Abstract

EFFECT OF GEOGEBRA SOFTWARE ON SENIOR SECONDARY STUDENTS ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN ALGEBRA IN PANKSHIN LGA OF PLATEAU STATE

Gakbish John G., Golji Godfrey, G. and Augustine M. Yilleng

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The study investigated the effect of GeoGebra software on the students? academic achievement in algebra among senior secondary school students two in Pankshin LGA of plateau state. The quasi ? experimental non-equivalent research design was adopted using the intact ? classes of the sampled schools. Each sampled school has both the experimental and control groups. The population of the study comprises of 5535 students of the 40 public and private secondary schools in Pankshin LGA in Plateau state. Four schools and 150 students were sampled for the study. The researchers used Algebra Achievement Test (ALAT) to collect the data. Three research questions and hypotheses were used. The research questions were answered using descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) while the hypotheses were tested using ANCOVA at 0.05 level of significance. The result obtained showed that those taught algebra using GeoGebra software performed better than those taught without GeoGebra software. Male and female students taught using GeoGebra showed no significant difference in their achievement in algebra. Meanwhile, private school students taught algebra using GeoGebra software performed better than their counter part in the public schools. Hence the study concluded that GeoGebra software has positive impact on student?s achievement in algebra. It was recommended that teachers should be encourage to use CAI in teaching the students to increase their commitment in learning mathematics. Government and the private school proprietors should make provision of computers and the software to facilitate teaching of mathematics in our secondary schools.

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