Influence of locally available instructional materials on biology students’ academic achievement in abak local government area of akwa ibom state, nigeria.

Abstract

This study examined the influence of locally available instructional materials on biology students’ academic achievement in Abak Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. To guide the study, 2 research questions and 2 research hypotheses were formulated. A pretest, posttest non-equivalent quasi-experimental research design was used in the study. A sample of 75 senior secondary school two (SS 2) biology students from 2 co-educational public secondary schools in intact classes were used for the study. The instrument for data collection was Senior Secondary School Biology Achievement Test (SSSBAT) with reliability index of 0.81. The data collected were analyzed using Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) at .05 level of significance to test the hypotheses. The findings revealed that there is a significant influence of locally available instructional materials on biology students’ academic achievement. Also, there was no significant influence of gender on the use of locally available instructional materials on biology students’ academic achievement. It was recommended amongst other that biology teachers should be encouraged to source for and use locally available instructional materials for effective teaching and learning as it stimulates biology students critical thinking/imaginative skills as well as help in reducing subject abstraction phobia, thus, improving biology students’ academic achievement.