Research Paper
Year: 2019 | Month: December | Volume: 6 | Issue: 12 | Pages: 61-68
Effect of 5Cs on Senior Secondary School Students’ Achievement in Geometry in Makurdi Metropolis, Benue State, Nigeria
Iji Clement O1, Age Terungwa James2
1Professor, 2Doctoral Student,
Mathematics Education, Department of Mathematics Education, Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi- Nigeria
Corresponding Author: Age Terungwa James
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of the 5 Principles of the Modern Mathematics Classroom otherwise known as the 5Cs on the achievement of senior secondary school student in geometry in Makurdi Metropolis of Benue State. The design adopted for this study is Quasi-experimental. It specifically used a non-randomized pre-test posttest control design. The study was conducted in Makurdi metropolis of Benue state, Nigeria. The sample size of the study was 181 students. It consisted of 84 males and 97 females from four schools. The control group has 102 students while the experimental group has 79 students. The instrument of this study was Geometry Achievement Test (GAT). It comprised of 25 –item multiple choice objectives questions constructed by the researcher. Its reliability coefficient was calculated to be 0.84 using Kuder-Richardson Coefficient, K-R21. Descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviations were used to answer the research questions. Inferential statistics of Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings indicate that the use of 5Cs enhances students’ achievement in geometry and both male and female students equally improved on their achievement in geometry.
Key words: Achievement, Geometry, Strategy.
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