ABSTRACT This study was an attempt to Compare the Categories of mathematical tasks in two SHS mathematics textbooks namely AKIOLA core mathematics series (ACM) and the Enriched mathematics (ECM) textbooks for SHS. It specifically sought to find out the categories of exercises in mathematical tasks as well as the categories of steps in mathematical tasks and whether or not there were differences between the categories of exercises and steps in the ACM textbooks and ECM textbooks. In all, eight...
ABSTRACT Research in cognitive psychology suggests that cognitive factors such as spatial abilities and verbal reasoning are important in developing geometric knowledge of students in elementary school. However, these cognitive abilities are less explored in teacher education. The study adopted cross-sectional survey design to investigate relationships among knowledge types in geometry, and how spatial ability and verbal reasoning relate to and account for knowledge in basic shape and space a...
ABSTRACT Performance in mathematics by students has persistently been poor. This study sought to investigate the impact of quality of teaching mathematics and opportunity to learn standards provided for Junior High School pupils on their performance in Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). The study also sought to establish the strategies that could be adopted to improve performance in the subject by students in Kadjebi District of the Volta Region. The population for the study was ...
ABSTRACT The present study investigated effects of the use of Active Pedagogy on Senior High School students’ achievement in logical reasoning in the West Mamprusi District (WMD) of the North East Region of Ghana. The study employed a Quasi-experimental design with pre-test post-test control groups design which involved a sample of three hundred and forty (340) students from the four Public Senior High Schools of the district, using convenience and purposive sampling techniques. Observatio...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to find out the use of Smartphone Mathematics Applications (SMAs) among Pre-Service Mathematics Teachers (PMTs) in learning Mathematics at teacher universities in Ghana. It further investigated the factors that influence PMTs’ use of SMAs in learning mathematics and their perceptions about the use of SMAs in learning mathematics. The study utilized a cross-sectional survey design. The targeted population for the study was made up of 1,840 PMTs at the ...
ABSTRACT This study investigated Self-efficacy Beliefs in Computer use of Undergraduate maths Students’ and its Relationship to their Computer Experiences in SHS. The study used quantitative methodology which employed survey design as an approach of inquiry. Bandura self-efficacy beliefs theory was used as a conceptual model to assess the extent of students’ computer competence and constructivist teaching and learning principle as a theoretical framework to assess SHS students’ comput...
ABSTRACT This study investigated how the use of problem solving techniques could improve pre-service teachers’ performance in word problems of simultaneous equations as well as interest in the subject. The second-year pre-service teachers at the Wesley College of Education, Kumasi, were involved in the study. The study employed the survey design and data were collected using pre-test, post-test and questionnaire/interview. The data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics. The...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to describe twelfth grade students’ perception of the mathematics teachers’ teaching style, to describe the mathematics teachers’ perception of in-service education and training (INSET) programmes, and to investigate twelfth grade students’ achievement in Liberia Senior High School Certificate Examination (LSHSCE) mathematics and how it is influenced by teacher characteristics. The study took place in fourteen purposively selected senior high scho...
ABSTRACT This research work investigated the impact of Class Wide Peer Tutoring (CWPT) teaching strategy on Senior High School students’ academic achievement and retention. It also looked at students’ perception of using CWPT method in teaching Quadratic Functions. The design adopted was quasi-experimental design, involving pre-tests and post-tests. One Hundred and sixty-six (166) students of 2016/2017 academic year in the two public second cycle schools in the Central Tongu District of...
ABSTRACT This study sought to determine effects of GeoGebra on Senior High School students‘ mathematical understanding of rigid motion. The study was conducted using students and mathematics teachers of Senior High School ‗A‘ in Ho in the Volta Region of Ghana. The sample size was made up of 100 students and four mathematics teachers. The control group was made up of 50 students and the experimental group comprised 50 students. The study was conducted using non-equivalent control...
ABSTRACT Case study research design was used to examine JHS mathematics teachers‟ conceptions and practice of word problem solving (WPS), and difficulties students encounter when solving algebraic word problems in the mathematics classroom in the Tema Education Metropolis of the Greater Accra region of Ghana. The study used qualitative approach to collect and analyze data. Data was obtained from 12 participants consisting of 6 JHS mathematics teachers and 6 students. Interview, obse...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted to find out how school environments, particularly teachers, contribute to junior secondary school girls‘ achievement and attitude towards mathematics. The study involved 262 girls from twelve (12) mixed and six (6) all-girls junior high schools and their mathematics teachers. An achievement test and questionnaires were the instruments used to collect data. The data from the achievement test and the questionnaires were analysed using the independent samples ...
ABSTRACT This study explores the factors that advance the expository techniques of teaching and learning in mathematics. The study was conducted in Shama Senior High School in the Shama District of the Western Region of Ghana which had a final-year student population of 726. The descriptive survey research method design was employed, where a simple random sampling technique selected 10 teachers and 280 students for the study. Two expository research models namely, mathematics teacher‟s que...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to investigate gender differences in pre-service teachers‟ Van Hiele‟s geometric reasoning levels and their attitude towards geometry under the following variables (usefulness of learning geometry, confidence in learning of geometry and enjoyment of learning geometry) of Northern Region Colleges of Education. Also, the purpose was to investigate whether there is relationship between Pre-Service Teachers (PSTs‟) Van Hiele‟s Geometry Test (VHGT) a...
ABSTRACT This study sought to find out whether Problem Solving Approach (PSA) is being used to teach Mathematics at the Basic School level in Kwahu West Municipality and Ghana as a whole. Simple random sampling was used to select the prospective respondents for good representation. A total of 62 respondents participated in the study made up of mathematics teachers and Circuit Supervisors. Questionnaires, unstructured interviews and observations were used to collect the data and analyzed usin...