Abstract

EFFECT OF INDIVIDUALIZED ALGEBRAIC BLOCKS STRATEGY ON UPPER BASIC STUDENTS? INTEREST IN ALGEBRA IN ABUJA MUNICIPAL AREA COUNCIL

Ogbu, N. A.

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The study investigated the effect of individualized Algebraic blocks on upper basic students? interest in algebra. The population comprised of 30,974 upper basic students in public basic schools in Abuja. Multistage random sampling was used to select 155 students from two different schools. A quasi-experimental design was adopted for the study which was made up of one experimental group and a control group. Algebra Interest Questionnaire was used for data collection. The instrument was validated by two mathematics educators and one expert in measurement and evaluation for both face and content validation. Cronbach Alpha formula was used to estimate the reliability of the instrument and the index were found to be 0.72. Mean and Standard deviation were used to answer research questions while Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) was used to test the hypotheses formulated at 0.05 level of significance. The study revealed that students taught algebra using individualized algebra block strategy showed interest more than those taught using lecture method. It also revealed that the male and female students showed equal interest in the individualized strategy. It was recommended among others that teachers should adopt individualized algebra blocks strategy in teaching algebra aspect of mathematics in upper basic schools. Keywords: algebraic blocks, individualized strategy, interest, gender.

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