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International Journal of Advanced Multidisciplinary Research and Studies

Volume 2, Issue 3, 2022

Mock Mathematics examination as a predictor of the GCE performance in Ordinary Level Mathematics in Fako Division, South West Region of Cameroon



Author(s): Nekang Fabian Nfon, Anyi Reuben Ahidjo

Abstract:

Mathematics is a compulsory subject for all candidates at the Cameroon General Certificate of Education Examination (GCE). This study sought to investigate the use of mock Mathematics examination as a predictor of the GCE performance in Ordinary Level Mathematics in Fako Division, South West Region of Cameroon. The study used the correlation research design. The target population of this study comprised of all candidates who wrote the 2019 session of the mock GCE and the GCE Ordinary Level in mathematics examination and all the mathematics teachers in the schools. The accessible population consisted of all internal candidates who sat for both the mock and the GCE. Five (5) schools were purposively selected and a sample of 185 students and 33 mathematics teachers were drawn for the study. The data collection instruments were document analyses and a questionnaire. Descriptive statistics used frequency counts and percentages, mean scores and standard deviations to answer the research questions. Inferential statistics used correlation analyses to test the degree of relationship between mock and GCE and regression analyses to predict GCE results given mock results (y on x). The study found that there was a significant relationship between students’ academic performance in mathematics at the mock and at the GCE 2019 (adjusted r2 = .249). Also, students’ academic performance in ordinary level mathematics GCE results can be effectively predicted from the mock results using the regression line y = 0.47x + 1.05. It is therefore recommended that mock O/L mathematics examination should undergo some process of standardization to be an effective predictor of GCE Ordinary level performance in mathematics in Cameroon.


Keywords: Mock Mathematics examination, predictor, GCE performance in Mathematics, Secondary Schools in Fako Division, Cameroon

Pages: 407-413

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