The Status of Material Resources for Effective Teaching of Physics in Secondary Schools in Akwa Ibom State of Nigeria

Abstract

The study investigated the status of material resources for the teaching andlearning of physics in Akwa Ibom State Secondary Schools. It adopted survey design. A sample size of 1400 SS3 Physics students took part in theinvestigation. Mean was used in answering the three research questionsraised to guide the investigation. Findings revealed that some resourcematerials are available and adequate for the teaching and learning ofphysics. The study showed a low frequency of use of the available resourcematerials. Recommendation made was that adequate provision of resourcematerials should be made by state government to schools for meaningfulteaching and learning of physics. Physics teachers should make use ofmaterial resources during lessons.