A SURVEY OF FACTORS AFFECTING THE PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN DRAWING IN THREE SELECTED SCHOOLS IN ZARIA

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ABSTRACT
The investigations involved gathering of information from schools in Zaria. Three schools: Kufena College, Basawa Teachers' College, and Zaria Teachers' College were examined by stratified sampling method. Three methods were used in collecting the data. The first was Questionnaire, the second was interviews, and the third was the observational method. The response to the questionnaires administered among students in the three schools were analysed, the data derived from interviews obtained information about teaching methods, materials and problems of teaching drawing. In the analysis of data Pearson's correlation and regression methods were used to determine the relationships among the variables measured. The major findings of the study revealed that: 1. The students have positive attitudes towards drawing, that is, they like and admire drawing. 2. The correlation between attitudes and age revealed that there was a weak negative relationship between the two factors. This indicated that the ages of students may be affecting their attitudes towards drawing negatively. The covariance however indicated that the extent of this was very minute. 3- The correlation between attitudes and class of students revealed a weak negative relationship. This implied that the class of a student affected his attitudes negatively, but the influence of this as indicated by the variance was very negligible- 4. The results of the observation showed that a minority of the students performs well in drawing while majority do not. 5. The correlation between performance in drawing and age revealed that this was a weak positive relationship. This implied that the maturation of a student affects his performance in drawing. The variance however showed that the extent of the differences in performance influenced by age was quite small. 6. The correlation between performance in drawing and age revealed a strong positive relationship. This implied that the amount of training received influenced performmance in drawing. The variance shared among the two factors revealed that the difference were quite significant. 7. The correlation between performance and attitudes revealed a strong negative relationship. This could be interpreted to mean that the attitudes of students (found in the study to predominantly positive), had a negative effect on the low performance of students.