EFFECT OF VISUAL RESOURCES ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF UPPER BASIC STUDENTS IN ARABIC LANGUAGE IN ILORIN METROPOLIS
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2016-03-27
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Faculty of Education, University of Port Harcourt
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This study investigated the effect of visual resources on students’ performance in Arabic language in Upper Basic Schools in Ilorin Metropolis. A quasi experimental design informs of the null-equivalent pretest, posttest control group design was adopted for the study. The sample consisted of one hundred and eighteen (118) students of Arabic language drawn from two sampled upper basic schools in Ilorin West and Ilorin East Local Government Areas, Kwara State. Two schools were purposively sampled for this study. The experimental group comprised of 62 students while control group comprised 56 students. Both groups were exposed to pre-test to determine there previous knowledge and post-test after taught for three weeks. Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to test all the hypotheses formulated. The findings showed that the students taught using visual resources performed significantly better than their counterparts taught without using visual resources. Another finding shows that male students taught with visual resources performed better than their counterparts (females) taught without visual resources. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others, that, teachers of Arabic language should expose their learners to constant use of visual resources, as this will promote learning, active engagement in the class, and self-motivation in Arabic lessons.
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Arabic, Visual Resources, Male, Female, Ilorin Metropolis