Educational Research and Reviews

  • Abbreviation: Educ. Res. Rev.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1990-3839
  • DOI: 10.5897/ERR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 2024

Personal factors as predictors of students’ academic achievement in colleges of education in South Western Nigeria

Adeyemi, Abisola Moradeyo
  • Adeyemi, Abisola Moradeyo
  • School of Education, Department of Psychology Federal College of Education (Technical) Akoka, Lagos, Nigeria. Department of Accounting, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos, Nigeria.
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Adeyemi, Semiu Babatunde
  • Adeyemi, Semiu Babatunde
  • School of Education, Department of Psychology Federal College of Education (Technical) Akoka, Lagos, Nigeria. Department of Accounting, University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos, Nigeria.
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  •  Received: 02 January 2014
  •  Accepted: 04 February 2014
  •  Published: 23 February 2014

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