Availability and adequacy of instructional materials for teaching basic school mathematics

Abstract

The study examines Availability and Adequacy of instructional material in teaching basic school Mathematic in Ilorin south Local Government Area in Kwara State. A Descriptive survey research was adopted for this study. Nine hundred and sixteen teachers in Ilorin south Local Government Area of Kwara State made up the population for the study. Using simple random sampling techniques, a sample of two hundred teachers were selected. Two research Questions guided the study. An instrument titled “Questionnaire on Availability and Adequacy of instructional materials for teaching basic school mathematics (QAAIMBSM)”. was used to collect data with a reliability value of (0.81). The data collected was descriptively analyzed using frequency count, simple percentage, mean and standard deviation to provide answers to researched questions. The findings revealed that four out of the twelve identified instructional materials was generally available and while five were adequately used. Based on the above findings, the following recommendations among others are made, The State Ministry of Education should provide basic Schools in Ilorin South Local Government Area of Kwara State with mathematical laboratory, computers, mathematical instruments like weight, constructional instruments, charts, compass, parabola ,eclipse,  over head projectors in  order to enhance quality and sound teaching of mathematics, Supervisors should regularly embark on supervision to enhance steady use of instructional materials in teaching mathematics in senior secondary schools.