INSTRUCTIONAL DELIVERY AND STUDENTS ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN BIOLOGY IN CALABAR SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF CROSS RIVER STATE

The purpose of this study was to investigate the instructional delivery system and effect on students academic achievement in public secondary school students in biology in Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River State in terms of the following sub-variables: Teaching method, Classroom Environment, Instructional material teachers qualification The population of the study comprised 1,516 students who assessed the instructional delivery Three null hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. Sample size was 200 Senior secondary school in Biology students. The simple random sampling technique was adopted in selecting the sample. A research instrument captioned “Instructional delivery system’ Questionnaire” (IDSQ) was used for data collection. The reliability value ranged from 0.72, 0.51 and 0.50. Data were analysed using Independence T-test Correlation Analysis test statistics. The findings revealed that there was a significant relationship influence between teaching method, Classroom Environment, instructional Materials and teachers qualification and students’ academic achievement in Biology in terms of findings, it was recommended among others that schools should be properly equipped with modern facilities so as to foster academic excellence of Biology students,