Perceived Effectiveness of Audio Instructional Materials for Teaching Agricultural Science at Senior Secondary Schools level

Mohammed R. I., Iliyasu A., Egunsola A.O.E., Yusuf S. I.

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The purpose of the study was to find out male and female teachers’ perception of the effectiveness of Audio instructional materials used in teaching Agricultural Sciences in Senior Secondary Schools in Gombe State. Literatures were reviewed to explore opinions and argument relating to the study. The population of the study was 143 Agricultural science teachers, made up of 111 males and 32 females. Structured questionnaire which was validated by experts and tested for internal consistency and reliability using Cronbach’s alpha formula which indicated 0.99 was adopted. Two research questions and a hypothesis, formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance guided the study. The data were analyzed using mean () statistics and standard deviation, while the Z-test was used to test the null hypotheses.  Findings revealed that: 1) male and female teachers perceived the use of audio instructional materials as effective at grand mean of 2.18 and 2.05 respectively, 2) There was no significant difference between the mean responses of male and female teachers’ perception on the effectiveness of audio instructional materials used in teaching Agricultural Science in the study area. The study recommended that teachers should endeavor to use audio instructional materials in teaching Agricultural Science in Senior Secondary Schools

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