Effects of Mathematics Game Strategy on Senior Secondary School Students Learning Outcomes.

Asanre Akorede A., Abiodun Taiwo O., Odupe Toyin O., Ogundeji Moses A.

Abstract


The study investigated the effect of Mathematics game strategy on senior secondary school students learning outcomes (academic achievement and interest). A pre-test, post-test, control quasi-experimental design was employed for the study. The study comprises a sample size of hundred (100) respondents from two randomly selected senior secondary schools (SS1) in the Ijebu-Ode Local government area of Ogun State, Nigeria.  The instruments for data collection were Mathematics Achievement Test (MAT) and Mathematics Interest Scale (MIS). Six hypotheses were formulated and tested at a 0.05 level of significance. Data collected were analyzed using Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). The findings revealed that there is a significant main effect of Mathematics game strategy on the academic achievement and interest of senior secondary school students. Also, it was shown that there is no significant interaction effect of treatment and gender on the achievement and interest of senior secondary school students in Mathematics. The findings further reveal no significant main effect of gender on both academic achievement and interest of senior secondary school offering Mathematics. It was recommended that senior secondary school teachers should inculcate the use of Mathematics game strategy in the teaching and learning process of   Mathematics.


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