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Influence Of Instructional Materials On Students Academic Performance In Secondary Schools
[A CASE STUDY OF ILORIN WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT]
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CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This chapter is concerned with description of the procedures adopted in carrying out the research study in the following orders;
a. Research Design
b. Population for the Study
c. Sample and Sampling Procedure
d. Instrumentation of the Study
e. Procedure for Data Collection
f. Validity of the Instrument
g. Data analysis procedure.
Research Design
Descriptive survey method was adopted in carrying out this study, according to Ibrahim, Landu and Opadokun (2002), descriptive survey is a survey that is designed to employ questionnaire and interview in order to determine the opinions, attitudes, preferences and perceptions of person of interest to the researchers. A descriptive survey was suitable for the study, because it enable the researcher to designs structured questionnaire to determine the opinion of the selected respondents.
The term “population†as used in research refers to the entire number, group objects and elements in which the researcher interested. However, the entire population for this study are all geography students in senior secondary schools and geography teachers in Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara State.
Population, Sample and Sampling Techniques
Although the targeted population for the study comprises all secondary school students and teachers in Ilorin West Local Government Area of Kwara State as it was stipulated under population, but because of limited time and resources and due to the fact that there are similarities in the problems which secondary schools are facing in terms of instructional materials and in order to avoid over and under representation in selecting the sample, the stratified random sampling technique was used to select four secondary schools in Ilorin West Local Government Area. Therefore, the sampling population comprised of 32 students and 8 teachers in the selected senior secondary schools. A total of 40 respondents were selected to represent the entire population of the study.
The selected secondary schools are:
1. Ilorin Grammar School, Ilorin
2. Government Day Secondary School, Ilorin
3. Queen Elizabeth School, Ilorin
4. Ansar-Ur-deen Secondary School, Taiwo Ilorin
Research Instrument
Instrument in research simply means the tools employed in gathering information, while instrumentation is the process of collecting data. However, as the research design was a descriptive survey method, the instrument adopted in conducting the research work comprises of an oral interview and a structured questionnaire tagged “Influence of Instructional Materials on Students Academic Performance in Geographyâ€, (IIMSAPG)
The instrument consists of two sections, section a seeks to elicit background information of the respondents such as respondent’s name of school sex, age, educational qualification, years of working experience (where applicable ) etc. section B consists of question items relating to the subject matter of the study to be answered by the respondents.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]ABSTRACTThe study examined the effect of instructional materials on student’s academic performance in geography in Ilorin West Local Government Area, Kwara State.Four secondary schools were selected from the local government for research purpose. Total of eight (8) teachers and thirty two (32) students were the sample used. The instrument used for the study was a structured questionnaire designed by the researcher. The data collected was analyzed using simple percentage and chi-square. ... Continue reading---
QUESTIONNAIRE - [ Total Page(s): 2 ]UNIVERSITY OF ILORINFACULTY OF EDUCATIONDEPARTMENT OF ARTS EDUCATION QUESTIONNAIRE Dear Respondent,
This questionnaire is designed to examine Influence Of Instructional
Materials On Students Academic Performance in Geography in Senior
Secondary Schools in Ilorin West Local Government. The information
supplied will be used for research purpose only. Therefore, your honest
response to each item will be highly appreciated. SECTION APlease tick ( ) as appropriate Name of yo ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]Statement of the ProblemThe problem of the study is to examine the influence of instructional materials on academic performance of students in geography in Ilorin West Local Government Area. Purpose of the Study The general purpose of this study is to assess the influence of instructional materials on the teaching and learning of geography and on the students’ academic performance in geography in Ilorin West Local Government Area Secondary Schools of Kwara State. Other specific, ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER TWO - [ Total Page(s): 4 ]These examples reveal that audio materials could readily be made available either in the natural ( real) or representation ( recorded) formsVisual materials: These are teaching and learning materials that appeal mainly to the sense of sight or vision (eye) done. They could be made available either in their representational or real visual form ( Farrant 2008). Some examples of visual materials are:a. Some specimens e.g fairing and hunting implements.b. Pictures e.g real photog ... Continue reading---
CHAPTER FOUR - [ Total Page(s): 4 ]Discussion of Findings The hypothesis one which states that “there is no significant difference in the performance of the students taught with instructional materials and those though without instructional materials was rejected. This simply indicated that, those students taught with instructional materials performed better than those taught without instructional materials. This reveals the impact of instructional materials on the students academic performance, it shows that with in ... Continue reading---
REFRENCES - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]REFERENCESAbolade and Adegbija (2007). Evaluating Secondary School Geography in Nigeria Journal of art and social science. Teachers Association of Nigeria.Adefila (2010) Impact of teacher quality and the academic achievement of students at secondary stage in Nigeria Adeyemo, S.O (2005) Research and statistical methods in education, for students and research and statistical methods in education, for student and researchers in teaching in tertiary institution (Revised Ed) Ilorin: Bimtex printing a ... Continue reading---
