A Study of Academic Achievement of Nomadic Fulani Primary School Girls Having High and Low Achievement Motivation

Abstract

The study was geared toward examining the academic achievement of primary school nomadic Fulani girls having high and low achievement motivation. The sample comprised of 300 primary six nomadic Fulani girls from Adamawa State. The research tools used were Achievement Motivation Rating Scale and Nomadic Girls Achievement Test. Two research questions and hypotheses each guided the study. Mean and Standard deviation were used to answer the research questions, and t-test was used to test the hypotheses. The findings revealed that nomadic Fulani girls with high achievement motivation perform better in academic achievement than the students having low achievement motivation. Keywords: Academic achievement, nomadic Fulani girls, high motivation, low