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The Role Of Examination Grade In Shaping The Reading Culture Of Students In Tertiary Institutions In Nigeria
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1.3 Research Objectives
The main objective of this study is to
assess the role of Examination grade in shaping the reading culture of
students in Tertiary institutions in Nigeria.
The specific objectives of this study are:
To determine the different reasons for reading that motivates students to engage or not to engage in reading.
To access the influence of examination grades on reading culture.
To ascertain the different reading materials students enjoy reading.
To identify the different interests of students other than reading.
1.4 Research Questions
What are the reasons that motivate students to read?
What reading materials are students interested in reading?
How do examination grades influence reading culture?
What are the different interests of students other than reading?
1.5 Scope of Study
The
study was conducted in the University of Uyo, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State,
Nigeria. The study focused on both students and lecturers in the school.
1.6 Significance of the Study
This research identified the
various structures in society that help promote good reading culture.
This information would provide knowledge that would enable the shaping
of policies and amending of present systems that would fuel increase in
reading and improvement of reading culture in students. This is why it
became necessary to conduct a study in Akwa Ibom state to examine the
effect of examination grades on the reading culture of students in the
University of Uyo, Uyo.
1.7 Operational definition of terms
Extensive
Reading is the willingness to read outside academic circles. It is the
reading that is not meant to fulfil any obligation but for pleasure.
This type of reading is aimed at getting information and it can be
through scanning and skimming.
Intensive Reading is a detailed
reading. It is geared towards getting implied, evaluative and critical
meaning, from a text. This type of reading is aimed at acquiring skills
necessary for academic prospects and that is why it also called study
type of reading.
Major Tribes in this study are Hausa, Igbo and
Yoruba. Each major tribe constitutes a population that covers more than
five states of the federation and the language is predominantly spoken
by minority tribes around it.
Minority Tribes constitute a
population that is less than a state. This informed the reason why most
states comprise more than two of these tribes. Most minority tribes
adopt the language of a majority tribe close to them. As a result, some
of their languages are going into extinction.
Negative Reading Habit
is one’s dislike or hatred for reading which makes one not read
anything. Sometimes the person may read only for examination purposes
and abandon the task after graduation.
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