Abstract
This paper examined the impact of instructional materials on students’ academic performance and gender attitude towards learning English language in senior secondary schools in Katsina metropolis. The population of the study comprised of SS II students of senior secondary schools of Katsina metropolis. Two schools were selected for the study through simple random sampling. One hundred and seventy three (173) students were selected as the sample of the study. Quasi-experimental research design was used in the study. Hypotheses were tested using t-test for independent samples with the SPSS v.20.0 at the 0.05 significance level. The findings revealed that students taught using instructional materials performed better than those taught without the materials. Also, the study shows that, there is gender difference in the academic performance of students as female students performed better than male students taught with instructional materials. It was concluded that, instructional materials have significant impact on students’ academic performance in English language. It was also discovered that, male students developed positive attitude towards learning with instructional materials. It was recommended that teachers of English language should be teaching at all levels with instructional materials; government should provide instructional materials to schools.
Keywords: Instructional Materials, Academic Performance, Gender.