Teaching Resources and Students’ Engagement in Business Studies in Public Secondary Schools, Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial District

Abstract

This study was undertaken to determine the influence of Teaching Resources and Students’ 
Engagement in Business Studies in Public Secondary Schools, Akwa Ibom North-West 
Senatorial District. Two specific objectives, two research questions and two null hypotheses 
were formulated to guide the study. Descriptive survey research design was used for the study. 
The Population for the study was 3334 JSS 2 Business Studies Students in Public Secondary 
Schools. The sample size of 433 was used determined using Nwana’s percentage-based 
sampling procedure. Multi-stage sampling procedure was use for selection of the respondents. 
Two instruments developed by the researcher was used to collect data. The data obtained were 
analyzed using Mean statistics to answer the research questions while independent t-test was 
used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 significant level. The findings of the study indicate that 
teacher’s utilization of teaching resources; visual and audio-visual highly and significantly 
influence students’ engagement in Business Studies in Public Secondary Schools, Akwa Ibom 
North-West Senatorial District. It was concluded that it is imperative for Business Studies 
teachers to utilize the various teaching resources at their disposal to motivate and support 
students learning behaviour resulting to their willingness to engage. Therefore, it is 
recommended among others that the state Government officials in conjunction with State 
Secondary Education Board officials should ensure that workshops, seminars and conference 
are frequently organized for education stakeholders on the relevance of utilization of teaching 
resources for effective teaching and learning.