THE IMPACT OF INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMME ON STUDENTS PERFORMANCE IN MATHEMATICS
Omotosho, Gabriel Akinlolu
Department of Math/ Stat
Isah Mustapha Agwai I Polytechnic, Lafia
Email: jogbodoakinlolu@gmail.com
ABSTRACT: The study investigated the impact of instructional programme on students’ performance in mathematics in Nasarawa State. The study was designed to find out whether students taught geometry using instructional programme would perform better in mathematics than those taught using the conventional method. Two hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The design of the study was quasi-experimental, non-equivalent pre-test, post- test control group type. Purposive sampling technique was employed in the selection of the schools for the study. Mathematics Performance Test (MPT) with reliability coefficient of 0.84 was used for data collection. Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) was used for testing the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The results showed that there is significant difference in mean performance scores between the students taught mathematics using instructional programme and those taught using the conventional method. The results showed that there is no significant difference in the performance of male and female students taught mathematics with instructional programme.
Keywords: Teacher-Centered Method, Performance in Mathematics, Discovery Learning, Conventional Method
