A study on the role of use of educational aid books in academic achievement among male secondary schools students of city of Kaleybar from view of teachers

The aim of this study to determine the role of educational aid books on the academic growth of secondary school male students of kaleybar City, East Azerbaijan, from perspective of teachers. This was an applied research in terms of the objective and a descriptive one in terms of type. Methodology was causal-comparative (ex post). The statistical population included all male students in Kaleybar city’s secondary schools, comprising 20 classes of 1018 people. Statistical methods applied were convenient and cluster sampling method; and according to Morgan’s table, 160 student were used as final sample, of which 80 were assigned to the group using educational aids and 80 to group not using the same. Data collection tools included researcher-made questionnaires and Hermans’s achievement motivation test questionnaire (A.M.T.). The Cronbach's alpha was used to estimate the reliability of the questionnaire (0.776). In addition, their validity was confirmed by experts in the field of education. And the data obtained from questionnaires were analyzed using SPSS version 18. The results indicate that the use of teaching aids in teaching increases student achievement motivation and academic achievement. Effectiveness of teaching aids in learning is significantly higher than average. In both groups, the effectiveness of the use of teaching aids in learning is significantly above average (the average is more than 3 and P value is less than 0.05). The accessibility of education aids for teachers and students was low.

secondary school, academic achievement, achievement motivation, educational technology.