Library and Information Science Lecturers Classroom Management Strategies and Students Academic Performance in Higher Institutions in Imo State, Nigeria

The purpose of the study was to determine the Library and Information Science Lecturers Classroom Management Strategies and Students Academic Performance in Higher Institutions in Imo State, Nigeria. Two research questions and two hypotheses were formulated and used for the study. Correlation research design was adopted and used for the study. The study was carried out in Imo State. The instrument for the study was validated by two experts. The population of the study comprised 595 students while the sample size of the study comprised 398; representing 65 % of the population. The instrument for the study was a questionnaire titled, Classroom Management Strategies and Academic Achievement Questionnaire (CMSAAQ). The instrument was validated by two experts; the reliability of the instrument was tested. The researcher employed the services of two research assistants that assisted in the administration and retrieval of the instrument. Mean and Standard deviation were used to answer the research questions, while the hypotheses were tested using Pearsons Product Moment Correction Coffecint at 0.05 level of significance. Based on the analysis, it revealed that effective classroom communication adopted by LIS Lecturers influences students academic performance in higher institutions of learning in Imo State, Nigeria and that there is no significant relationship between classroom discipline adopted by LIS Lecturers and students academic performance in higher institutions of learning in Imo State, , Nigeria. It was finally recommended that Library and Information Science lecturers should acquire the needed classroom management strategies as propel students academic performance, Library and Information Science lecturers should also acquire the needed classroom discipline skills so as to enhance students academic performance and that Library and Information Science Lecturers should be supervised on the level of the afore-stated strategies for Students Academic Performance in Higher Institutions in Imo State, Nigeria