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EMPERICAL STUDY OF CORRELATION BETWEEN MATHEMATICS KITS AND MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT OF STUDENTS WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT A

Opayinka H. F & Kehinde M.A

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Abstract This study examined an empirical relationship between mathematics kits and mathematics achievement of learners with visual impairment. Survey/experimental research design was used in the study. The population of this study was Pre-NCE students with visual impairment in Oyo Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo. A sample of twenty (20) Pre-NCE visually impaired students was randomly selected for the study. Researchers? self-designed mathematics achievement test and mathematics kits rating scale were used to test the mathematics achievement of the students and availability and usability of kits respectively. The two proposed hypotheses were tested using Pearson product moment correlation coefficient. Findings of the study revealed that, there exists a very high positive correlation between mathematics kits and mathematics achievement of students with visual impairment. Therefore, mathematics kits and computer for teaching mathematical concepts to persons with visual impairment play a vital role. It was also found that, mathematics kits and computer (when properly used) can boost the mathematics education of persons with visual impairment. It was recommended among other things that government should embrace supply of mathematics laboratory kits to special schools to bridge the existing mathematics gaps between sighted and visually impaired students.

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