Influence of Instructional Resources Provision and Performance in Mathematics Subject in Public Girls Secondary Schools Baringo Central Sub-County

Abstract

This paper looks at the contribution of instructional resources towards the performance of girls in Kenya Certificate of Secondary Examination mathematics in girls’ secondary schools in Baringo Central. Based on Hanushek, education production function theory, the instructional resources were considered critical inputs for ensuring the output (examinations performance in mathematics by girls’ students) is attained. The study targeted mathematics Heads of Department, mathematics teachers and girls enrolled in 6 girls’ secondary schools in Baringo Central Sub County, Kenya. A sample of 6 HODs, 18 mathematics teachers and 166 girls were selected to participate in the study. The research found out that all respondents said that adequate provision of infrastructural and educational resources did have a significant effect (p<0.05) on girls’ performance in mathematics in the six public secondary schools. Schools that had inadequate learning resources performed poorly compared to those that had adequate instructional materials. The paper recommends that there is a need for the government of Kenya to equip all schools with necessary supportive infrastructure (electricity, internet and computers) to facilitate instruction in the current digital age. In addition, teachers need to improve their knowledge and skills in using information technological resources.

Influence of Availability of Instructional Resources on learning Mathematics in North-western Nigeria

“…Abdu-Raheem and Oluwagbohunmi [17] acknowledged that teachers use instructional materials to aid explanations and make the learning of subject matter understandable to students during the teaching-learning process. Instructional resources have also been described as resources or teaching materials that a teacher utilizes when presenting a lesson to make the lesson's content understandable to the learner [19]. These researchers explained instructional resources as concrete or physical objects which provide sound, visual, or both to the sense organs during teaching.…”