Correlates of Motivation and Achievement in Hausa Literature among Interim Joint Matriculation Board (IJMB) Students in Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria

Abstract

This paper assessed the relationship between motivation variables and academic achievement of Interim Join Matriculation Board (IJMB) students offering Hausa Literature as a major course in tertiary institution in Nigeria. The study was based on hypothesis that there is no significant relationship between motivation and academic achievement of IJMB students. The questionnaire on Motivation Scale (MS) was administered to 300 students drawn from seven (7) IJMB institutions. Furthermore, students’ scores on Hausa Literature were used as measures of academic achievement. Thus, Pearson Product Moment Correlation was employed to determine the degree of relationship of the said variables. Thus, the findings revealed that significant relationship exist between positive motivation and achievement in IJMB Hausa Literature. This is because the calculated p value of 0.00 was found to be lower than the 0.05 alpha level of significance at a positive correlation index r level of 0.97 at df 298. While the relationship between negative motivation and achievement in Hausa Literature is inversely proportional, that is, the higher the students negative motivation, the lower their achievement in Hausa Literature, and vice versa. The study therefore recommends that Hausa teachers should be implored to utilize different teaching strategies as well viable motivational packages in order to instill interest in Hausa literature on the part of students as this effort is envisaged to enhance positive achievement in the subject