ASSESSING LEARNING ENVIRONMENT AND ITS INFLUENCE ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

ABSTRACT

The general focus of this study was to examine the influence of learning environment on academic performance of secondary school students in English language using  Warri south local government of Delta State as case study. The survey research design was employed for the study. The target population for this study comprised of students of selected secondary schools in Warri South, in Delta State. Five(5) secondary schools  were randomly selected which form the population of the study. The research instrument used in this study is the questionnaire. A 30 minutes survey containing 16 questions were administered to the 341enrolled participants of which 302 was validated for the study. Research Hypotheses were tested using the Chi-Square and Pearson Correlation Statistical tool (SPSS.v23). Findings from the study reveals the learning environment includes both school facilities, teaching styles, classroom setting, school environment, natural surroundings, relationship between the student and his/her family, teachers and the peer group of which this factors affect the his/her attainment of academic goals. Thus the study concludes that there is a significant relationship between learning environment and academic performance. The study therefore recommends that educational stakeholders, government and school owners having known the component of learning environment should ensure that school environment has a well equipped library, spacious class rooms and nature-based surrounding, while teachers should improve their teaching styles and maintain positive student-teacher relationship which would improve students academic performance in English Language and other subjects.