A Comparative Analysis of Students' Performance in Economics in Combination with Mathematics and Other Social Science Courses in North Eastern Colleges of Education in Nigeria

Abstract

The study investigated the comparative analysis of student's performance in economics in combination with mathematics and other social science courses in North Eastern colleges of education in Nigeria at the Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) Level. The research design adopted was causal-comparative. The results of 2016/2017 economics students' sectional performance across the various subject combinations were considered. A total of 119 economics students' result across the subject combinations and levels of the Umar Suleiman College of Education Gashua and Sir Kashim Ibrahim College of Education Maiduguri were used for the study. The One-way Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and studentized t-test were used to analyze the data (students' results) collected. The findings revealed that students' subject combination is not a determinant of students' academic performance in Economics at NCE level except at NCE 1. It also revealed that different institution is not a determinant of students' academic performance in economics. Conclusions were drawn and recommendations such as Economics students should be made to offer relevant courses in mathematics irrespective of their subject combinations and that both colleges of education should be given equal attentions among others were proffered.