INFLUENCE OF LEARNED HELPLESSNESS AND HOME BACKGROUND ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ IN FEDERAL CAPITALTERRITORY ABUJA, NIGERIA
ABSTRACT The study employs correlation design in investigating the influence of learned helplessness and home background on academic performance among secondary school students in FCT, Nigeria. Three research questions and three research hypotheses guided the study. A sample of 290 students in the 2014/2015 academic session from public SSS was selected through cluster sampling techniques.143 males and 147 females from 209 urban and 81 rural public secondary schools were used. ...
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