Department of Educational Management, Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Ijebu - Ode, Nigeria; Department of Physics and Mathematics, Tai Solarin University of Education Ijagun, Ogun State, Nigeria; Department of Educational Management, Tai Sola
Ajayi, K.O., Department of Educational Management, Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Ijebu - Ode, Nigeria; Lawani Abisola, O., Department of Physics and Mathematics, Tai Solarin University of Education Ijagun, Ogun State, Nigeria; Muraina Kehinde, O., Department of Educational Management, Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Ogun State, Nigeria
This study was designed to investigate the predictive validity of Mathematics Mock results of students in the SSCE in Ogun State, Nigeria. Two hundred and sixty students were randomly selected by a simple random sampling technique from ten public secondary schools in two local government areas of Ogun State, Nigeria. An ex-post facto type of research design was used because data were collected from the already existing school records which do not require the manipulation of the independent variables. The data collected were analysed using the statistical software package for social sciences (SPSS). The findings of the study revealed that Mock examination results in Mathematics could be used to predict the success in academic performance of students in SSCE Mathematics. © EuroJournals Publishing, Inc. 2011.