MOBILE APPLICATION COMPETENCE AND CLASSROOM COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES AS CORRELATES OF LECTURERS INSTRUCTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS IN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN SOUTH EAST NIGERIA.

Abstract

The study examined mobile application competence and classroom communication strategies as correlates of lecturer’s instructional effectiveness in public universities in South East Nigeria. Two research questions were answered and two null hypotheses postulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance guided the study. The study adopted a correlational design. The population was 634 lecturers from six colleges and faculties of education in the studied universities. The sample size was 317 lecturers which represented 50% of the population. This consisted of 80 lecturers’ from Michael Okpra University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU), 75 lecturers from University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), 53 lecturers’ from Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufo Alike Ikwo (AE-FUNAI), 28 lecturers from Abia State University, Uturu (ABSU), 48 lecturers from Imo State University, Owerri (IMSU) and 33 lecturers from Ebonyi State University Abakaliki (EBSU). The sample was arrived at using four-staged sampling technique. Data for the study was collected using researchers’ self-developed questionnaires titled Mobile Application Competence and Classroom Communication Strategy Questionnaire (MACCCSQ) and Lecturers Instructional Effectiveness Questionnaire (LIEQ). The instruments were validated by two experts from the Department of Educational Management and one expert from the Department of Science Education specialized in Measurement and Evaluation, all from MOUAU. The reliability of the instruments was determined using Cronbach Alpha Method which yielded an alpha of.70 and .80 respectively which were considered reliable. Data were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (PPMCC) to answer the research questions while linear regression analysis was used to test the null hypotheses at .05 level of significance. The study revealed that Mobile application competence has a positive moderate extent correlate with lecturers instructional effectiveness in public universities in south east, Nigeria. Effective classroom communication strategy in managing learning to a positive low extent correlate with lecturers instructional effectiveness in public universities in south east, Nigeria. The study recommended amongst others that, Lecturers’ competence strategy in using mobile application technologies significantly relate with lecturers instructional effectiveness in public universities in south east, Nigeria. Effective classroom communication strategy in managing learning significantly relate with lecturers instructional effectiveness in public universities in south east, Nigeria.