IMPACT OF INQUIRY AND PROBLEM - SOLVING STRATEGIES ON ATTITUDE, RETENTION, AND PERFORMANCE IN TRIGONOMETRY AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ IN ZAMFARA STATE, NIGERIA
IMPACT OF INQUIRY AND PROBLEM - SOLVING STRATEGIES ON ATTITUDE, RETENTION, AND PERFORMANCE IN TRIGONOMETRY AMONG SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ IN ZAMFARA STATE, NIGERIA
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2021-04
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ALIYU, Ganiyatu
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Abstract
This study investigated the impact of inquiry and problem-solving Strategies on Attitude,
Retention and Performance in Trigonometry among Senior Secondary School Students in
Zamfara State, Nigeria. A Quasi-experimental research design with pretest-posttest control
group design was adopted. The study used senior secondary school two (SSII) students
with population of 23,910 admitted during 2015/2016 academic session in Zamfara state. A
Multi-stage sampling procedure was used for the study. A simple random technique was
used to select the classes that participated in the study. A total of 381students in the six
randomly selected intact classes were used as sample size. Three research instruments were
developed and used: Trigonometry Attitude Scale Questionnaire (TASQ) targeted at the
change in attitude. Trigonometry Performance Test (TPT) was used to measure the
academic performance of the students, and Trigonometry Retention Test (TRT) was used
to measure the retention ability of the students. The test instruments were validated by
three experts and Test-rest reliability was observed. Pearson Product Moment Correlation
Coefficient (PPMCC) was used to estimate the reliability coefficients and was found to be
0.68 and 0.83 respectively. The Trigonometry Attitude Scale Questionnaire was also
validated by three experts and had a reliability of 0.78 using Cronbach-alpha method of
estimating reliability. Six research questions were raised and six hypotheses were
formulated to guide the study. The research questions were answered using mean and
standard deviation. While Null hypotheses were tested using Kruskal –Wallis test, Mann-
Whitney U-test and one andtwo-way (ANOVA). Statistics analyses at ∝= 0.05 level of
significance.The results of the study indicated that Senior Secondary School Students in
Zamfara state showed no significance difference in their attitude towards the learning of
trigonometry due to the use of inquiry and problem solving Strategies. The inquiry and
problem-solving Strategies improved on students‟ academic performance in trigonometric
concepts taught than the lecture method.The inquiry and problem-solving methods
improved on students‟ retention in trigonometric concepts taught than the lecture method.
The finding showed that there was no difference in the performance of Male and Female
students in the trigonometric concepts taught using inquiry and problem-solving
Strategies.The male students retained better than their female counterpart in the
trigonometric concepts taught using inquiry and problem-solving Strategies. Based on the
findings from the study, it was recommended that Inquiry and problem-solving Strategies
should be used by mathematics teachers to teach senior secondary school students to enhance positive performance, and aids retention.
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A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE
STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA IN PARTIAL
FULLFILLMENT FOR THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE AWARD OF
PHILOSOPHY IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE EDUCATION,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY,
ZARIA
Keywords
IMPACT OF INQUIRY,, PROBLEM - SOLVING STRATEGIES,, ATTITUDE,, RETENTION,, PERFORMANCE,, TRIGONOMETRY,, SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’,, ZAMFARA STATE,, NIGERIA