MATHEMATICS EDUCATION IN NIGERIA: ISSUES OF EFFECTIVE TEACHING STRATEGIES
Kyari, Sunday Steven & Obed T. Akwana
College of Agriculture
Lafia, Nasarawa State, Nigeria
ABSTRACT
Mathematics has continued to receive attention in Nigeria since independence; this is because mathematics is the stem for scientific and technological breakthrough. It is sure that despite the effort been put in to up lift the standard of mathematics in schools the result have not been satisfactory. Different reforms have been made in education in other to improve the understanding of mathematics because of its strategic position in nation building. Many authors have raised issues that affect the understanding of mathematics to include, issues of mathematics teachers education, professional development of mathematics teacher, overcrowding mathematics classroom, challenges of mathematics strategies for teaching and sustaining mathematics learning. These views will put mathematics teachers and learners in the right direction of understanding and teaching mathematics.
