School Placement Decisions and Their Impact on Academic Performance and Subject Interest among Students in Mankessim Senior High Technical School University of Education, Winneba

Maxwell Obeng and Emmanuel Adokoh
Additional contact information
Maxwell Obeng: Department of Science, University Ghana
Emmanuel Adokoh: Department of Science, University Ghana

International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation, 2025, vol. 12, issue 6, 827-832

Abstract: School placement was studied to see its impact on achievement and interest in subjects for the MSHTS students in Ghana. Using Expectancy-Value Theory, Self-Determination Theory, and Person-Environment Fit Theory as the theoretical framework, the study examined the impact of misalignment of student preference and actual placement on motivation, engagement, and achievement. Descriptive survey design was employed, involving SHS 2 and SHS 3 students from various programs. A stratified random sample of 200 students completed the study through a structured questionnaire. Pearson correlation in SPSS was employed to examine data. The findings showed a high, statistically significant positive relationship between placement satisfaction and academic performance (r = .835, p

Date: 2025
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/d ... -issue-6/827-832.pdf (application/pdf)
https://rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/artic ... f-education-winneba/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:bjc:journl:v:12:y:2025:i:6:p:827-832

Access Statistics for this article

International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation is currently edited by Dr. Renu Malsaria

More articles in International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation from International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI)
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Dr. Renu Malsaria ().