The Influence of School Location and Type on the Cognitive Attainment of Senior Secondary Physics Students

The focus of the study was to determine the influence of school location and type on cognitive attainment of Senior Secondary physics students. The design was pre-test, posttest, and no control group quasi-experimental type. A sample of 524 students drawn from six education zones in kogi state of Nigeria was used for the study. The major instrument adopted for use was Science Reasoning Tasks (SRTs) 2&3. SRT 2 has internal consistency of 78 and test retest reliability. Coefficient of 84 while task 3 has internal consistency of .83 and test-retest reliability coefficient of. 79. Data collected were analyzed using t-test statistic and the result showed that there is a significant difference in the mean cognitive attainment of senior secondary physics students from urban and rural schools as well as for those from single-sex and coeducational schools in task 2 test. However, there was no significant difference in the mean cognitive attainment of senior secondary physics students from urban and rural schools as well as for those from single-sex and coeducational schools in cognitive tasks test score