Effect of Teaching Aids in the Teaching of Mathematics

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

1.1.        Background of the Study

Learning means an individual’s developing a new knowledge, skill or attitude as a result of his/her interaction with his/her knowledge and environment. Learning may happen at any time. However what concerns the educators is the purposive

SIGNIFICANCE OF A CORRELATIONAL ANALYSIS OF CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT AND EXAMINATION

Significance of the Study

        This research work will be beneficial to both students and educators alike in the teaching and learning field as it would help them realize the effectiveness of the continuous assessment and work toward putting it to use.

It will also be beneficial to the Ministry of Education as it would help the government to ascertain the difficulties encountered by teachers in the implementation of continuous assessment and work towards improving its usage in secondary school assessment.

Lastly, the study will provide adequate literature to the general public, other educational experts and researchers who intend to carry out further investigation on the effectiveness of continuous assessment in secondary schools.

Scope of the Study

       

Research Method and Procedure FOR A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT

 

Research Method and Procedure

        This chapter is devoted to the method employed for data execution of this study. It covered: research design, population of the study, sample and sampling procedure, research instrument, validation of the instrument, reliability of the instrument, method of data collection and method of data analysis.

Research Design

        This study adopted a survey research design. This is because the study sought the opinion of respondents on the factors militating against the effective teaching and learning of mathematics.

Population of the Study

Mathematics Teaching

 

Mathematics Teaching

        Teaching is responsible for joy, intellectual curiosity and creativity in learning. It is teaching which creates confidence in the subject and makes learning a pleasant, successful and stimulating experience. One cannot but ask as Ekhabafe (1980) did, “is the knowledge of the subject matter alone sufficient for successful teaching in a modern classroom?” anyone who undertakes to bring about learning of particular sort findings himself arranging a set of stimulus condition that acts upon the learner. What condition needs to occur first, what next and what last in order for effective learning to be assured? (Shuiman, 1973). The teachers’ method of teaching mathematics has a lot to do with the students’ ability to learn it and appreciate it, more often than not it also determines the attitude of the students towards the subject.

Mathematics for the Workplace

Mathematics for the Workplace

        Major employers in the engineering, construction, pharmaceutical, financial and retail sectors have all made clear to us their continuing need for people with appropriate mathematical skills. In particular, employees highlight the storage of statisticians. Advanced and developing economies need an increasing number of people with more than minimum qualifications in mathematics to stay ahead in international competitiveness and in particular to effectively exploit advances in technology. An adequate supply of young people with mastery of appropriate mathematical skills at all levels is vital to the future prosperity of Nigeria.

IMPORTANCE OF MATHEMATICS

Mathematics for Its Own Sake

        Mathematics provides a powerful universal language and intellectual tool kit for abstraction, generalization and synthesis. It is the language of science and technology. It enables us to probe the natural universe and to develop new technologies that have helped us to control and master our environment, and change societal expectations and standards of living. Mathematics skills are highly valued and sought after. Mathematical training disciplines the mind, develops logical and critical reasoning and also develops analytical and problem solving skills to a higher degree.

SCOPE OF A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF MATHEMATICS

Scope Of The Study

        The study is limited to factors militating against the effective teaching and learning of mathematics. It is also restricted to secondary schools in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State.

Significance of the Study

        This study is useful to various persons in diverse ways. The study will be useful to teachers and educational experts as it would expose them to the various factors militating against the effective teaching and learning of mathematics, thereby revealing factors to curb the problem of poor academic performance in mathematics.

A comparative study of mathematics

 

Statement of the Problem

        Mathematics is indispensable in the progress of any individual in particular and country at large. It is a unifying subject and students’ interest in science cannot be alienated from mathematics. It is indispensable for scientific and technological development in the society and it has been made a compulsory subject in secondary schools.

        In recent years, there has been a rapid increase in students’ scholastic malfunctioning and underachievement in mathematics. It has been discovered that quite a number of factors tend to combat effective teaching and learning of mathematics in schools, accounting for the said underachievement and scholastic malfunctioning.

A comparative study of mathematics achievement

Abstract

The study was designed to compare mathematics achievement of private and public secondary school students in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State. To direct the study, two hypotheses were formulated. The study adopted the survey research design and the population of the study comprised all the senior secondary school students in both public and private secondary schools in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State. The sample size was four hundred and eighty students randomly sampled from thirty schools. Data for the study were collected

Lack of Qualified and Motivated Biology Teachers

Lack of Qualified and Motivated Biology Teachers

The success of any educational problem depends on the caliber of teachers. Lack of qualified and motivated biology teachers is a major impediment militating against the effective teaching of biology. The quality of a teacher determines to a large extent the students level of understanding, it is pertinent to know that the quality of a teacher is the most important educational input predicting students achievement.

Ajeyalemi (1990), opined that the students poor performance and lack of interest in science, particularly biology is as a result of lack of qualified and motivated biology teachers. If teachers from any other field are mandated to teach biology in schools, in such cases, then due to the abstract nature of biology the learners will not be able to benefit maximally from the lesson because the teacher is not professionally trained in the mandated field of study. Owing to the need for scientists and their accelerated influx in other sectors, teaching is generally seen as unlucrative profession,