Roseline Ekim Dick Ekim (Mrs), Orluwene, Goodness W. (Ph.D.) (2015)
Mock Examination Scores as Predictors of Students’ Performance in Senior Certificate
Examinations in Mathematics and Physics in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.
Abstract
Mock examination is a school-based examination. The results of the examination inform
students on their relative performance to an external examination like SSCE. Therefore, the
study investigated mock examination scores in predicting students’ SSCE performance in
mathematics and physics. The study was carried out using 688 senior secondary 3 students in
the three Federal Government Colleges in Akwa-Ibom State of Nigeria by purposive sampling
method. Two research questions and two null hypotheses guided the conduct of the study. Data
collected on students’ mathematics and physics scores in mock and senior school certificate
examinations (SSCE) were analysed using simple linear regression. The results revealed that
students’ mathematics scores in mock significantly predict their scores in mathematics SSCE
while physics mock results had insignificant predictions for physics SSCE result. Based on the
results it was recommended that mock examination could be used in predicting mathematics
SSCE
Keywords: Mock examination scores, senior certificate examination, Akwa Ibom State
Roseline Ekim Dick Ekim (Mrs), Orluwene, Goodness W. (Ph.D.) (2015)
Mock Examination Scores as Predictors of Students’ Performance in Senior Certificate Examinations in Mathematics and Physics in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.
Abstract Mock examination is a school-based examination. The results of the examination inform students on their relative performance to an external examination like SSCE. Therefore, the study investigated mock examination scores in predicting students’ SSCE performance in mathematics and physics. The study was carried out using 688 senior secondary 3 students in the three Federal Government Colleges in Akwa-Ibom State of Nigeria by purposive sampling method. Two research questions and two null hypotheses guided the conduct of the study. Data collected on students’ mathematics and physics scores in mock and senior school certificate examinations (SSCE) were analysed using simple linear regression. The results revealed that students’ mathematics scores in mock significantly predict their scores in mathematics SSCE while physics mock results had insignificant predictions for physics SSCE result. Based on the results it was recommended that mock examination could be used in predicting mathematics SSCE Keywords: Mock examination scores, senior certificate examination, Akwa Ibom State