Faith OGBORU

This study was an investigation into the influence of extrinsic motivation on the academic performance of Senior Secondary students in Oredo Local Government Area, Edo State. The study examined the following objectives; the influence of extrinsic motivation on the academic performance of student's, what type of incentives students find most motivating in the teaching-learning process, the extent to which praises and previous academic results can influence academic performance. Operant Conditioning Theory by Skinner (1975) was used in the study. This study states that a behavior become more or less probable, depending on the stimulus that elicits it and its consequence. The study adopted descriptive research design since it allows the researcher to use sample from a given population and make the generalization to the entire population with respect to the problem under study. Primary data was obtained using questionnaires and interview schedule while secondary data was collected from the internets, books and journals. The sampling design utilized was Simple random sampling and Stratified sampling. Data Analysis was done with the use of Statistical Package For Social Sciences (SPSS). Descriptive and inferential statistics which include the use of means, standard deviation, frequencies, percentages, and t-test were utilized respectively