EFFECT OF IMPROVISATION ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF CHEMISTRY STUDENTS OF ODEDA LOCAL GOVERNMENT

ABSTRACT Effective teaching of any subject will not only stimulate students’ interest in the subject, but also enhance applicability of the concept in real life situations. To achieve effective teaching and learning process, there is the need for the use of instructional materials. Instructional materials are teaching aids which teachers employ to facilitate his or her teaching for the achievement of the stated objective. The primary objective of this project was to make improvised instructional materials to teach students Acids and Bases concepts especially in rural areas and developing countries. When teaching in rural areas it is very difficult to get access to the standardized materials to teach Chemistry and other sciences that need hands-on activities. The main idea on which this work is based was the usefulness of improvised instructional materials to help areas which have limited resources in science teaching, particularly Chemistry. The study recommends that the government should budget sufficient funds for improving the availability of instructional materials in all secondary schools. For further research, this study proposes that aspects of how teachers and students use instructional materials for effective teaching and learning processes need to be examined. KEYWORDS: Improvised Instructional Materials, Standardized Instructional Materials, Science teaching, Rural Schools