INFLUENCE OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS IN TEACHING AND LEARNING OF BIOLOGY

ABSTRACT

The study investigated the influence of instructional materials in teaching and learning of Biology in public senior secondary schools in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State. To achieve the purpose of the study, four research questions were raised and examined. Data was collected from 120 teachers drawn from four public senior secondary schools in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State. The questionnaire was the instrument for data collection. The descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. An analysis of data was done using mean score and standard deviation. Criterions mean score of 2.50 was used as selection criterion. The findings from the study include that that there is high extent of usage of instructional materials by teachers in the teaching and learning of Biology in senior secondary schools in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State. It was concluded that instructional materials greatly influence the teaching and learning of Biology in public senior secondary schools in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State. It was therefore recommended among others that Biology teachers in public secondary schools in Egor local government should be sponsored to attend workshops where they will be taught how to improve and upgrade their competency in improvisation and utilization of Biology instructional materials.