The Impact of Utilizing Learning Resources on Junior Secondary School Students’ Performance in Basic Science

This study investigated the impact of utilizing learning resources on junior secondary school students’ performance in Basic Science. The descriptive survey research design was adopted with a population and sample size of 16,077 and 385 students respectively. Simple random technique was used to select the sample. Learning Resources Utilization Questionnaire (LRUQ) and Basic Science Performance Test (BSPT) were the instruments validated and used for data collection. The reliability indices of LRUQ and BSPT obtained by test and re-test methods were 0.78 and 0.74 respectively. Data collected using the instruments were analyzed. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the three research questions while analysis of variance was used to test the two hypothesis formulated to guide the study. Findings of the study revealed that the extent of utilizing learning resources in teaching Basic Science was high. The difference between the performance of students taught Basic Science with and without learning resources was significant. However gender difference was not significant. The use of learning resources to teach Basic Science was highly recommended to enhance the performance of students’ in the subject.