Influence of Achievement Motivation and Family Background on the Academic Performance of Automobile/Metalwork and Building/Woodwork Technology Students in Nigerian Universities

: The study ascertained the influence of achievement motivation and family background on the academic performance of automobile/metalwork and building/woodwork technology students in Nigerian Universities. The study adopted correlational research design. The study was carried out in the south eastern Nigeria. The states that make up the south eastern Nigeria are: Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, Imo and Abia states respectively. The population for the study was 150 automobile/metalwork and building/woodwork technology students in five government owned Universities that offer Industrial Technical Education in the South Eastern, Nigeria. The Universities are: Enugu State University of Technology (ESUT), University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), Nnamdi Azikiwe University Akwa (UNIZIK), Ebonyi State University Abakiliki (EBSU) and Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU). The entire population of automobile/metalwork and building/woodwork technology students was studied due to manageable size. Therefore, no sampling was carried out. The instrument for data collection was the questionnaire. The questionnaire was made up of two sections; Section A consists of demographic information such as age, gender, parental occupation, parents income. Section B consisted of items on family background variables; (parent’s income, family size, parents occupation) that influence academic performance of automobile/metalwork and building/woodwork students. The items that were adapted was structured based on likert five response options. The response options were assigned values as follows: Strongly Agree (SD)= 5, Agree (A)= 4, Undecided (UD)= 3, Disagree (D)= 2, Strongly Disagree (SD)= 1. The instrument for data collection was validated by three experts from three universities within the south east. Their comments, suggestions and advice were used to modify some of the items in the questionnaire. The researchers administered the copies of the questionnaire with the help of three research assistants. Pearson product moment correlations were employed in the research for the data analysis. The study discovered that achievement motivation, family background such as family size, parent income and occupation had a positive relationship with academic performance of the students in Nigerian Universities. on Influence of Parent’s Occupation on the Academic Performance of Automobile/metalwork and Building/woodwork Students in