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Evidence from empirical studies has in recent time shown repeated poor performance of students in science subjects in Nigeria. This assertion called for the concern of stakeholders and findings from research studies linked this poor performance to school type, government, examination bodies, teachers, parents and the students themselves. In line with this general assertion, this study compared the performance of boarding and day senior secondary students in biology in Owo Local Government, Ondo State, Nigeria.The study was a descriptive research of the ex-post-facto type. A purposive sampling technique was used to select six schools. A total number of three hundred and ninety five (395) students' results in West African Senior School Certificate examination conducted in 2012 were utilized. The results revealed that there was a significant difference in the Biology students' academic performance in private and public boarding and day secondary schools. It could be deduced that significant difference does exist among the schools. Significant difference does not exist between the Biology performance of male and female students in boarding and day secondary schools.

Evidence from empirical studies has in recent time shown repeated poor performance of students in science subjects in Nigeria. This assertion called for the concern of stakeholders and findings from research studies linked this poor performance to school type, government, examination bodies, teachers, parents and the students themselves. In line with this general assertion, this study compared the performance of boarding and day senior secondary students in biology in Owo Local Government, Ondo State, Nigeria.The study was a descriptive research of the ex-post-facto type. A purposive sampling technique was used to select six schools. A total number of three hundred and ninety five (395) students' results in West African Senior School Certificate examination conducted in 2012 were utilized. The results revealed that there was a significant difference in the Biology students' academic performance in private and public boarding and day secondary schools. It could be deduced that significant difference does exist among the schools. Significant difference does not exist between the Biology performance of male and female students in boarding and day secondary schools.

O objetivo deste trabalho é analisar um artigo de alto impacto em administração e entender qual a contribuição da retórica usada em sua redação. Foi selecionado um artigo de estratégia, sob o título "As capacidades de uma organização voltada ao mercado", escrito por George S. Day. Baseando-se nos conceitos retóricos de orador, auditório, acordo e tipos de argumento elaborados por Chaim Perelman e Lucie Olbrechts-Tyteca, foi constatado que Day logrou utilizá-los de forma consistente ao longo de todo o artigo, o que pode ter contribuído para o sucesso e repercussão por ele alcançados. Esta análise pode ser enriquecida com a análise qualitativa e quantitativa de outros trabalhos acadêmicos de administração e de outras ciências sociais aplicadas, de forma a que a retórica contribua para o aumento de trabalhos acadêmicos bem-sucedidos no Brasil.
Palavras-chave: administração; artigos; Day; retórica.