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Academic performance and intelligence quotient of primary school children in Enugu
INTRODUCTION: intellectual capacity measured as intelligence quotient (IQ) is one of the determinants of school performance of children. It influences academic achievement, future personal health, social well-being and therefore, is of public health significance. The objective of the study was to de...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7422740/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32849984 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2020.36.129.22901 |
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author | Akubuilo, Uzoamaka Chinenye Iloh, Kenechukwu Kosisochukwu Onu, Justus Uchenna Ayuk, Adaeze Chikaodinaka Ubesie, Agozie Chukwunedum Ikefuna, Anthony Nnaemeka |
author_facet | Akubuilo, Uzoamaka Chinenye Iloh, Kenechukwu Kosisochukwu Onu, Justus Uchenna Ayuk, Adaeze Chikaodinaka Ubesie, Agozie Chukwunedum Ikefuna, Anthony Nnaemeka |
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description | INTRODUCTION: intellectual capacity measured as intelligence quotient (IQ) is one of the determinants of school performance of children. It influences academic achievement, future personal health, social well-being and therefore, is of public health significance. The objective of the study was to determine the intelligence quotient (IQ) and academic performance of primary school children in Enugu-East LGA. METHODS: children who met the inclusion criteria were recruited from both public and private primary schools in the Local Government Area (LGA) using a proportionate multistage sampling technique. Academic performance was classified into high, average and low academic using past records of class assessment. Intelligence quotient was assessed using the Raven´s Standard Progressive Matrices (RSPM) and was grouped into optimal and suboptimal. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to obtain data such as-age, gender, socio-economic indices and family size of the study participants. Analysis was done with Statistical Package for Social Sciences (IBM-SPSS). RESULTS: a total of 1,122 pupils aged 6 to 12 years were recruited. Optimal IQ and high academic performance were found in 54.0% and 58.8% of the study participants. Being from upper social class, in private school, and family size less than 4 were the significant determinants of high IQ and good academic performance (p<0.001). CONCLUSION: low socio-economic status, large family size and public school attendance impact negatively on IQ and academic performance. Hence, measures to curb large family sizes (i.e.>4 children) and improve the socio-economic status of families are needed environmental measures to improve intelligence and academic performance. |
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spelling | pubmed-74227402020-08-25 Academic performance and intelligence quotient of primary school children in Enugu Akubuilo, Uzoamaka Chinenye Iloh, Kenechukwu Kosisochukwu Onu, Justus Uchenna Ayuk, Adaeze Chikaodinaka Ubesie, Agozie Chukwunedum Ikefuna, Anthony Nnaemeka Pan Afr Med J Research INTRODUCTION: intellectual capacity measured as intelligence quotient (IQ) is one of the determinants of school performance of children. It influences academic achievement, future personal health, social well-being and therefore, is of public health significance. The objective of the study was to determine the intelligence quotient (IQ) and academic performance of primary school children in Enugu-East LGA. METHODS: children who met the inclusion criteria were recruited from both public and private primary schools in the Local Government Area (LGA) using a proportionate multistage sampling technique. Academic performance was classified into high, average and low academic using past records of class assessment. Intelligence quotient was assessed using the Raven´s Standard Progressive Matrices (RSPM) and was grouped into optimal and suboptimal. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to obtain data such as-age, gender, socio-economic indices and family size of the study participants. Analysis was done with Statistical Package for Social Sciences (IBM-SPSS). RESULTS: a total of 1,122 pupils aged 6 to 12 years were recruited. Optimal IQ and high academic performance were found in 54.0% and 58.8% of the study participants. Being from upper social class, in private school, and family size less than 4 were the significant determinants of high IQ and good academic performance (p<0.001). CONCLUSION: low socio-economic status, large family size and public school attendance impact negatively on IQ and academic performance. Hence, measures to curb large family sizes (i.e.>4 children) and improve the socio-economic status of families are needed environmental measures to improve intelligence and academic performance. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2020-06-25 /pmc/articles/PMC7422740/ /pubmed/32849984 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2020.36.129.22901 Text en Copyright: Uzoamaka Chinenye Akubuilo et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 The Pan African Medical Journal (ISSN: 1937-8688). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution International 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Akubuilo, Uzoamaka Chinenye Iloh, Kenechukwu Kosisochukwu Onu, Justus Uchenna Ayuk, Adaeze Chikaodinaka Ubesie, Agozie Chukwunedum Ikefuna, Anthony Nnaemeka Academic performance and intelligence quotient of primary school children in Enugu |
title | Academic performance and intelligence quotient of primary school children in Enugu |
title_full | Academic performance and intelligence quotient of primary school children in Enugu |
title_fullStr | Academic performance and intelligence quotient of primary school children in Enugu |
title_full_unstemmed | Academic performance and intelligence quotient of primary school children in Enugu |
title_short | Academic performance and intelligence quotient of primary school children in Enugu |
title_sort | academic performance and intelligence quotient of primary school children in enugu |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7422740/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32849984 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2020.36.129.22901 |
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