TIMELY RELEASE OF RESULT AND ACADEMIC
PERFORMANCE OF STUDENT IN BUSINESS EDUCATION
ABSTRACT
The research
provides an appraisal of timely release of result and its effect on academic performance of student in business education. It appraises the nature of academic result and determines the importance of its timely release. It Stresses the effect on students academic
performance and as measure for corrective and early preparation of studies .The
research is particularly important as it provide an assessment guide to both
students and teachers alike on the significance of timely release of academic
result.
INTRODUCTION
Academic result
serves as feedback on the assessment of
students performance on subject or course examination .Feedback that is both
affirming and corrective is necessary for people to learn . Defined as
information on the results of one’s efforts, feedback that is clear, specific
and timely motivates students to improve. Since feedback is most often
connected to grading that follows assigned work or assessment activities,
Walvoord and Anderson , say that grading “…encompasses tailoring the
test or assignment to the learning goals of the course…offering feedback so
students can develop as thinkers and writers, communicating about students’
learning to appropriate audiences, and using results to plan improvements in
the classroom…” Thus assessment
provides feedback for both learners and teachers. Conversely, the absence of
prompt useful feedback reduces interest in learning. When instructors provide
students with prompt feedback followed by discussion of incorrect responses,
they are using one of the most powerful predictors of positive student
outcomes. Walberg’s meta-analysis of studies of educational interventions that
had the greatest impact on student achievement in K-12 classrooms, found that
instruction that incorporated feedback and correctives was one of most potent A few years later, higher education began
focusing on giving prompt feedback as one of its “Seven principles for
good practice in undergraduate education” . The authors explain,
“Knowing what you know and don’t know focuses learning. Students need
appropriate feedback on performance to benefit from courses” . Most
recently, study of the human brain suggests that we are biologically wired to seek
and use feedback
1.1 BACKGROUND
OF THE STUDY
It is imperative to note that If students are to benefit from feedback, it must
not only be timely and frequent, but also useful for improving performance by
addressing three areas: what students did well, what students need to improve
on, and how to make this improvement. Feedback can take a variety of
forms: formative,summative, individual,group, written,coded comments, and charts and rubrics of essential
characteristics of assignments. Although giving detailed feedback is important,
it may be even more important to give it in a timely manner . However it is
pertinent as well toencourage students
to carefully read and use feedback.The research intends to provide analysis of
timely release of result and its effect on academic performance of student in
business education.
1.2 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
Timely release of academic result has incessantly
been an issue of concern not only to students but to the larger academic
society.Delay in the release of result reduces the moral of students and
overall academic performance.The problem confronting this research is to
determine timely release of result and academic
performance of students in business education
1.3 RESEARCH QUESTION
1 What is the nature of academic result
1
What constitute timely release of result
2
What is the effect of timely release of result on
the academic performance of the students in business education
1.4 OBJECTIVE OF THE
RESEARCH
1 To appraise the nature of academic result
2 To determine the effect of timely release of
result on the performance of students in business education
1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE RESEARCH
The research shall
highlight the effect of timely release of result on the academic performance of
students in business education
It shall provide a
source of information for students, teachers,lecturers,and academicians
1.6 STATEMENT OF THE HYPOTHESIS
1 Ho
Therate of timely release of result
is high
Hi
The rate of timely release of result is low
2 Ho
academic performance of students in business education is low
Hi academic performance of students in business
education is high
3
Ho The effect of
timely release of result on the performance of students is low
Hi The effect of timely release of result on the
performance of students is high.
1.7 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
The research focuses on the appraisal of
timely release of result and its effect on the performance of students in
business education
1.8 DEFINITION OF TERMS
RESULT DEFINED
Academic result
serves as feedback on the assessment of
students performance on subject or course examination .Feedback that is both
affirming and corrective is necessary for people to learn . Defined as
information on the results of one’s efforts, feedback that is clear, specific
and timely motivates students to improve
PERFORMANCE DEFINED
The accomplishment of a given task measured against preset known standards of accuracy, completeness, cost, and speed.