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STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION OF THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN MATHEMATICS IN FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION KONTAGORA - NIGER STATE

Dr. Umaru S Momozoku, Abdulmalik O Audu And Dr. Olorunsola O Niyi

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This paper reports on Students’ Perceptions of the Influence of Social Media on Academic Performance in Mathematics at Federal College of Education in Kontagora-Niger State. A cross-sectional survey research design was adopted. The population of the study comprised all NCE and undergraduate mathematics students in the school of secondary education (science programmes), Federal College of Education Kontagora- Niger State. Samples for the study comprised one hundred and seventy-five NCE students; and one hundred and thirty undergraduate mathematics students were randomly selected for the study. Four research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. A Structured questionnaire labelled Social Media Questionnaire was used for data collection. The questionnaire was validated by one expert in Mathematics education and two experts in ICT with a reliability coefficient of 0.687. Means, percentages and t-test statistic were used to analyzed the data collected. Finding of the study reveals that above 55% of the respondents engage on social media using Facebook and Whatsapp through smartphones and laptops mainly for educational purposes. Results of the study revealed that there is a significant difference in the response of NCE and undergraduate mathematics students as regards the influence of social media on their academic performance; and that there is no significant difference in the response based on the gender as regards to the influence of social media on their educational pursuit. It is recommended that students should be educated on how to maximize the potential of the different social network sites for their academic benefits. Keywords: Social Media, Performance, Social Networking sites and Interne

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