EFFECTS OF ALGEBRAIC EQUATION GAME ON SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN ALGEBRA IN NSUKKA EDUCATION ZONE, ENUGU STATE, NIGERIA

ALIO, B.C and IYOKE, J. O and ANAECHE, K.C (2019) EFFECTS OF ALGEBRAIC EQUATION GAME ON SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN ALGEBRA IN NSUKKA EDUCATION ZONE, ENUGU STATE, NIGERIA. Abacus, Journal of Mathematical Association of Nigeria (MAN, 44 (1). pp. 136-143. ISSN 0001 3099

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Abstract

This study was designed to determine the effects of algebraic expansion game on secondary school students’ achievement in algebra. Two (2) research questions and three (3) null hypotheses guided the study. The design used for the study was non-equivalent control group quasi-experimental design. A sample of three hundred and eighty (380) SSI students drawn from three coeducational senior secondary schools in Nsukka Education zone formed the subjects for the study. Two SS1 classes were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups in each of the schools. The students were taught by their normal class mathematics teachers who served as research assistants. Instrument used for the study is Algebra Achievement Test (AAT). The reliability coefficient of AAT was 0.84. The result of the study showed that the Algebraic Expansion Game improved students’ achievement in algebra significantly. Secondly, use of the game in algebra instruction depicted gender-balance. Finally, the interaction effect between the teaching approach and gender was not significant on student’ achievement. The study recommended among other things, that since the game is found to be facilitative instructional approach for enhancing achievement in Algebra, teachers should adopt it as instructional approach. Mathematics teachers should be encouraged to improvise related materials to make their teaching more meaningful.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: L Education > L Education (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Arts > Faculty of Law > Faculty of Management and Social Sciences > Faculty of Education
Depositing User: mrs chioma hannah
Date Deposited: 26 Jan 2022 09:05
Last Modified: 07 Jul 2022 10:41
URI: http://eprints.gouni.edu.ng/id/eprint/3415

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