INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL USAGE AND PRIMARY PUPILS ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN MATHEMATICS IN CALABAR SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF CROSS RIVER, NIGERIA

The purpose of this study was to examined the “Instructional Material Usage and Primary Pupils Academic Achievement in Mathematics in Calabar South Local Government Area of Cross River, Nigeria”. To achieve the purpose of the study, three research questions and three corresponding null hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. Survey research design was adopted for the study. A total sample of one hundred six (106) respondents were randomly selected for the study. The selection was done through the simple random and purpose sampling technique. The questionnaire titled “Instructional Materials and Academic Achievement in Mathematics Questionnaire’ (IMAAMQ) and ‘primary six mathematics achievement test were the instruments used for data collection. One-way ANOVA was considered the most appropriate statistical techniques employed to test the hypotheses. The 0.05 level of significance was used for the statistical testing of each hypothesis with critical values and degree of freedom. The result of the analysis revealed that instructional materials significantly influence academic achievement in mathematics among primary school pupils in Calabar South Local Government Area. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended among others that instructional materials should be provided in all the primary schools in the area and that teachers should be made to use instructional materials in the teaching learning activities.