INFLUENCE OF AVAILABILITY AND UTILIZATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION STUDENTS IN FEDERAL COLLEGES OF EDUCATION, NORTH-CENTRAL ZONE, NIGERIA
INFLUENCE OF AVAILABILITY AND UTILIZATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION STUDENTS IN FEDERAL COLLEGES OF EDUCATION, NORTH-CENTRAL ZONE, NIGERIA
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2019-12
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IFEAKOR, Mary-Rose Njideka
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The researchwork investigated the influence of availability and utilization of instructional
materials on academic performance of agricultural science education students in Federal
Colleges of Education in North-central zone, Nigeria. The study was guided by three specific
objectives, three research questions, and two null hypotheses. Descriptive survey research design
was used for the study. The population of the study was 610 people comprising of 557 students
and 53 lecturers of agricultural science education. Theproportion of 83 students and 27 lecturers
were randomly sampled from the population and used for the study. Structured questionnaire and
questionnaire checklistwere used as instrument for data collection. Four trained research
assistants were used to distribute the questionnaireand collect data from the respondents, a
questionnaire checklist was used to cross-check the available instructional materials indicated by
the lecturers in the colleges.The data collected were analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean
and standard deviation, t-test and regression statistics were used to test null hypotheses 1 and 2
respectively at 0.05 level of significance (p=0.05). The result of the study revealed thatvisual
instructional materials such as real objects/specimen, models, posters, charts, maps,
pictures/photograph, chalkboard and chalks, marker-board and marker, handouts, journals,
magazines, textbooks and e-books as well as audio-visual instructional materials such as slides,
projectors and computers were available in Federal Colleges of Education in North-central,
Nigeria. The audio instructional materials such as radio/sound system, public address system and
audio-tape/recorder as well some audio-visuals like television set, video tape/recorder/player,
DVD/player/recorder were not available in any of the colleges. Students and lecturers often use
visual and audio-visual instructional materials for teaching and learning of agricultural education
courses. The null hypothesis one affirmed that students and lecturers did not vary in their
opinions regarding the extent to whichvisual and audio-visual instructional materials are used in
teaching and learning of agricultural education courses (t-cal.=3.66, p=.17). The null hypothesis
two affirmed that theutilization of visual and audio-visual instructional materials in teaching and
learning of agricultural education courses has significantinfluence on students‟ academic
performance (r-cal.=.25, p=.020). The researcher therefore recommended that the college
management boards should provide the instructional materials that are lacking in the department
and the lecturers should further use instructional materials in teaching to improve students‟academic performance.
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION,
FACULTY OF EDUCATION,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY,
ZARIA
Keywords
INFLUENCE OF AVAILABILITY,, UTILIZATION,, INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS,, ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE,, AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION STUDENTS,, FEDERAL COLLEGES OF EDUCATION,, NORTH-CENTRAL ZONE,, NIGERIA