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Mathematics is one of the most emphasized subjects and has grown immensely to provide a strong base for programs in science, engineering and technology. Training students in this field will give them the opportunity to improve their high order thinking skills (HOTS). But the students HOTS level is at low stage due to the learning approaches employed in classrooms. As a result, the study aimed at looking into the effect of inquiry-based learning (IBL) in improving polytechnic students level...

Mathematics teachers' pedagogy (MTP) is an integral part of classroom instructional mediation through technology or manipulatives. This article describes a logical literature analysis for the MTP and technology with GeoGebra (GG). The findings reveal the intervention impact of MTP with GG and other technologies such as matrix laboratory (MATLAB); an interactive whiteboard (IWB) and computer algebra system (CAS); wxMaxima, which is a CAS; information and communication technologies (ICT);...

Improvement of students performance in school-based subjects like mathematics has been an ongoing debate among parents, educators, and academicians. However, little is known on the significance of offering further mathematics and personal interest in mathematics. This report presents the variations in home support, self-efficacy, active learning strategies, attitude of students towards mathematics, and academic achievement between students that offered further mathematics and those that did...

The development of any nation depends on its scientific and technological prowess which when pivoted on sound mathematical foundation helps acquisition of functional skills for productive contribution to society. However, students have difficulty in applying mathematical knowledge to science learning. This study investigated the influence of Mathematical Language Ability (MLA) and Students Parental Supports (SPS) on achievement in senior school science subjects in Ogun State. It adopted a...

The paper investigates the availability and use of audiovisual materials for teaching Mathematics at the Senior Secondary School level in South-west Local Government Area in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. The objectives are to identify various audio-visual materials that are available and used by teachers of mathematics during lessons as well as the benefits teachers derived on the use of instructional materials and the challenges militating against their usage. The study employed descriptive...

The unsatisfactory academic performance of students in Nigerian secondary schools has been blamed on the quality of teachers, and professional development has been identified as a remedy. Hence, this study examined the effects of teacher collaboration as a form of professional development on students academic achievement in mathematics. The research adopted a pretest-posttest-control group quasi-experimental design involving a 22 factorial matrix. The population comprised all the mathematics...

The ugly occurrences of security breaches have made the Nigerian populace to be leaving in fear. The most affected are the teaming adolescents of the school-age who may not have a good sense of their community. Thus, this study carried out the factorial validation of a 36-item sense of community scale (SoCS) developed by Cicognani et al. since no such study exists in Nigeria. The instrument was adopted and validated. A sample of 357 students in South East Federal Universities, Nigeria, was...

Mathematics remains an indispensable pivot for technical and analytical skills that are relevant to other fields and everyday living experiences. Most learners experience challenges in comprehending mathematical concepts due to teachers' teaching strategies; hence, this paper focuses on the use of blended learning as a strategy. The study aimed to enhance learners' mathematical knowledge using the blended pedagogical strategy in two different private primary schools in Imo State, Nigeria. A...

This study explores the predictive influence of student-teacher interaction, school environment, and parental involvement on mathematics anxiety among deaf learners in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. A total of 249 deaf learners answered a structured questionnaire. Findings revealed that student-teacher interaction and parental involvement have a significant positive relationship with mathematics anxiety among deaf learners. The study also revealed that student-teacher interaction is the most...

This study assessed school management practices, teachers' effectiveness and students' academic performance in mathematics in Cross River State's secondary schools. The study was guided by two formulated null hypotheses. The study adopted the factorial research design. Simple and proportionate stratified random sampling techniques were adopted in selecting a sample of 2,145 (893 teachers and 1252 students) from a population of 6,356 teachers, and 39,468 senior secondary school students...

This study through a quantitative research methodology investigated mathematics productive disposition as a correlate of senior secondary school students' achievement in mathematics in Nigeria. A correlational research design was implemented for the study in which three research questions were answered. The sample consisted of 1600 senior secondary school year three mathematics students randomly selected from 40 schools in education district III of Lagos State, Nigeria. Two instruments...

Internationally, the proliferation of digital technologies in classrooms has produced digital distractions among digital natives in this 21st century. Thus, it is highly imperative to develop a suitable instrument for assessing and measuring digital distraction among higher education students to enable continuing research and practice. While previous studies had treated and measured digital distraction as a sub-component of a multi-dimensional construct and as a test, the present study...

Mathematics anxiety is prevalent in Nigeria where students have a fear of the subject. Much research has been conducted on the level of mathematics anxiety, the differences between the genders, and its relationship with performance. However, little has been done on the factors for mathematics anxiety, and even less on peers' contribution towards mathematics anxiety. The photovoice approach was applied to capture peers' speech and behaviour, which can intensify or minimize mathematics...

In spite of the place of mathematics in the Nigerian education system, the performance of students in both external and internal examinations is on the downward trend. Research on factors affecting students' achievement in mathematics has often neglected the impact of psychological variables, such as emotional intelligence, self-esteem, and self-efficacy. This study, therefore, was designed to study how emotional intelligence, self-esteem and the self-efficacy of students predict their...

It appears that students find it easier to solve problems on plain questions than worded problems in mathematics. This led the researcher to study the relationship between students' scores on plain questions and their scores on worded problems. The study was correlational. A sample of 122 final year senior secondary school students was drawn through judgemental sampling technique from public secondary schools in Bayelsa and Delta states, south-south Nigeria. The instrument had five plain...

For Nigeria to attain her Vision 20: 2020, the school curricula must change in line with the development in technology. Teachers should be able to adapt technology into the teaching and learning process. Three non-intellectual elements that affect the degree of integration of technology into teaching and learning are attitude toward computer, computer anxiety and computer self-efficacy. The study investigated attitudes towards computer, computer anxiety and gender as determinants of computer...

The disturbing issue of mathematics underachievement among gifted students seems more like a mystery than a reality and therefore calls for urgent intervention. This is why this study was motivated to investigate the psycho-social predictors that are reliable in discriminating potential achievers and underachieving gifted students in Mathematics. The study is a causal comparative study of 154 gifted SSII students purposively selected through multi-stage screening form 15 secondary schools in...

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The cloud computing can be considered as a major driver in innovations and transformations in teaching and learning. The research on cloud computing in education is on the increase and is attracting the attention of researchers. In this paper, we designed and developed an integrated cloud computing learning platform based on Unified Modelling Language for delivering course contents of computer science and mathematics courses to learners. The propose cloud learning framework has the...