ASSESSMENT OF THE INFLUENCE OF AVAILABILITY AND USABILITY OF INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS ON STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN EKITI STATE, NIGERIA
Keywords:
instructional materials, availability,, usability, students’ performanceAbstract
This study assessed the influence of the availability and usability of instructional materials on students’ performance in financial accounting in senior secondary schools in Ekiti State, Nigeria. The study adopted descriptive research of the survey type. The population of this study consisted of all 4,239 students in senior secondary schools in Ekiti State. The sample for the study consisted of all 368 Senior Secondary School Two (SSS II) students offering financial accounting teachers in eighteen senior secondary schools in Ekiti State using a multistage sampling procedure. The instruments for data collection were the Availability and Usability of Instructional Materials for Teaching of Financial Accounting Questionnaire (UAIMFAQ) and the Financial Accounting Achievement Test (FAAT). The researcher administered the instrument with the help of three trained research assistants. The data collected was analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. Two hypotheses formulated in the study were tested using Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that there was a significant relationship between the availability of instructional materials and students’ performance in financial accounting in secondary schools in Ekiti State. it also found that there was a significant relationship between the usability of instructional materials and students’ performance in financial accounting in secondary schools. The study concluded that the availability and usability of instructional materials positively influenced students’ performance in financial accounting in secondary schools in Ekiti State. The study recommended that the government should provide adequate instructional materials for teaching and learning of financial accounting in secondary schools. Also, teachers should be taught how to use instructional materials to increase students’ performance in financial accounting in secondary schools.
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