Abstract

This study investigated the “Effects of Information Communication Technology on Senior Secondary School Students’ Geometry Performance and Retention in Bauchi State Nigeria”. The study, which adopted a quasi-experimental design and a non-equivalent, pretest, posttest, post posttest in nature have two intact classes assigned, one to control and the other to experimental group in two coeducational schools as a fair representation of 25 schools comprising of 8200 students within the metropolis of Bauchi state. The sample groups consisted of 128 (SSII) students with 54 boys and 74 girls. The data generated using the instrument, Geometry Performance Test (GPT) which comprised of 76 items validated by three experts (professors in the Faculty of Education) and subsequently pilot tested with reliability coefficient of 0.86 drawn from WAEC, NECO, JAMB and other relevant past questions. The research questions and hypotheses were formulated to be answered and tested respectively using descriptive statistics and independent t-test with twoway ANOVA to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the research revealed among others that the students who were taught using ICT method of teaching showed significant improvement in their performance in geometry than the students who received instruction through the traditional lecture method. The research also revealed that the ICT use in the teaching contributed towards raising their retention ability in geometry. Hence, the study recommended the use of ICT teaching strategy in all levels of secondary school mathematics and that mathematics teachers needed to be trained and developed on this strategy to enhance teaching capability.

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