GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

ABSTRACT
This study was to assess the instructional objectives and learning environment as
criteria for selecting instructional materials on students' academic performance in
business studies in United Kingdom. The research design adopted for the study was
a survey design. The study was conducted in United Kingdom. The population of the
study comprised of all business studies teachers and students. Purposive sampling
technique was used to select 631 business studies teachers and high school
business studies students in all the public high schools in United Kingdom. The main
instrument used for data collection in the study was titled “Criteria for Selecting
Instructional Material for Business Studies (CSIMBS) Questionnaire. In order to
ascertain the validity of the instrument, the CSIMBS was subjected to validation by
the researcher’s supervisor and two experts in the Department of Educational
Foundation. Test-retest reliability method was to determine the reliability of the
instrument used in this study. The data collected was processed using the Statistical
Package for Social Science (SPSS). The data was organised and analysed based
on the research questions and the hypotheses. Each of the research questions was
answered using descriptive statistics while the hypotheses were tested using the
independent t-test analysis. The test for significance was done at 0.05 alpha levels.
The findings of the study revealed that there is a significant effect on assessment of
instructional objectives and learning environment as criteria for selecting instructional
materials on students' academic performance in business studies. The study
concluded that proper selection of instructional materials for teaching will set the
pace for improved performance of students in business studies due to the fact that
instructional objectives provide students with “blue print” of what is considered
important in a given course and create a common understanding between the
teachers as to what information will be provided by the teachers as well as what is
expected of the students. One of the recommendations was that since instructional
materials are very pertinent in teaching and learning, there is a strong need for the
school to procure the relevant instructional materials for the teachers to use in
teaching.
KEYWORDS: Instructional Objectives, Learning Environment, Instructional