ABSTRACT

The study examined students’ motivational drive as correlate of instructional effectiveness in Universities in Abia State. Six research questions were answered and six null hypotheses formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance guided the study. The study adopted a correlational research design. The population of this study was 608 final year students of 2018/2019 academic session. This comprises of 431 students from  College of Education, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike which constituted 95 final year students in the Department of Industrial Technology Education, 104 final year students in the Department of Agricultural and Home Economics Education, 120 final year students in the Department of Science Education, no students in the Department of Educational Management, no final year students in the Department of Library and Information Science, 53 final Year Students in the Department of Psychology Education and 59 final year students in the Department of Adult and Continuing Education  and 177 final year students from Faculty of Education in Abia State University Uturu which constitutes of 51 final year students from the Department of Educational Administration and Planning, 20 final year students from the Department of Psychological Foundations, 43 final year students from the Department of Educational Foundations, 31 final year students from the Department of Curriculum and Teacher Education and 32 final year students from the Department of Science Education. There was no sampling technique for the study since the population of the study was manageable and controllable by the researcher. Data for the study was collected using researcher’s self-developed questionnaires titled ‘Students Motivational Drive Questionnaire (SMDQ), and Instructional Effectiveness Questionnaire’’ (IEQ). 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.71 and .80 respectively which were considered reliable. Data were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient to answer the research questions while linear regression analysis was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The study revealed that adequate campus shuttle service significantly to a positive high extent relate to instructional effectiveness in universities in Abia state. The findings also revealed that students’ medical services significantly to a very high extent relate to instructional effectiveness in universities in Abia state and that students’ motivational drive significantly to a positive very high extent relate to instructional effectiveness in universities in Abia state. The study recommended amongst others that University administrations should collaborate with major transport companies and Unions in the provision of adequate and effective intra and inter campus shuttles for easy movement of students to lecture halls in the universities. It also recommended that university administration should equip her clinics for efficient medical services to both the students and all the categories of staff in the universities.