THE EFFECT OF CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
ABSTRACT: This research work has been designed to investigate the problems affecting classroom management and control and identify the solution facing the problem. This is to enable the researcher suggest measure that would solve the problem affecting classroom management and control. Chapter one, deals with the background purpose and significance of the study, in chapter two, the researcher carries out the literature review by reading book and browsing work relating to the problem of various writers and researcher and their opinion appears to level support to my findings, chapter three deals with the various techniques adopting in getting fact of the study. The use of questionnaire and interviewing methods were adopted to get the information required. The population of the study is made up of one hundred and twenty students and fifty-two teachers. Data collected from questionnaire were converted into figures and percentages which were arranged in tabular form. These were then discussed in chapter four and some recommendations were made by the researcher.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter One
1.1 Background of the Study
1.2 Statement of problems
1.3 Purpose of study
1.4 Research Question
1.5 Significance of the study
1.6 Scope of the study
1.7 Definition of terms
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
Chapter Three
3.1 Research Methodology
3.2 Sample Study
3.3 Sample and Sampling
3.4 Sample Techniques
3.5 Research Instrument
3.6 Population
3.7 Administration of instrument
3.8 Method of analysis
Chapter Four
Data Presentation and Analysis
Chapter Five
Summary
Recommendations
Conclusion
References
Appendix
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY
This classroom management and control deals with how things are done. Its structure, procedure and routines to the point of becoming rituals. When procedure are explained to and practiced by students it is periodically reinforced by practicing, classroom management and control.When procedures are learned, practiced and reinforced, instructions becomes efficient.This is the foundation of any classroom management and is a prime responsibility of the teacher.Classroom management discipline is the responsibility of the student discipline has to do with appropriate behavior. To make classroom conducive for learning, the school is not to be focused on a view but rather being together contrasting opinion and attitudes so that the teacher can be given the way of which it is to be based on his conclusion.When teacher takes up the role of discipline students, they deprive young people of the opportunity of becoming more responsible. A far more responsible. A far more effective approach is for students to develop procedures to help redirect irresponsible impulse. In addition, the usual approach is for adult to impose some of the punishment when this occurs, students have no ownership in the decision to a victim hood mentality and have negative feeling towards the imposers.There are some pointed out four rules of classroom management and these for rules can be applied in the classroom for effective teaching and learning they are:
RULE ONE: Get them In: - the process of getting them can be seen to involve the phrases of the very beginning of the classroom situation.
RULE TWO: Get on with it: this refers to the main part of the lesson, the nature of content and the manner of its presentation.
RULE THREE: Get on with them: here the teacher develops good relationship with their pupils, by fostering mutual and trust and respects. To do this sensitively, the mood of the class as whole.This obviously means knowing track of what is who/ whom on.
RULE FOUR: Get them out: optimistically, the teacher here consider two phrases of concluding a lesson and dismissing the class.
Also this study will be of great help and immense benefit to the government and to the ministry of education whose primary objectives is to see students as the future teachers and leaders of tomorrow. It would also be a great significance to the ministry of education and teachers as well as their school authorities who deals directly with students on how to prevent classroom management problems among students in secondary school. On the other hand since continuous research is this field is not rules out, the findings of the study would like to use it as a base for future investigation.
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
Classroom and control and management contributes to the building of discipline in a school and a pupil are students who lack control allowed to misbehaves is there any significant different between students who come late to school and those who come to school early. Are there any significant differences between the controls of groups that work cooperatively.
1.3 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
This objective of this study is to provide solution to the problem affecting the classroom in secondary school.
The aim of this study helps to educate teachers on how the classroom needs to be conducive for students in order for teaching to be effective. This obviously states that the classroom management cannot be over looked in teaching and learning situation.
This study will also seek possible way of preventing these management problems among student in secondary by exposing them to simple classroom management control and rules. In line with this, the purpose of this research is to carry out a survey of management problems among secondary schools in Enugu South Local Government Area of Enugu state.
1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
The research questions that will guide this study are as follows;
1. 5 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
This study was conducted in Girls Secondary Schools, Awkunanaw, situated in Enugu South local government area of Enugu State. The study focused on classroom management and control on the academic performance of secondary school students which refers to the: “Ability of the teacher to prepare, present, control and manage class record in a manner that leads to academic performance (Burden, 2000). The study was conducted between January 2014 and April 2015.
1.6SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
It is hoped that the study will help to enrich the teaching of classroom management and control in schools.The researcher is interested in the study of classroom management and control because whatever happens the classrooms have a direct behaving to the performance of the students.
There should be discipline among the students to ensure executive teaching and learning. Discipline is important, it involves all the students in the school time table and also includes the teacher’s education officer’s i.e. teacher’s education officer’s i.e. teachers, parents, communities, policy makers in one way or the other, and for example the following generalization can be made about the students attending school they are well glad, happy and well nourished.
Finally, findings from the study will aid teachers in the management and control of their classroom.
1.7 Definition of terms
Teacher: Lesson instructor and class manager in school.
Educational Leadership: This is the process of formulating and implementing educational policies in Schools.
School Management: This is an act of getting things done through planning, organizing, coordinating and monitoring school activities in order to achieve the school goal.
Classroom Management: This is planning and setting of rules procedures, disciplinary interventions and teacher-student Relationships in schools.
Educational Policy: Policy is a statement of government on education.
Head Teacher: A teacher who is in charge of primary school.
Administration: This is the act of planning, organizing and coordination of human and material resources in order to implement government policy in primary school.
Teachers Education: The training and retraining of teachers through further studies in institution of higher learning.
Transformational Leadership: This is a leadership style that completed change old techniques to new and much more effective technique.
Teachers Knowledge: Information, understanding and skills that teachers gain through education or experience.
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