EFFECT OF STANDARDIZED TEACHING AIDS AND STUDENTS ATTITUDE ON ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN BIOLOGY IN SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Teaching aids are print and non-print items that are rested to impact information to students in the educational process. Teaching aids include items such as:
kits, textbooks, magazines, newspapers, pictures, recording videos etc. Teaching aids play a very important role in the teaching and learning process. It
enhances the memory level of the students. At this time that education has spread wide and entirely, oral teaching cannot be the key to successful pedagogy;
therefore the teacher has to use teaching aids to make teaching and learning process interesting (NIC hulls, 2003; Raw 2006) . According to Abdullahhi (2010),
teaching aids are tools locally made or imported that help to facilitate the teaching/learning process. Obanga (2005) view them as materials things which are
use to composed ported that could make tremendous enhancement of intellectual use impact the teaching aids. The use of teaching aids can enhance the
learning achievement. Cronbach (2009) states the important elements of behaviour that provides the base for learning theory situation which consists of all
the objects, persons and symbols in the learning environment. Experience in situation prepares a person to respond to similar situation in future. Uses of
teaching aids can appeal to the individual attention by creating interest goal that will help the learner achieve direct sort. Teacher’s problem of motivation is
essentially one of arranging situation with teaching aids in which the learner will see goals he want to attain. Brown et.al (2005) summarized the role of teaching aids as follows:
