International Research Journal of Education and Technology

The study examined correlates of research mentorship and attitude towards project completion among final-year students in the faculty of education, university of Cross River State, Nigeria. the study adapted three objectives, research questions and hypotheses to guide the study and the study adopts the ex-post facto research design with an assessable population of all final-year students the in Faculty of Education CRUTECH numbered 793 in 2016/2017.  The study adopted stratified and purposive sampling techniques and a sample of this study comprised made up of 277 students in the Faculty of Education CRUTECH was purposively drawn. The study utilized a researcher’s developed instrument entitled “Research Mentorship and Attitude Towards Project Completion questionnaire (RMATPCQ). validated by experts in the Measurement and Evaluation Unit of the Department of Educational Foundations, and Childhood Education Faculty of Education, CRUTECH. Cronbach Alpha reliability method was used to test the reliability of the instrument Cronbach Alpha reliability method and the reliability index ranged from 0.76-0.82. The data were analysed with simple linear regression in testing the stated hypotheses. Based on the research hypotheses tested, the following findings were drawn; building mutual trust significantly predicts attitude toward project completion among final-year students in CRUTECH. Also, effective listening significantly predicts attitude towards project completion among final year CRUTECH. Finally, it was found that students asking the right question significantly predict their attitude toward project completion among final-year students in CRUTECH. It was concluded that the final year student in the faculty of education must develop a culture of mentorship, especially in all their research undertaking. It was however recommended among others that students and supervisors should be re-oriented by their respective departmental heads on the need for originality before they start any educational research project.

Keywords: Correlates, Research mentorship, Attitude, and Project completion