of the study
Limitation of the study
Definition of terms
Chapter Two
Literature review
Chapter Three
Methodology of the study
Introduction
Administration of questionnaire
Research instrument
Method of data analysis
Chapter Four
Data analysis and presentation
Chapter Five
Summary, conclusion and recommendation
References
Questionnaires
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Reward and punishment are regarded as a complete important
means through which a teacher can maintain his or her class discipline in the
secondary schools. Many educationists and psychologists have expressed
different views about the effective use of reward and punishment in the
secondary schools.
As the study progresses, the research hopes to bring together
the different views and feelings of others, so that the reader can be given
sufficient ground on which to base his or her conclusion after reading this
work. The issues of reward and punishment are mostly debated on the secondary
school administered today most especially when they are related to learning
process. It is equally an area of interest, which closely involves many
teachers and parents who the need for education authority to define its limits,
some scholars in their books suggested allowing nearly total freedom to
children in learning process in the school. a prompt and an acceptable solution
must be provided on this issue because the outcome will give a practical advice
and guidance to those who are just entering the teaching career or to parents
who show much interest over their children ‘s progress in life. This research
work does not however, claim to solve the entire problems concerned with
punishment and rewards in learning process in the schools, but rather it
highlight some solutions which will be of great educational values to the
parents as well as the public in general.
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
The work is on the study of the effects of reward and
punishmenton academic performance of students in some selected secondary
schools in Oredo local government area of Edo state. Many educationists
psychologists have written many books covering this topic, the writer attempts
in the study. Therefore to examine the views of some of these renowned writers
in addition to the research findings and personal experience so as to be able
to know the following problems.
1. To find out
whether effective learning can take place in form of punishment.
2. Whether there is
other method of learning effectively with reward and punishment.
3. If punishment has
effect on the learning process of the students in secondary schools.
4. If reward and
punishment can be combined so that much can be achieved in terms of educational
objectives.
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects and
roles of rewards and punishment in some selected secondary schools in Oredo
local government area of Edo state.
`Here the
researcher will focus her attention on whether or not reward and punishment
should be applied in the teaching and learning process in secondary schools.
The following
schools were used for the purpose of this study.
1. Ogbe secondary
school
2. Idia college
secondary school
3. Emotan college
secondary school
4. Oba Ewuare
secondary school.
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
This study is expected to be of much importance and
beneficial to pupils and parents in Oredo local government area of Edo state.
Through this study, they may come to appreciate the implication of reward and
punishment in the secondary schools. It is hoped that this study will help the
secondary schools’ administration in Oredo local government area to benefit and
improve on the academic performance of their various schools.
` This study will also help to discover the
effects of rewards and punishment on learning in some selected secondary
schools in Oredo local government area of Edo state.
RESEARCH
QUESTIONS
The following research questions are formulated to guide this
study.
1. Does punishment
has any effect on the learning process of the children in secondary schools?
2. Does effective
learning always take place in the absence of any form of punishment?
3. Do parents and
teachers support the use of punishment?
4. Does reward and
punishment promote orb encourage learning?
5. Does punishment
has negative effect on learning?
SCOPE OF THE STUDY
This study is limited to the roles of rewards and punishment
on pupils’ performance in some selected secondary schools in Oredo local
government area of Edo state.
The following
schools have been marked ads samples for the purpose of this study.
1. Ogbe secondary
school
2. Oba Ewuare
secondary school
3. Idia college
secondary school
4. Emotan college
secondary school
On completion of the research work the writer shall make the
findings available to the headmasters of the schools where she conducted the
research, such research work would be a solution to the research question
stated on the paragraph dealing with the problem of the study.
The writer
shall endeavour to brief the communities where she conducted her research work,
the out come of the objectives of her interview with them, it will be a sort of
enlightenment on the part of the investigators since the children are
comparable to other children in the whole of Edo state because they run the
same curriculum under the same brand of teachers, the finding of the research
would be the same for other place in Edo state and infact elsewhere in the
final outcome of this little research work will be of use to teacher,
communities and education offices and also to policy makers.
DEFINITION OF TERMS
Reward: is an act of appreciating a job well done.
Punishment: an act of correcting a wrong act or character
exhibited.
Discipline: is the act of training people to obey rules and
orders and punishing them if they do not control the situation that results
from this training.
Investigation: is the act of official examination of the
facts about a situation, crime etc. criminal murder police investigation.
Sufficient: enough for a particular purpose as much as you
need or allow sufficient time to get there.
HOW TO GET THE FULL PROJECT WORK
PLEASE, print the following
instructions and information if you will like to order/buy our complete written
material(s).
HOW TO RECEIVE PROJECT MATERIAL(S)
After paying the appropriate amount
(#5,000) into our bank Account below, send the following information to
08068231953 or 08168759420
(1) Your project
topics
(2) Email
Address
(3) Payment
Name
(4) Teller Number
We will send your material(s) after
we receive bank alert
BANK ACCOUNTS
Account Name: AMUTAH DANIEL CHUKWUDI
Account Number: 0046579864
Bank: GTBank.
OR
Account Name: AMUTAH DANIEL CHUKWUDI
Account Number: 2023350498
Bank: UBA.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL:
08068231953 or 08168759420
AFFILIATE
Comments
Post a Comment