ASSESSMENT ON EDUCATIONAL AND HEALTHCARE NEEDS OF INTERNALLYDISPLACED PERSONS IN MAIDUGURI METROPOLIS, BORNO STATE, NIGERIA

Hassan Dan AzumiAudu

PEDN Department

 Federal College of Education, Yola

Email: dahassan@fceyola.edu.ng

ABSTRACT

This paper examined the effect of improvisation of instructional materials on attitude and academic performance of nomadic pupils in social studies in north eastern Nigeria. The study adopted a quasi-experimental, pre-test, post-test, non-equivalent, control groups design. The study sampled 257Primary V students across the 12 nomadic schools across six states in north eastern Nigeria at rate of two schools per state. The instruments for data collection were Social Studies Attitude Inventory (SSAI) and Social Studies Achievement Test (SSAT). The SSAI was adapted and modified from Attitude Scale (AS) designed by Aiken and Aiken (1969) before improved on by Ahlgren and Walberg (1973). The scale comprised of 40 items, based on a five- point Likert scale. The Social Studies Achievement Test was a multiple choice objective test which consists of 30 items based on primary V curriculum for first and second terms. ANCOVA analysis was used for data analysis. The study found the set of nomadic pupils taught socials studies with improvised instructional materials recorded academic performance and positive attitude significantly higher than those set of nomadic pupils without instructional materials. The study concluded that social studies required instructional materials for effective teaching in nomadic schools. Therefore, the study recommended that in the case of lacked readymade instructional materials the social studies teachers should endeavour to improvise instructional materials suitable for teaching and learning socials studies in pecular to lifestyle of nomadic pupils.

Keywords: Improvisation, instructional materials, attitude and academic performance