Abstract

Francisca Ifeoma Osunwanne, C.C.N. Vincent, Nkiru Okoroafor, Emmanuel Ifeanyi Obeagu*, Adanma Nwagwu Solomon, Anthonia Emesowum, Josephine Egbuchelem and Clementina Ezenwuba

ABSTRACT

This study determined the use of instructional materials and its influence on academic performance among nursing students in Imo State. The study employed both a descriptive survey and a quasi-experimental research design. The study was guided by four four research questions and two corresponding hypotheses. The review of literature was done under the following subheadings: conceptual framework, theoretical framework, empirical review and summary of literature review. The population of the study comprised 3795 student nurses and 123 nursing tutors in Imo State. a sample size of 397 student nurses and 103 nurse tutors were obtained for the study using taro Yamane formula and selected using stratified and random sampling techniques. Majority of the respondents agree that instructional material help to understand subject matter better (4.00), easy to understand (3.12), digital instructional materials are easy to access and use (3.85), help to improve grade (3.56), help to retain information better (4.00) and helps prepare for examinations (3.46) and students taught with instructional materials perform better than those taught with instructional materials at post-test. Based on the findings, the researcher recommends among others that nursing school authorities should provide instructional materials based on the factors that determine their use such as alignment with the curriculum.