Author:
Chukwuka Dr. Godpower Kingsley,Pius Dr. Ekpo Godwin
Abstract
This study investigated the relationship between learning styles and academic
achievement in the field of cost accounting among students enrolled in Federal Universities
in the South-South region of Nigeria. The study employed a descriptive research design. This
study focuses on the examination of a population using a randomly selected sample. The
study's population comprises 556 final-year business education students from the
departments of business education of the four Federal Universities located in South-South
Nigeria, as selected for the research. A study was conducted in the South-South region of
Nigeria, focusing on final-year students in the business education departments of four
Federal Universities. The sample size consisted of 248 students, selected from a total
population of 556 students. The primary data were gathered through the utilisation of a
questionnaire. The statistical methodology employed to address the research inquiries and
evaluate the hypotheses was the Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC). The present
study employed a purposive probability sampling method to select the participants, which
enabled the researcher to investigate the association between the learning style preference
of senior business education students in cost accounting and their academic performance in
the preceding semester's final examination in the same subject. There is a notable
correlation between the independent learning approach and students' academic achievement
in South-South Nigeria among other things. Based on the findings, the study recommended
that lecturers as well as students should give necessary considerations to the different
approaches available for learning.
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