TY  - JOUR
T1  - Relationship Between Peer Influence, Pupils Interest in Schooling and Academic Achievement
AU - , Adika L.O AU - , Toyobo Oluwole Majekodunmi 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 2
IS  - 4
SP  - 436
EP  - 441
PY  - 2007
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2007.436.441
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2007.436.441
KW  - Peer influence
KW  -interest in schooling
KW  -academic achievement
KW  -pupils
KW  -primary school
KW  -parents
KW  -Nigeria
AB  - This study examined the relationship between peer influence, pupils interest in schooling and academic achievement. A total of 500 pupils were purposefully selected from 10 purposefully selected secondary schools in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, Nigeria.  Two instrument namely: Interest in schooling scale  with r = 0.79 developed by Mitchell and modified by Umoinyang to suit the Nigeria environment and a modified ten items peer effect rating questionnaire developed by Tella with r = 0.72 was used to gathered data  on the study.  Two research questions were developed to guide the study and data collected to answer the research questions were analysed using Pearson Product Moment correlation. The results indicate that both peer influence and pupils interest correlate significantly with academic achievement. Based on these findings recommendation on how pupils academic achievement can further be strengthened were highlighted to the Nigeria parents.
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