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INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA AND PUPILS’ INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENTS IN ITU LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA

ABSTRACT

This study investigated the relationship between instructional media and pupil’s intellectual development in Itu Local Government Area. Three research questions and three null hypotheses were postulated to guide the study. Correlational survey research design was adopted and used for this study. Correlational survey research design was adopted and used for the study. The population of the study was 110 teachers and 2,654 ECC pupils in all the 38 public primary schools in Itu Local Government Areas. A sample size of 210 participants

selected through multi - stage sampling technique was used to select the respondents for the study. Teachers’ Utilization of Instructional Media Questionnaire (TUIMQ) and Pupils Intellectual Development Rating Scale (PIDRS) were used as the instruments for the study. The instruments which yielded reliability was determined. Cronbach’s Alpha Statistic was used for instruments reliability coefficients indices of 0.88 and 0.79 respectively. Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) was used in anwsering the research questions, test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings showed that there is a strong positive and significant relationship between print, visual and electronic instructional media and pupils’ intellectual development in Itu Local Government Area. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended among others that the government and stakeholders in the education system should give more attention to massive supply of diverse instructional media to all the schools in the federation and supervisors should be assigned to different schools to ensure that teachers are closely monitored to use instructional aid for each topic taught in order to improve pupils’ intellectual development.

KEYWORDS: Instructional Media, Pupils Intellectual, Developments, Local Government Area

Immaculata Gregory UMOH, Ph.D. EZAK, Lydia-Noyume Odum And NWOGU Success Kingsley

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH FINDINGS. VOL. 7 NO.1