Effect of Agility and Strength on Academic Achievements of Secondary School Students in Physical Education in Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study investigates the effect of agility and strength on academic achievement of secondary school students in physical education in Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria. To achieve the objective of this study, two hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Literature was reviewed according to the hypotheses directing the study. The survey research design was adopted for the study. Total samples of two hundred (200) respondents were randomly selected for the study. The selection was done through the simple random collection. A questionnaire instrument was constructed by the researchers with the help of some measurement experts that gave it face and content validity. To test the hypotheses and to ascertain whether to accept or reject them, Pearson Product Moment Correlation Analysis was considered appropriate because of the nature of the variables involved. The 0.05 level of significance was used for the statistical testing of each hypothesis with critical values and degrees of freedom. The results showed that, there is significant effect of agility and strength on academic achievement of secondary school students in physical education. Based on the findings of the study, recommendations and suggestions for further studies were made.