Emotional Intelligence as a Predictor of Secondary School Students’ Academic Achievement in Mathematics in Onitsha Education Zone

The study investigated emotional intelligence as a predictor of secondary school students' achievement in mathematics in Onitsha Education Zone. Two research questions guided the study and two hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. Correlation survey design was adopted for the study. The population of the study was 6, 382 senior secondary year two SS2 students offering mathematics in Onitsha Education Zone of Anambra state. A sample of 600 students was involved in the study. The instruments for data collection were Emotional Intelligence Scale EIQ validated by three experts from Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka. The reliability of the instruments were established using Cronbach Alpha to be 0.83. The data obtained were analyzed using simple and multiple linear regressions. The findings of the study revealed that 0.2 of the variance in achievement in mathematics was predicted by emotional intelligence of students. Also, achievement scores in mathematics were significantly predicted by emotional intelligence. It was recommended that school guidance and counsellors should organise seminars and orientation exercise to acquaint students of the important of emotional intelligence in the learning of mathematics. Chiakwelu, Amaka Benedine | Bakke Matthew Manasseh "Emotional Intelligence as a Predictor of Secondary School Students' Academic Achievement in Mathematics in Onitsha Education Zone" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-6 | Issue-4 , June 2022, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd49983.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/education/49983/emotional-intelligence-as-a-predictor-of-secondary-school-students'-academic-achievement-in-mathematics-in-onitsha-education-zone/chiakwelu-amaka-benedine