Abstract

PLACE OF MATHEMATICS GAMES IN THE MATHEMATICAL FLUENCY OF NCE STUDENTS IN OYO STATE

Kehinde, Michael Adeyinka,1 Saddiq, Khalid2 and Sabitu, Kamoru Abiodun

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This study investigated the place of Mathematical games on the mathematics fluency of NCE students in Oyo state, Nigeria with interest also placed on gender. The study adopted a quasi-experimental non-randomized pre-test, post-test control group design. The population of this study was all NCE I Mathematics students in all Colleges of Education in Oyo state. A total number of thirty (30) college students studying mathematics formed the sample using simple randomized sampling technique. The research instruments used for this study were the Mathematical games (which served as the treatment for the experimental group) and a self-developed questionnaire tagged ?Probability Achievement Test (PPT)? which was administered to test the two groups? i.e. experimental group and control group. Four null research hypotheses were formulated for the study which was tested at 0.05 level of significance using t-test as the method of analysis. The findings of the study revealed that students? exposed to the use of Mathematics games performed significantly better than those exposed to the conventional method; male students taught using Mathematical games performed better than their female counterpart. Though, the difference was not significant which implies that better mathematics education can be achieved by every educational stakeholder if the teachers and other educational personnel can incorporate the use of Mathematical games in addition to the use of all the required instructional materials. It was therefore recommended based on the findings of this study that if Mathematical games is adopted in teaching and learning, it will boost the achievement of students in skills acquisition, problem solving ability and development of the right types of attitudes towards mathematics. Keywords: Mathematics, Games and Fluency.

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