EFFECT OF INTERACTIVE SIMULATION ON ATTITUDE AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN MATHEMATICS AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ADAMAWA STATE, NIGERIA

Kabiru Ahmed Manju

General Studies Education Department

Federal College of Education, Yola,Adamawa State, Nigeria.

ABSTRACT: This study investigated the effects of interactive simulation strategy on Senior Secondary school Students’ attitude and achievement in mathematics. This study adopted a quasi-experimental non-equivalent pre-test post-test Design. Interactive classes were assigned to experimental and control groups. The study used a sample size of 135 Senior Secondary Students in Yola Education Zone of Adamawa State. The Instruments used were Mathematics Attitude Inventory Scale (MAIS) and Mathematics Achievement Test (MAT). The teaching strategies adopted for experimental group was interactive simulation strategy (ISS). Conventional strategy was used for the control group. The study used descriptive statistics of Mean and Standard Deviation in answering research questions and inferential statistics of Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) for testing hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that ISS was effective on Senior Secondary Students’ attitude and achievement in mathematics. Likewise, the use of ISS for teaching mathematics does not show any significant difference in attitude and achievement in mathematics amongst male and female students. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended that the State Government through the State Ministry of Education should equip the Senior Secondary Schools in Adamawa State with computers to facilitate effective teaching-learning mathematics.

Keyword: Interactive simulation, students’ attitude and Students achievement, Mathematics