Effects of Instructional Materials on Performance of Senior Secondary School Physics Students on Properties of Waves in Suleja Metropolis of Niger State.

Abstract

The paper was an investigation conducted on the “Effects of Instructional Materials on Performance of Senior Secondary School Physics Students on Properties of Waves in Suleja Metropolis”. The research design employed was the quasi experimental research design. The sample size for the study was 120 students from four Secondary Schools randomly selected from the population of 20 Secondary Schools offering physics in Suleja metropolis. One objective, one research question and one hypothesis guided this research study. A physics achievement test (PAT) drawn from past question papers of West African Examination Council (WAEC), National Examination Council (NECO) and Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) was used to generate data for the study. The instrument was validated by experts in science education and a reliability coefficient of 0.79 was obtained after a trial testing of the instrument in school different from the school where the experiment was conducted. The statistical tool used for the study were Mean and Standard Deviation to answer the research question and t-test to test the hypothesis. The result indicated that the use of improvised instrument materials improved the learning and performance of students in physics, a p-value of 0.03 was obtained. It was therefore concluded that improvised instructional materials were effective in enhancing learning of physics. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that all sectors, governments, philanthropist, schools’ administration, should embrace and encourage the improvisation of instructional materials, and their use in physics.