DATA PRESENTATION AND
ANALYSES
This chapter
present the findings of the study. Data collected are presented and analysed
using percentage. Each research question raise a separate table as follows:
Research
Question 1 What are the teaching resources
available for teaching social studies in junior secondary school in Abeokuta
south local government area of Ogun state?
Table
one:Various social studies teaching resources in junior secondary schools in
Abeokuta south LGA
|
S/N
|
ITEMS
|
SA
|
%
|
A
|
%
|
D
|
%
|
SD
|
%
|
Total
|
Decision
|
|
1
|
Blackboard
|
95
|
95
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
100
|
Agreed
|
|
2
|
Chart/maps
|
70
|
70
|
27
|
27
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
100
|
Agreed
|
|
3
|
Textbooks
|
60
|
60
|
25
|
25
|
6
|
6
|
4
|
4
|
100
|
Agreed
|
|
4
|
Diagrams
|
65
|
65
|
25
|
25
|
6
|
6
|
4
|
4
|
100
|
Agreed
|
From the table above, it can be seen
that 95 respondents strongly agreed, 3 of them merely agreed which gives 98
respondents responded positively, while one in each merely disagreed and
strongly disagreed respectively that blackboards are available. A total of 70
respondents and 27 respondents strongly agreed and merely agreed respectively
that charts/maps are available, while only a total of 3 respondents disagreed.
A total of 90 respondents stated that books are available as teaching
resources, only 10 of the objected. Finally a total of 65 respondents strongly
agree and 25 of them merely agreed that diagrams are available for the teaching
of social studies only a total of 10 respondents disagreed.
Research Question Two
What
is the effect of teaching resources on the academic performance of junior
secondary school student in social studies?
Effective
ways of the instructional materials to be incorporating in the social studies
lesson
|
S/N
|
ITEMS
|
SA
|
%
|
A
|
%
|
D
|
%
|
SD
|
%
|
Total
|
Decision
|
|
1
|
Effect participation of student makes
the lesson understandable
|
60
|
60
|
20
|
20
|
15
|
15
|
5
|
5
|
100
|
Agreed
|
|
2
|
Easy presentation by the teacher draws
the student
|
80
|
80
|
18
|
18
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
100
|
Agreed
|
|
3
|
Teaching resources help the students
to understand what they are thought.
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
29
|
29
|
68
|
68
|
100
|
Disagreed
|
|
4
|
The success of student is to a large
extent on the type of teaching resource use in the class
|
40
|
40
|
50
|
50
|
8
|
8
|
2
|
2
|
100
|
Agreed
|
The above tabular statement reveals
that 60 respondents and another 20 respondents strongly and merely agreed
respectively that the participation of students in the lesson is an effective
way of believing that the instructional material is highly incorporating into
the lesson. A total of 98 respondents agreed that easy presentation of
instructional material by teachers draws the attention of student in the lesson
while 2 respondents rejected this. A total of 2 respondents and one strongly
agreed and merely agreed respectively that teaching help the students to
understand what they are being thought, while 97 rejected that to a large
extent the success of students is as a result of the type of teaching resources
used.
Research Question Three
How
does an inadequate teaching resource affect the academic performance of junior
secondary school students in social studies?
Table 3.Mean responses by the respondents on how inadequate teaching resources
affect the teaching of social studies.
|
S/N
|
ITEMS
|
SA
|
%
|
A
|
%
|
D
|
%
|
SD
|
%
|
Total
|
Decision
|
|
1
|
Inadequate teaching resources makes
the lesson gloomy
|
80
|
80
|
15
|
15
|
4
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
100
|
Agreed
|
|
2
|
Absent of teaching resource make
student to sleep while lesson is going on.
|
4
|
4
|
6
|
6
|
50
|
50
|
40
|
40
|
100
|
Disagreed
|
|
3
|
Teaching resources help the students
to learn social studies well.
|
30
|
30
|
30
|
30
|
20
|
20
|
20
|
20
|
100
|
Agreed
|
|
4
|
Most teacher, teaching social studies
don’t like using teaching resources and students’ learn very slow
|
40
|
40
|
30
|
30
|
10
|
10
|
20
|
20
|
100
|
Agreed
|
From the above table 80 respondents
strongly agreed and another 15 merely agreed that inadequate teaching resource
make the lesson gloomy, while a total of 5 respondents did not accept this
view. Only a total of 10 respondents were of the opinion that teaching resource
help the student to learn social studies will but a total of 90 respondents did
not accept this idea. 60 respondents strongly agreed that teaching resource
help the student to learn social studies while the total of 40 respondents
strongly agreed and 30 merely agreed that most teachers, teaching social
studies don’t like using teaching resources and students learn very slowly.
Researcher Question Four
What
ways can teaching resources enhance student academic performance on social
studies in junior secondary school in Abeokuta South of Ogun State?
Table
4.Mean responses of the respondent on the ways teaching resources enhances
students’ academic performance in learning social studies.
|
S/N
|
ITEMS
|
SA
|
%
|
A
|
%
|
D
|
%
|
SD
|
%
|
Total
|
Decision
|
|
1
|
Teaching resources help students to
improve well on subject they are not doing well
|
20
|
20
|
30
|
30
|
28
|
28
|
22
|
22
|
100
|
Agreed
|
|
2
|
Teaching resources help students’ to
do well in field work
|
80
|
80
|
15
|
15
|
4
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
100
|
Agreed
|
|
3
|
Teaching resources helps students to
improve and do well in both internal and external examination
|
5
|
5
|
20
|
20
|
35
|
35
|
40
|
40
|
100
|
Disagree
|
|
4
|
Teaching resource has direct
relationship with student learning
|
4
|
4
|
6
|
6
|
75
|
75
|
15
|
15
|
100
|
Disagree
|
The table above shows that 20
respondents strongly agreed and 30 merely agreed that teaching resources help
students to improve well on the topics they are not doing well, while the total
of 50 respondent equally disagree with that from the total is seen that 50%
accepted and 50% equally rejected that a total of 95 respondents are on the
view that teaching resources help social studies student to do well in field
work, while 5 are on the opinion that teaching don’t help. A total of 25
respondents were of the opinion that teaching resources help students to
perform well in both internal and external examination while 75 respondent
reject that the total of 10 are of the opinion that teaching resources has
direct relationship with student learning.
Summary of the Findings
From
the result of the analysis of the data, here are finds.
1. The
secondary school teachers/students perception of the teaching resource
available for teaching of social studies are; blackboards, charts, maps,
textbooks and diagram all the above mentioned enhance teaching and learning of
social studies.
2. The
secondary school teachers/students perception of the effect of teaching
resources in teaching and learning of social studies are; effective
participation of student make the lesson understandable, easy presentation by
the teacher draws the attention of the students, teaching resource help the
students to understand what they are thought, the success of students is to a
large extent on the teaching resource use in the class.
3. The
secondary school teachers/students perception on the inadequate of teaching
resources in teaching of social studies in junior secondary schools are;
inadequate teaching resources makes the lesson gloomy, absent of teaching
resources make student to sleep while lesson is going on, teaching resources
help the student to learn social studies well.
The secondary
school teachers/students perception on
the ways teaching resource enhance students’ academic performance in learning
social studies are; teaching resource help students to do well in field work,
teaching resources help students to improve and do well in both internal and
external examination, teaching resources has direct relationship with students