Al-Hikmah University Journal

This study was designed to investigate the perceived effects of instructional materials on effective teaching and learning of sciences in some selected senior secondary schools in Lafiagi Metropolis. The study employed descriptive cross-sectional survey design. Respondents for this study comprised 35 Senior Secondary School Science teachers and 120 Senior Secondary School Science students drawn from the selected schools. A 21-item adopted questionnaire was used to elicit response from both teachers and students. A reliability index of 0.72 was obtained. The data were analyzed using frequency counts and percentages, mean and standard deviation. The findings of the study showed that teachers use variety of instructional materials in the teaching of Science. The study also found out that majority of the Science teachers and students agreed that the most commonly used instructional materials includes pictures (mostly diagrams and charts), photographs, real objects, print materials and computers which are useful in effective teaching and learning of Sciences. It is however recommended that all stakeholders should adequately make available relevant and adequate instructional materials for effective teaching and learning of sciences.