Academic engagement has been a persistent problem and potentially more harmful to the future well-being of the educational system in Nigeria, as students show low turnout in achievement. Therefore, this study investigated behavioural, emotional and cognitive engagements as predictors of Mathematics achievement in senior secondary school. A descriptive survey research approach was used for the investigation. Sample used in the research comprised 1680 senior secondary school 2 (SS2) offering Mathematics from the twenty one randomly selected schools in the three local government areas of Ogun State's Remo division using purposive and simple random sampling technique. The instruments for the collection of data are Mathematics Student Academic Engagement Scale (MSAES) with reliability coefficient 0.776 and Mathematics Achievement Test (MAT) with reliability coefficient 0.88. Four hypotheses were developed and put to the test at a significant level using multiple regression analysis. Results.....

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This study investigated the relationship between student traits (attitude, interest and self-efficacy) and Mathematics achievement in senior secondary schools in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, Nigeria. Three hypotheses guided the study. A quantitative approach was used while the research design employed was the descriptive survey. A sample size of 350 students was randomly selected. Two research instruments were used, yielding the reliability coefficient of 0.883 for Students_ Attitude, Interest and Self-Efficacy Scale (SAISS) and 0.861 for Mathematics Achievement Test (MAT). Percentage and Analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used to analyze the data. Results showed a substantial relationship between student factors and senior secondary school mathematics achievement with the following results (F = 26.746, p..

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