Effect Of Instructional Material On Academic Achievement Of Physics Students In Secondary Schools In Udi Local Government Area Of Enugu State

SCOPE OF THE STUDY

This study is focused on investigating the effect of instructional material in academic performance of physics student in secondary school in Udi Local Government  Area of Enugu State. It was carried in senior secondary school two (SSII) class public schools in Udi Local Government due to they have covered some topics in SS1 and are heading to exam class. but was restricted to five government sec limited to Udi Local Government Area of Enugu state. Which are

1. Community Scecondary Amozalla Girls

2. Community secondary school Amoku Affa

3. Community Secondary School Ogoh-Affa

4. Community Secondary school Akpakume Nze

The topics are 

1. Electromagnetic induction

2. Waves

3. Electricity

PURPOSE OF THE STUDY

The main aim of the study is to critically analyze the impact of instructional materials in teaching and learning of physics in secondary schools in Enugu with particular reference to Udi as a case study. The study tends to find out the following:

1. The mean achievement scores of physics students taught with instructional materials and those taught without instructional materials.

2. Determine if such effect depends on gender (sex) of students.

Research Questions

In the field of physics, it has been observed that the use of instructional materials play a major role to the teaching and learning of physics. Based on the above observation, the researcher generated the following questions to guide the study:

1. What is the mean achievement scores of physics students taught with instructional materials and those taught without instructional materials?

2. What are the mean achievement scores of male and female students taught with instructional materials?

RESEARCH HYPOTHESES

The following hypotheses were generated for the study: 

1. The achievement mean scores of students will not be significantly different in the experimental and control groups. 

2. The achievement mean scores of students in Physics will be significantly different based on gender.