Abstract
The purpose of the study is to validate a developed self-instructional
manual for learning patchwork and quilting crafts by Home Economics
students in South East Nigeria. Two research questions and one hypothesis
guided the study. Six colleges of education, three of them federal-owned
and three state-owned, where Home Economics was offered were used for
the study. For the testing of the hypothesis on the effectiveness of the self
instructional manual, two colleges of education were sampled. Final year
Home Economics students of Federal College of Education, Eha-Amufu,
Enugu State made use of the self instructional manual, while the final year
Home Economics students of Enugu State College of Education, Enugu did
not. Two findings were made by the study (1) the lecturers and craftsmen
who assessed the self instruction manual found it very appropriate (ii)
students who made use of the self instructional manual performed better in
a multiple choice test than students who did not. Hence, the null hypothesis
was rejected. Based on the findings it was recommended that the self
instructional manual be widely used by Home Economics students to
supplement the lecturers and practicals given to them at school.