AGE AND GENDER AS PREDICTORS OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF COLLEGE MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE STUDENTS
AGE AND GENDER AS PREDICTORS OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF COLLEGE MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE STUDENTS

Summary/Abstract: This study examined the correlates between age and gender on academic achievement (CGPA) of Mathematics and Science students. The study used three hundred and thirty-two (332) students; two hundred and twenty-three(223) females and one hundred and nine (109) males . Scatter-plot, mean and Standard deviation were used for the descriptive statistics while univariate analysis of variance (ANOVA) and multiple regression were used for the inferential statistics. Z-test was used to test the null hypothesis formulated (P 0.05).Result revealed a linear relationship between, age-CGPA and gender–CGPA.A low positive correlation coefficients was obtained for ages and gender (r=0.030 and 0.111) which significant. The predictor variables jointly accounted for 1.3% of the variance, gender was the better predictor. The null hypothesis tested was accepted implying no significant gender difference in academic achievement of the students. It was suggested that some more variables be included so as to determine significant contributory effect of students academic achievement of Mathematics students .

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