THE IMPACT OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ON COMPUTER STUDENTS PERFORMANCE
CHAPITER 1
INTRODUCTION
1.1 THE STUDY’S BACKGROUND
A newly acquired skill, knowledge, perception, fact, principle, new information, etc. can all lead to learning. Adeyanju (2007) A variety of instructional resources can be used to reinforce learning since they engage, inspire, and briefly hold students’ attention during the learning process. In order to enhance teaching and learning, instructional materials are tools and equipment used in classrooms.
The resources that students and teachers use in classrooms or workshops for education or demonstration are referred to as instructional materials by Akamobi (1998). They are actual pieces of equipment that students use in a “hands-on” learning process to develop the level of abilities necessary by their course of study, according to Chauha (1973). Examples of instructional materials include genuine items, audiovisual aides, audiovisual aids, visual aids, and many more. visual aids like wall charts, textbooks, and publications with illustrations. As a result, audio teaching tools are anything that merely uses hearing, such a radio or an audio recorder. A combination of devices, such as television, movies, and computers, that appeal to both the hearing and seeing senses constitutes an audio visual educational material.
From the instructional materials, we can infer that computer education uses a variety of visual, aural, and audio-visual resources and technology to address instructional issues and find answers. Lack of teacher preparation for delivering reading instruction is a problem (Bello, 1980). This shortcoming results in subpar computer reading skills and thus subpar performance in other subject areas. Additionally, the core textbooks and other essential resources that would enable students in our various secondary schools to acquire social studies at that level are not available to them.
When teaching computers without sufficient educational materials, students perform poorly in other subjects. The achievement of lesson objectives is facilitated by the use of instructional materials in teaching and learning activities. However, this depends on how well-made and suitable the materials are. In essence, this indicates that educational materials are not picked at random (Jiya, 1993). The educational materials that will be used must be carefully selected by teachers.
Both Brunner (1961) and Mustapha (2005) highlighted the use of improvisation and visual aids in oral reports. Improvisation is the ability to offer a replacement or the next best thing in cases where the original item is unavailable or impossible to obtain. In order to make learning quick, enjoyable, and lasting, computer teachers must use innovative teaching methods or tools. Because of this, computer teachers who wish to excel at their work must be able to utilize all readily available teaching resources in addition to coming up with new solutions when they are not.
People remember those they have interacted with, seen, or even touched. The main purpose of instruction is to promote efficient subject acquisition and comprehension (shoji, 2005). We should promote the use of instructional materials in our classrooms that appeal to all learners’ understanding of linguistic phenomena.
Statement of the problem: 1.2
Instructional resources have proven to be a powerful tool for enhancing students’ teaching and learning processes throughout time. The failure of teachers to correctly utilize educational materials is one of the problems that may be responsible for the poor performance of computer pupils. The performance of computer students may decrease due to a lack of experience creating their own lesson plans. The majority of research has focused on how instructional materials affect students’ learning, but not a single study has looked at how instructional materials affect students’ performance on computers.
1.3 STUDY’S GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
The study’s primary goal is to ascertain how instructional materials affect computer students’ performance. Additional study goals in detail include:
1. To identify the elements influencing how students’ academic performance is affected by the use of instructional materials.
2. To assess how much the students’ performance is impacted by the utilization of educational materials.
3. to assess the impact on students’ academic performance of the use of subpar instructional materials during the teaching and learning process.
4. To ascertain how a teacher’s inability to employ instructional resources effectively affects a student’s academic achievement.
5. To suggest potential problems and solutions.
1.4 QUESTIONS FOR RESEARCH
1. To identify the elements influencing how students’ academic performance is affected by the use of instructional materials.
2. To assess how much the students’ performance is impacted by the utilization of educational materials.
3. to assess the impact on students’ academic performance of the use of subpar instructional materials during the teaching and learning process.
4. To ascertain how a teacher’s inability to employ instructional resources effectively affects a student’s academic achievement.
5. To suggest potential problems and solutions.
1.6 IMPORTANCE OF THE STUDY
All of the nation’s schools will greatly benefit from the study on the effects of instructional materials on computer student performance because it will enable the government to make a variety of instructional resources that can enhance teaching and learning available. Additionally, it will enable instructors to acquire training on how to effectively use instructional materials and to enhance instructional materials in any circumstance. Finally, the study will contribute to the body of knowledge and literature in this area of inquiry and lay the groundwork for such studies in the future.
1.7 AIM OF THE STUDY
The study on how instructional materials affect student performance on computers is niche.
Limitations of the study: 1.8
Financial restraint: A researcher’s ability to collect data (through the internet, a questionnaire, and interviews) and locate relevant materials, literature, or information is often hindered by a lack of funding.
Time restraint: The researcher will do this investigation together with other academic activities at the same time. As a result, less time will be spent on the research project.
1.9 TERMINAL DEFINITIONS
Effects: A change that happens as a result of a behavior or other cause.
A teacher may employ a variety of resources, both human and non-human, in teaching and learning scenarios to assist students meet their learning objectives. These resources are referred to as instructional materials.
The degree to which a student, instructor, or institution has accomplished their immediate or long-term educational objectives is known as the students’ performance.
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