DE-DAVIDSON GROUPS, AFAHA NSIT

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1       Background of the Study A well planned curriculum is not a guarantee that learning takes place. For learning to take place, it is also necessary to have a teacher who is competent and effective (Lawton, 2007). A teacher who is incompetent can destroy any teaching programme.         For these reasons, teacher need to be an effective as possible effective teacher need to know a good deal not only   about what he is teaching, but also how children learned. An effective teacher need to motivate his students. Nkang and Eneh (2008) pointed out that learning effectiveness can be boosted through appropriate choice and use of motivational techniques. They also mentioned that a motivated learner is better prepared to tackle learning tasks than an unmotivated learner.           Ayelabi (2000) put it that the success of education depends largely ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1       Background to the Study School characteristic is an important factor in the teaching learning environment. School characteristics are seen as the total components of the school environment. It is the physical structure and internal facilities that contribute to academic performance of students in the school environment. School characteristics can be interchangeable with school environment factors. Several studies have been carried out on the influence of school characteristics on academic performance of students. Moreso, school characteristics such as class size, school environment, school facilities may influence students’ performances in the school. The characteristics can mar or motivate students’ performance. According to Etokebe (2006) school characteristics such as school facilities, class size, school environment, inadequate textbooks, poor infrastructure, school location, poor school facilities and students...

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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1       Background to the study Audio visual material is one of the instructional strategies which facilitate effective teaching and learning of physics in secondary schools in Oruk Anam Local Government Area. The term “visual” came into prominent in the educational sense during the first decades of the 20 th century. “Audiovisual,” a term which combines both sound and visual stimuli later came into use.   The eyes, ears, and nerve ending are some of the means through which communication perception takes place. Audio visual material is a useful tool that helps to stimulate our perception. It increases our hearing and seeing simultaneously and hence our cognitive skills. With the advancement of modern technology in the world it is more urgent to use modern instructional materials such as audio visual material to develop efficiency in the way students learn. There is a need to restructure our instructional material t...