scholarly journals Availability of Instructional Materials on Students’ Academic Performance in Senior Secondary Schools in Maiduguri Metropolis, Borno State

2020 ◽  
pp. 11-17
Author(s):  
Mustapha Ali ◽  
Aminu Baba Kura ◽  
Sherifat Bello Abdu ◽  
Dauda Aliyu
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Instructional Materials ◽  
Correlational Design ◽  
Collection Data ◽  
Senior Secondary Schools ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
Senior Secondary

This study examined the availability of instructional materials and students’ academic performance in senior secondary schools, Maiduguri Metropolis, Borno State, Nigeria. Two (2) objectives and a null hypothesis were used to determine the availability of instructional materials and students’ academic performance in senior secondary schools in Borno state. Survey and Correlational design were used. The total population of the study was 1,236 teachers and 10,349 students out of which 371 teachers and 3,105 students were sampled through simple random sampling. SSCE results for five consecutive years of the 2014-2018 academic sessions were obtained for the study. Checklist and Pro-forma were used for data collection. Data collected were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation coefficient, frequency and percentage at 0.05 level of significance. The study revealed a significant relationship between availability of instructional materials and students’ academic performance in senior secondary schools in Maiduguri Metropolis. The study also found that the instructional materials for teaching and learning are available. Based on the findings, it was recommended that government and other stakeholders should continue to support schools in the state with the necessary instructional materials needed for teaching and learning and School administration should emphasize the use of instructional materials to make learning easier.

scholarly journals Impact of Teacher’s Quality on Academic Performance of Students in Public Senior Secondary Schools in Maiduguri Metropolis, Borno State, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
pp. 18-24
Author(s):  
Mustapha Ali ◽  
Mohammed Goni Tela ◽  
Bashehu Saleh
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Teaching Experience ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Correlational Design ◽  
Senior Secondary Schools ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
Senior Secondary ◽  
The Impact

This study examined the impact of teacher quality on academic performance among public senior secondary schools, Maiduguri Metropolis, Borno State. Two (2) objectives and Two (2) null hypotheses were used for the study. Correlational design was used. The total population of the study was 1,236 teachers and 10,349 students out of which 371 teachers and 3,105 students were sampled through simple random sampling. SSCE results for five consecutive years (2014-2018) were obtained for the study. Questionnaire and Pro-forma were used for data collection at reliability index of 0.74. Data collected were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation coefficient at 0.05 level of significance. The study revealed a significant impact of teachers’ qualification, teaching experience on students’ academic performance. Based on the findings, it was recommended that ministry of education should organize workshops and seminars to re-train teachers in senior secondary schools in Borno State, Teaching Service Board should ensure that qualified and well trained are recruited in the schools in Borno state.

scholarly journals School Plant Maintenance and Students Academic Performance in Public Secondary Schools in Bayelsa State

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Moses Ebimuna
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Reliability Index ◽  
Total Population ◽  
Plant Maintenance ◽  
Senior Secondary Schools ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
Index Value ◽  
Senior Secondary ◽  
The Relationship

This study investigates school plant maintenance and students’ academic performance in public secondary schools in Bayelsa state. The correlational survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of this study was eighty-two thousand, five hundred and eighty-two (82,582) students of the 191 public secondary schools in the eight (8) Local government areas of Bayelsa state. A sample of 300 students was drawn from 12 schools, having a total population of 5120 students was sampled for this study. The instrument that was used for data collection in this study was a self-structured 4-point Likert Scale Modified questionnaire titled: School Plant Maintenance and Students Academic Performance in Public Secondary Schools Questionnaire. (SPMSAPPSSQ). A test–retest method was used to ascertain the reliability of the instrument. The two sets of scores were computed using Pearson product moment correlation to determine the reliability index value 0.72 while the hypothesis is at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of this study revealed that maintenance of a blackboard helps the students to see clearly, thereby enhancing their academic performance; the maintenance of ICT building enables students to take part in ICT classes effectively and that steady maintenance of the library makes it possible for reliable and current books to be available for students to study widely. The study concludes by establishing the relationship between school plants maintenance and students’ academic performances in public senior secondary schools in Bayelsa State and recommended that government and schools board should often investigate the level of fitness and stability of school plants and embark on renovation and replacement of dilapidated and worn-out facilities in order to promote students’ academic performances.

Availability and Utilization of Instructional Materials for Teaching Mathematics in Senior Secondary Schools.

