American Journal of Modern Physics and Application 2018; 5(4): 91-96 http://www.openscienceonline.com/journal/ajmpa An Investigation into Teaching and Learning Materials (TLMs) Science Tutors Use to Assess Physics Lessons in the Colleges of Education in Ghana Simon Abedi Opare 1, * , Frank Osei Manu 1 , Johnson Kofi Ackah 1 , Sampson Mensah Akrosumah 2 1 Department of Science Education, Enchi College of Education, Enchi, Ghana 2 Department of Science Education, St. Ambrose College of Education, Dormaa-Akwamu, Ghana Email address * Corresponding author To cite this article Simon Abedi Opare, Frank Osei Manu, Johnson Kofi Ackah, Sampson Mensah Akrosumah. An Investigation into Teaching and Learning Materials (TLMs) Practices Science Tutors Use to Assess Teacher-Trainees in Physics Lessons in Colleges of Education in Ghana. American Journal of Modern Physics and Application. Vol. 5, No. 4, 2018, pp. 91-96. Received: June 3, 2018; Accepted: July 19, 2018; Published: September 13, 2018 Abstract This research was conducted to investigate the impacts of using teaching learning materials (TLMs) in physics lessons in Colleges of Education in Ghana. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the colleges and the three (3) physics tutors in Central and Western Regions of Ghana for the study. A combination of qualitative and quantitative (mixed method) data collecting instruments including questionnaire and observational were used in the study. The data analysis involved the use of SPSS to determine frequency and percentages of responses and use of the interpretative technique based on the themes arrived at during the observation. A practical activity/experiment was carried out to find how effective that approach will have on students’ performance. The findings indicated that physics tutors in colleges of educations were found of using lecture method to teach physics without involving their students in lesson mostly practical work and this might have contributed to the poor performance of science students in physics lessons. It was found out that most of the science colleges lacked adequate TLMs and resources for practical lessons. The study found out that using TLMs to teach physics helped and encouraged students to participate more actively in lessons, which resulted in an improved student’s performance in class. The study recommended that physics tutors in science colleges of education in Ghana to use TLMs in their teachings, which the study showed to be very effective in improving the performance of students in physics lessons. Keywords Physics Lessons, Teaching and Learning Materials, Practices, Science Tutors, Teacher-Trainees, Colleges of Education 1. Introduction and Background The desire to pursue physics at higher levels (beyond secondary education) is influenced by the success rate and foundation a student receives in physics at the high school. A study by [6] revealed a wide range of reasons which accounted for students’ negative response to physics in Ghana. Prominent among these factors were teacher factor, poor performance, perceived difficulty nature of physics and unknown career opportunities in the subject. Most of the students reported that there is a reduced interest in the subject at the Senior High School (SHS) level because the subject was poorly presented to them. Interestingly, physics teachers who participated in the study admitted that poor tuition is one of the many reasons accounting for the low interest level among students [6]. A study on methods of teaching integrated science for training colleges by [3] affirms that students usually performed very poorly in physics in all level of education. Trainee teachers in colleges of education studying physics are also facing the same difficulties. Many researchers have equally supported the view that students