International Research Journal of Education and Technology

The study focused on the relationship between learning environment and student’s academic achievement in physical and health education in Bekwarra Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria. The study used the survey design to involve all aspects of a survey from the establishment of a need for data for the production of final output. The population of the study comprised of all the 1,404 junior secondary school two (JSS 2) students in public schools in Bekwarra L.G.A of Cross River State as obtained from state secondary education board. The sampling technique adopted for this study was the simple random sampling technique. The sample of the study consisted of a number of two hundred (200) students randomly selected from the five (5) sampled secondary school in the area of the study with a breakdown of forty (40) students representing each secondary school. The instrument used for data collection was the questionnaire designed by the researcher with the help of the supervisor. This was titled “factor influencing learning environment questionnaire” (FILEQ). The items for the study were developed by the researcher. The face validity and content validity of the instrument was examined and certified by the supervisor. Two experts in test and measurement assessed the items and certified that the instrument is capable of measuring the variables in the study. The method adopted in this study for reliability test was test-ret-test method. This demanded administering the questionnaire twice on twenty (20) respondents in the area within two weeks. The results obtained were analyzed using independent t-test statistical analysis.  The two hundred questionnaires on Physical and Health Education Academic Achievement Test (PHEAAT) were personally administered to the respondents, to gather primary data for the study alongside the host teachers. The respondents were told of the exercise and the essence of giving objective responses to the items. The research hypotheses are restated sequentially and the statistical procedure adopted for the analysis of data are provided. Findings showed that there is a significant influence of location of school, school facilities/equipment and classroom setting significantly influence student’s academic achievement in physical and health education. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended among others that school facilities and equipment should strictly monitored and used properly by the school administrators during lessons hours.