2019 ◽  
pp. 59-65
Author(s):  
Oni L. O.
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Instructional Materials ◽  
Teaching Mathematics ◽  
School Students ◽  
South West ◽  
Senior Secondary Schools ◽  
Global World ◽  
Senior Secondary

The dwindling general performance of students in mathematics has been a source of concern to all stakeholders in education. This study investigated theavailability and utilization of instructional materials for teaching mathematics in senior secondary schools in Ibadan south-west local government, Oyo state, Nigeria. Tworesearch questions were formulated and descriptivesurveyresearch design was used for the study. Simple random sampling was used to select four schools and a sample size of 100 students participated in the study. Two instruments were developed to generate data for the study. The reliability coefficient values obtained were 0.7and 0.8 respectively. Data analysis involved the use of descriptive statistics. The result shows that 100 (100%) of the respondents indicated that textbooks are available, while 4 (4%) of the respondents claimed that textbooks are not available. Also, 99 (99%) of the respondents indicated that chalkboard are available and adequate, while only 1 (1%) of the respondents claimed that Chalkboard are not available. The instructional materials has mean of 2.2. Again, 20% of the respondents claimed that they highly utilized models, 10% indicated averagely utilized, 40% said slightly utilized while 30% indicated not utilized. From the findings on this study almost allthe respondents identified that textbooks and chalkboard are the most available and been utilisedinstructional materials for teaching mathematics in secondary schools.This implies that most schools still stick to conventional „chalk and talk‟ system of teaching mathematics which may not enable secondary school students to compete with their counterparts in the global world. Therefore, Proper utilization of other instructional materials such as models should be utilized to expose students beyond „chalk and talk‟ system of teaching which will also improve academic performance of students.

scholarly journals Impact of Instructional Materials in Teaching and Learning of Biology in Senior Secondary Schools in Yakurr LG A

2015 ◽  
Vol 62 ◽  
pp. 27-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oji Ekpo Effiong ◽  
Charles E. Igiri
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Instructional Materials ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Cross River State ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Senior Secondary Schools ◽  
Senior Secondary ◽  
Effective Teaching And Learning ◽  
The Impact

This study was designed to determine the impact of instructional materials in teaching and learning of Biology by SS II students in Yakurr local government area of Cross River state. In order to effectively handle the study, four research questions were formulated to guide the study. The descriptive statistical method was employed so as to determine the impact of teacher’s effectiveness. Five (5) comparable secondary schools were selected to represent the population of the study. The data collected were analyzed using simple percentage method to verify the research questions formulated for this study. The result of the findings revealed that there is a positive achievement in students taught by highly qualified biology teachers and those exposed to instructional materials during lessons. It was recommended that government make available to schools the basic instructional materials as this will enhance an effective teaching and learning process.

scholarly journals Availability and Utilization of Instructional Materials in the Teaching and Learning of Chemistry in Secondary Schools in a Council Area of Imo State, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
pp. 26-38
Author(s):  
Appolinus I. C. Ehirim ◽  
Paschal I. Iwuchukwu ◽  
Blessing E. Okenyi
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Instructional Materials ◽  
Chemistry Teachers ◽  
Chemistry Students ◽  
Imo State ◽  
Municipal Council ◽  
Senior Secondary Schools ◽  
Senior Secondary

The study investigated the availability and utilization of instructional materials in the teaching and learning of chemistry at the senior secondary schools in Owerri Municipal Council Area of Imo state. 1948 chemistry students in senior secondary (SS) two classes and 32 chemistry teachers at the ten government-owned secondary schools formed the population of the study. A simple random sampling technique was used to select five schools, and 20% was used to obtain the sample size of 168 chemistry students; but all the 32 chemistry teachers were used since it is a manageable size. Three research questions were posed. The research was a descriptive survey design; checklists and questionnaire were used to elicit relevant data for the study. Mean rating was used for the analysis of the data obtained. The findings showed that many instructional materials were available, but they are not adequately utilized. Chemistry teachers do not appropriately improvise instructional materials (when not available) in the teaching and learning of chemistry. Based on the findings, it was recommended that adequate instructional materials for the teaching of chemistry at the senior secondary schools in Owerri Municipal Council should be provided by the various stakeholders in education; the use of instructional materials by teachers should be made compulsory in the teaching and learning of all topics in chemistry at our senior secondary schools, and this must be enforced through periodical monitoring by the school authority. Teachers should improvise where instructional materials are not available. Government should provide funds to motivate teachers as regards improvisation and should organize seminars, workshops, and conferences for chemistry teachers on how to improvise and make effective use of instructional materials in the teaching and learning of chemistry.

