IMPACT OF TEACHERS' QUALIFICATION AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ON PUPILS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN PRIMARY SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES, IN KADUNA STATE
IMPACT OF TEACHERS' QUALIFICATION AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ON PUPILS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN PRIMARY SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES, IN KADUNA STATE
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2014-08
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DURU, Foustina Ifeyinwa
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This study investigated the Impact of Teachers’ Qualification and Instructional Materials on Academic Performance of Primary School Pupils in Social Study in Zaria and Sabon Gari Local Government Areas of Kaduna Stata. The aim of this study is to establish, if teachers’ qualification in anyway determine the academic performance of pupils in primary school and to ascertain if instructional materials are available and adequately put to use to enhance pupils understanding, it is to ascertain if the use of instructional materials in the teaching and learning of social studies affect the academic performance of male and female pupils differently in Zaria and Sabon Gari Local Government Areas. Three research questions were formulated and three research hypotheses were formed, and tested at 0.05 alpha level of significance. The research design used were survey and partially quasi experimental. The instrument used for data collection were questionnaire and performance test. The population for the study consisted of all the pupils and teachers in Zaria and Sabon Gari Local Government Areas. Based on Marrison K. (2000) able of sampling, a sample of twelve (12) teachers, (360) pupils were randomly drawn. While the performance test was administered to the pupils, the questionnaire were filled by the teachers. Findings show that majority of the respondents strongly agreed and also agreed that teachers qualification and effective of instructional materials in the teaching and learning of social studies help to improve pupils’ academic performance in primary school, and it was also gathered from the findings that the validity of any educational system depends upon the quality of teaching materials and the availability of competent teachers who make good use of them
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA, IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT FOR THE AWARD OF MASTERS DEGREE IN SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION DEPART OF ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCE EDUCATION AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
AUGUST, 2014
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TEACHERS, QUALIFICATION, INSTRUCTIONAL, MATERIALS ON PUPILS, ACADEMIC, PERFORMANCE IN PRIMARY SCHOOL, SOCIAL STUDIES, KADUNA STATE