Title:
ADOPTION OF SELF-MONITORING-LEARNING STRATEGIES FOR SKILL ACQUISITION AMONG FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STUDENTS IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN SOUTH-EAST NIGERIA

Authors:
Okoli, Constance.I.PhD Ozoegwu and Ifeoma Stella ,Nigeria

Abstract:
The study determined the perception of accounting students on the adoption of self-monitoring learning strategies for enhanced academic performance in South East Nigeria. The design of the study was descriptive survey research design. 520 (178 males and 342 female) 2017/2018 final year accounting students constituted the population of the study. A sample size of 226 (77 males and 149 female) was drawn for the study using Taro Yamane formula. One research question guided the study and one null hypothesis was tested at 0.05 level of significance. An 11-item validated questionnaire was used for data collection. Cronbach alpha method was used to establish the internal consistency of the instrument. Mean score was used to answer the research question while the t-test statistic was used to test the null hypothesis. The analysis was carried out using statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 23.0. Findings revealed that students agree they adopt four out of the 11 listed self-monitoring strategies for enhancing their academic performance in financial accounting. Gender did not significantly influence respondents’ mean ratings of the self-monitoring strategies they adopt for enhanced academic performance in financial accounting. Based on the findings, the researcher recommended among others that accounting educators should teach and impart on their students the skills required for self-monitoring learning, also encourage them to adopt the self-monitoring learning strategies for enhanced learning and better academic performance in financial accounting.