Relationship between Entry and Exit Grades: Case Study of St. Monica’s College of Education, Mampong-Ashanti, Ghana
- May 21, 2020
- Posted by: RSIS
- Categories: IJRISS, Social Science
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume IV, Issue V, May 2020 | ISSN 2454–6186
Samuel Amoh Gyampoh
Department of Mathematics and ICT, St. Monica’s College of Education, P. O. Box MA 250, Mampong-Ashanti, Ghana
Abstract – This paper is an action research article which involves a sample of 162 students of St. Monica’s College of Education for the 2018/2019 academic year graduates. The purpose of the study is to examine the relationship between the entry and exit grades of the 2018/2019 academic year graduates of the Diploma in Basic Education (DBE) programme. The study answered the following research questions;
1. Is there a correlation between final grade point average (exit grade) and entry grades of students?
2. What are some of the factors that significantly affect students’ academic performance?
Convenience sampling was used for the study. Convenience sampling because these results were found to be most appropriate and available for the study. Statistical analyses were done using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23. Pearson Correlation Reliability Coefficient Test was the main statistical tool used for the study.
The study revealed that students’ exit performance has little to do with their previous academic performance at the senior high secondary school. Students with good senior high secondary school grades can perform badly and the other way round.
The study recommends that student’s performance at the College of Education should not solely be based on entry grades but several factors may account for this negative and weak correlation between student’s entry and exit grades. Some of these factors are; Effective use of instructional period, Depth of knowledge of facilitators, Students’ motivation, Adequate coverage of content matter, just to mention a few.
Keywords – Entry grade, Exit grade, Diploma in Basic Education (DBE), Correlation, Academic Performance.
I. INTRODUCTION
A. Background to the Study
Education is the process of facilitating learning or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs and habits. Education frequently takes place under the guidance of educators; however learners may also educate themselves [1].
