Impact of Instructional Materials on
Students
Ewudo (2009), stated that instructional
materials help students to improve in their learning procedure. Through the use
of instructional material, skills are developed. It help students range of
experiences and to achieve their desired aim.
Urom (2010), stated that Instructional
materials stimulate students desire to learn. It equally assist the student
learning process by making assimilation and memorization of materials easy and
help to hold attention as well as longer retention of information.
Ogbu (2006), stated that
instructional material develop students ideas through the creation of events
and objectives which will improve the students continuity of thought. Equally,
instructional material facilitates, stimulates and aids students to take active
interest in the subject under study. It improves the emotional instruct of
students by providing them with the required knowledge. Students by providing
them with the required knowledge. It improve students from understanding the working
model introduced by the teacher. The student captures the true picture of what
is taught by the teacher. In presenting subject content and motion pictures,
instructional material plays an efficient role by making sure students captures
the main points or the subject matter. Patterson (1977), stated that instructional
material is instrumental to impacting positively to the students survival and
choice of career in tertiary institution. It improves students attitudes,
skills and knowledge.
Weston (1952), stated that
instructional material help students attain to his high level of effective
development through the use of appropriate instructional objectives and use of
material. Students who manifest a lot of inconsistencies in their behaviours
are those who are not able to attain enough development in this aspect of the
affective domain.
Ukpata (2005), stated that Instructional
material took into account the background material took into account the
background of student in the secondary schools. It adequately modify students
by providing instructional media together with sound institution management
techniques.
Impact of Instructional Materials on
Teachers performance
Hitchens (1963), stated that Instructional
material help to improve the intellectual power of the teacher. As the teachers
studies the instructional materials it will help to build their intellectual
power and help them to impact the knowledge on students.
Ani (2006), stated that Instructional
materials help the teacher in presenting the subject matter effectively before
the students. This is because before the teacher could come to the class,
teacher will study the subject and prepare a lesson note. He will study the
lesson note before coming a lesson note. He will study the lesson note before
coming to the class. In the end, it help the teacher flow very well before the
students.
Abdullahi (2008) stated that
Instructional material help teachers to make use of the working model. In this
case, the teacher will be properly organized in impacting the actual course
content to students. Teacher using instructional materials efficiently will
help the students perform well in external examinations and compete favorable
with their competitors from other schools. A teacher who fails to teach
according to the instructional materials will be making the students tired, but
because the teachers makes use of the approved instructional material, it paves
way for the students to learn excellently.
Orumbata (2004) stated that Instructional
material help teachers in improving their skills and widening of their knowledge.
This is because the teacher is closed with the teaching apparatus and when
studied it, can experiment it before the students such that all will understand
the teacher. Instructional material also help the teacher to study a head of
time. This help the teacher to memorize what is meant to teacher in the class
and will be ready to entertain any question from the students where by the
student is confused and not following the trend again.
Chima (2009) Instructional material
help the teacher to have better understanding with his students. In this case,
students would be very proud of their teacher and goes to the teacher even
after teaching to obtain from the teacher the area they failed to understand in
their previous class. The teacher will as well calmed down to explain to the
student in the language the student will understand.
Oluwate (2010), Instructional
material improves teachers creativeness. As the teacher studies according to
instruction he assimilates easily what knowledge to impact to students. The
best method to achieve this scope and this will definitely improve his
creativeness and may lead the teacher to another level greater than where the
teacher expects.
Adewale (2011), instructional
material will help the teacher to hold students attention in the class. This because students believe in their teacher who
teachers objectively as it will help students understand the mechanism of learning.
Ugwu (2008), Instructional material
help the teacher to control the pace of learning. As the teacher goes into the
class, the students wait for his approach. If the teacher is flowing very well,
the entire class will be clamed and every student will open the listening ear.
The students and teacher may not know that they have exceeded the time needed
for that lesson.
Challenges Faced by Students on Impact
of Instructional Materials
The education sector has been played
by various problems while undermined its optimal development over the years. In
general terms, the education sector of the Nigeria economy faced (and still
faces some of) the following problems:
1. Public
Control and Bureaucracy
Orji (2003), the post primary
schools management board (PPSMB) is controlled by the Education ministry. It
lacks autonomy, as a result of which decision taking is often bureaucratic and
unnecessarily delayed. Therefore, the operation to the education ministry is
characterized by inefficiency. To this end, most instructional materials
believed to have been sent to schools are lairs. Media will announce that instructional
material have been sent to all the secondary schools whereas most schools will
not receive it.
2. Poor
Funding of Schools:
Agom (2011), poor funding of schools
have affected the rate of students learning. The government should endeavour to
pay attention to students instructional material to enable the teachers impact
the meaningful knowledge required by students. The delay in providing the
materials even when the ministry have provided it affects the students.
3. Employment
techniques:
Aruka (1998); The employment
technique in the education sector is biased. Most of the teachers are
sub-standard and claims not to have instructional material meant for teaching
of students. The ministry should interview thoroughly the applicants before
employing them. This will help the ministry to have teachers who are
challenging and who are willing to deliver the services. To this end, students
will be glad to bend down and learn and, as well compete favourably among
themselves.
4. Corruption:
Patrick (2011), corruption is
everywhere and this affects the teaching pattern in our educational sector.
Even when the instructional materials are provided, what most principal does is
to package it and sale to those private schools and use the money for their
private predicaments. As teachers and students awaits for the instructional
materials to guide them in teaching and learning, the principal keeps telling
them one reason or the other and this affects students method of learning and
teachers means of impacting the knowledge.
5. Students
Inability to Listen to Teaching
Omebe
(2001), modern students are not interested in learning. Even when the
instructional materials are not ready, the teacher can decide to make use of
the old materials the students may prefer staying out of teaching. This affects
students method of earning.