International Journal of Mathematics Trends and Technology
Volume 64 | Number 1 | Year 2018 | Article Id. IJMTT-V64P504 | DOI : https://doi.org/10.14445/22315373/IJMTT-V64P504
This study investigated the availability and utilization of chief examiner’s report among Mathematics teachers in public senior secondary schools in Obio Akpor and Port Harcourt Local Government Areas of Rivers State, Nigeria. Four objectives and four research questions guided the study. The survey research design was employed for the investigation. The population comprised of all 106 Mathematics teachers in the 28 public senior secondary schools in both local government areas under investigation. A simple random sampling technique was used to select 50 Mathematics teachers from 11 sampled schools. The instrument used for data collection was a researcher constructed 14-item questionnaire called “Teachers Questionnaire on Chief Examiners’ Report” (TQCER). The instrument was validated and the reliability coefficient of 0.79 was established using the test retest reliability model. The mean and standard deviation were used to analyze the data collected. The findings of the study showed that Mathematics teachers have knowledge of the CER but do not have access to CER and that Mathematics teacher neither employed the CER to remediate students’ weakness in Mathematics nor improve students’ strengths in Mathematics. The study recommended that school principals should give Mathematics teachers the CER so that they can employ it to remediate students’ weakness in Mathematics and improve students strengths in Mathematics during classroom instruction.
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Nchelem R.George & Enefaa I.Amachree, "Availability and Utilization of Chief Examiner’s Report among Mathematics Teachers in Senior Secondary Schools in Rivers State Nigeria," International Journal of Mathematics Trends and Technology (IJMTT), vol. 64, no. 1, pp. 24-29, 2018. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/22315373/IJMTT-V64P504
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