Relationships Among Causal Attributions Selfconcept Personality And Academic Attainment Among Colleges Of Education Students In Northwestern Nigeria Sambo

ABSTRACTThis study investigated the relationships among causal attributions, self- concept,personality, and academic attainment amongst Colleges of Education students in north- west ofNigeria. Basically, the study was designed to examine how the said variables affect students inlearning situation. Academic Causal Attributions Scale (ACAS), Eysenck Personality Inventory(EPI) and Self- concept as a Learner Scale (SCAL) questionnaires were administered to 389students (300 level) drawn from eight Colleges of Education in the north- western Nigeria.Furthermore, the students’ cumulative grades per average (CGPA) were used as measures ofacademic attainment. Pearson Product Moment Correlation and t-test were employed todetermine the degree of relationships and differences in order to test the hypotheses. Thus, themajor findings of the results revealed that neuroticism has inverse relationship with academicattainment of student but students’ level of causal attributions of success and failure havesignificant influence on their level of Self- concept. Science students on the other hand have highpersonality scores than their Arts (students) counterpart. Moreover, students’ academicattainment is significantly influenced by their level of self- concept; therefore, self- concept is animportant factor in predicting academic success of students; parental levels of education do notinfluence the academic attainment of students. The study further recommends that teachersshould minimize punishment for failure as students’ performance could be improved byencouraging them to put more efforts in their studies. The self- concept of students should beimproved in order to create good atmosphere for learning; students should be encouraged topersist in academic task teachers should help them establish a sincere belief that they arecompetent and that occasional imperfections or failures are the result of some other factor (suchas bad luck or a lack of sufficient effort) that need not be present on future occasions. Similarly,students should not be judged or evaluated on the basis of their personality but on the basis oftheir effort. The study also made recommendation for furth

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