EFFECT OF COMPUTER SIMULATION ON ACHIEVEMENT AND INTEREST OF STUDENTS IN ALGEBRA AT JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL

📄 Project Abstract

The study investigated the effect of computer simulation on achievement and interest of students in Algebra at junior secondary school level. A quasi-experimental, non-equivalent control group design was used in carrying out the research; the researcher used all the JSS II students in Isoko north educational zone of Delta State as the population of the study. Fifty-four students, from two schools (male and female) sampled, were used as sample for the study. Intact classes were assigned by balloting to either experimental or control group; and separately taught by their regular mathematics teachers who had earlier been trained for the purpose. All the groups were pre and post tested. Algebra Achievement Test (AAT) containing twenty multiple choice test and an Algebra Interest Inventory containing twenty items were used as instruments for both the control and the experimental groups. Four research questions and six hypotheses guided the study. The mean and standard deviation were used ...