Instructional Resources and Effective Pedagogy of Financial Accounting in Secondary Schools, Lagos, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 94-108
Author(s):  
Olusegun Ezekiel Alao ◽  
Mary John Ukpong
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Financial Accounting ◽  
Instructional Materials ◽  
Instructional Resources ◽  
Effective Pedagogy ◽  
Lagos State ◽  
Senior Secondary Schools ◽  
Senior Secondary

Students’ poor Financial Accounting performance in senior secondary schools is worrisome and induces youths to engage in several social vices. An attempt to curb the menace and improve students’ performance led this study to assess the instructional resources and effective pedagogy of Financial Accounting in secondary schools in Lagos State, Nigeria. Adopting the descriptive survey research design, the population of the study comprised 2,492 senior secondary schools 1 and 2 students and 10 teachers of Financial Accounting under Education District IV in Lagos State, Nigeria. 300 students and all the 10 teachers eventually emerged as samples using Checkmarket Sample Size Calculator at 5% margin and 95% confidence level. The data were collected using a structured questionnaire that obtained Cronbach’s Alpha=0.90, and analysed using descriptive analysis and t-test at α=0.05 level of significance. The results showed that the teachers of Financial Accounting were not using activity-based pedagogical strategies. Most of the instructional materials necessary for the effective pedagogy of Financial Accounting were inadequate and malfunctioning. Therefore, Financial Accounting teachers are strongly encouraged to apply innovative and experiential learning strategies in teaching and learning. Furthermore, adequate infrastructure and modern equipment in the schools will create better learning opportunities for students.

scholarly journals Demographics Variables and Athletes’ Performance in Track Events in Calabar Metropolis, Cross River State

2021 ◽  
pp. 158-168
Author(s):  
Pauline E. Ekuri ◽  
Nsagha N. Osaji ◽  
Emmanuel Ahueansebhor
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Interactive Effects ◽  
Cross River State ◽  
Ex Post ◽  
Ex Post Facto ◽  
Improved Performance ◽  
Senior Secondary Schools ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
Senior Secondary

This research studied the performance of athletes in 100m, 200m, 400m, and 4 x 400m relay races in secondary schools based on two demographic variables (age and experience). The bivariate and interactive effects of these variables were assessed based on three null hypotheses formulated to guide the study. The research is quantitative and followed the ex-post facto design. The population comprised 1,180 junior and senior secondary schools students in 24 public secondary schools in Calabar Metropolis. A total of 863 students were selected based on their previous experiences in track events. Data were collected using a questionnaire tagged “Performance in Track Events Questionnaire (PTEQ). Collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics; while inferential statistics such as one- and two-way ANOVA were used to test the null hypotheses at the .05 level of significance. No significant influence of age on athletes’ performance in all the track events was found. Athletes experience significantly influenced their performance in all the track events. There is a significant interaction of age and experience on athletes’ performance in all track events in secondary schools. It was concluded that some demographic variables affect student-athletes performance in track events, while others do not. Based on this conclusion, relevant practical and research implications were discussed for sustained or improved performance in track events.

scholarly journals An Evaluation of Guidance Services in Senior Secondary Schools in the Central Region of Ghana

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 1687-1699
Author(s):  
Mary Sackey ◽  
Josephine Anterkyi Bentil, ◽  
Alice Asiedu
Keyword(s):  
Secondary Schools ◽  
Central Region ◽  
Information Service ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Guidance Services ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Service Information ◽  
Service Training ◽  
Senior Secondary Schools ◽  
Senior Secondary

This study was conducted to find out what Guidance Service are being offered in the Senior Secondary Schools in the Central Region, their impact on students, the challenges and constrain that hinder their effective implementation. In trying to accomplish this study, related literature was reviewed. Descriptive survey was the design. Questionnaire was the main research instrument.  Three sets of questionnaires were designed for students, teachers and coordinators, pilot- tested and administered to collect data. Sample sizes of 262 respondents were involved in the study. It comprised 235 SSS 2 students and 3 students, 21 tutors and 6 guidance coordinators. The sample was selected using purposive sampling and simple random sampling techniques analysis, Percentages was used. The findings of the study indicate that pupil’s appraisal service, orientation service, counselling service, placement service, information service, Referral service and consultation service are being offered in the senior secondary schools. It came out that the services are appreciated by the students, and it was beneficial to students. Challenges and constraints faced include lack of office accommodation for effective guidance services, lack of funds to organized programmes and provision of in – service training for the coordinators. Recommendations include adherence to recommended teaching schedules for guidance coordinators and provision of office for the use of coordinators and for individual counselling

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