Psychoanalysis of Social Studies Teachers’ Assessment Competence in Secondary Schools in Nasarawa State Nigeria

Abstract

The affective domain is the main focus of social studies as a subject. This should be reflected in the teaching and assessment of social studies. It would appear that, there is a cognitive orientation to the teaching and evaluation of the subject among social studies teachers in Junior Secondary Schools in Nasarawa State. This paper sets out to find, if social studies teachers generally assess the affective domain to an acceptable level and the proportion of teachers who meet the acceptable level of evaluation as specified by the study.

Keywords: Assessment, Social studies, Competence, Secondary school.