International Research Journal of Education and Technology

The study examined the perception of instructional resource utilization on the learning outcome of students in public and private secondary schools in Calabar Education Zone of Cross River State, Nigeria.The research design adopted for this study is the survey. According to Nisbet and Entwistle (1974:8). The term survey is used here for a wide range of studies that involves observation of a situation as it is without setting up experimental conditions or allocating groups to different treatments. The proportional stratified random sampling technique was used in selecting the sample because it selects a sample that is representative of the population being studied. It is also used when the population contains a definite subset. The instrument used for data collection was a questionnaire titled Perception of Resources Utilization and Learning Outcomes (PRULOQ).  Face and content validity were used. The questionnaire was carefully designed in such a way that it met the requirement of measuring what it was meant to measure. In addition, the validity of the items was proven by the careful, mature and expert scrutiny of our supervisor who expressed satisfaction that the instruments had the capacity of attaining the objective it was designed to attain.The split-half reliability coefficient was used. Forty (40) questionnaires were administered in each school and then split into two halves. The reliability estimate is 0.77 to 0.91. In testing the four hypotheses proposed in the study, availability, accessibility, utilization of instructional material and teacher willingness to aid students’ population t-test analysis was used. The findings revealed that the utilization of classroom facilities does significantly influence the learning amongstudents in public/private schools. It was also found that utilization of library resources significantly influencesthe learning outcome of students. It was however recommended among others that government should assist schools with up-to-date equipment to facilitate learning. Also recommended is that promotion of teachers, prompt payment of salaries, and other incentives should be regular and when due, to increase teachers’ morale for effective teaching and learning.

Keywords: Perception, Instructional Resource, Utilization and Learning Outcome