EFFECTS OF TEACHER –LED PROFESSIONAL AND MENTORING SUPPORT ON TEACHERS’ EFFECTIVENESS AND PUPILS’PERFORMANCE IN MATHEMATICS IN ZARIA, KADUNA STATE
EFFECTS OF TEACHER –LED PROFESSIONAL AND MENTORING SUPPORT ON TEACHERS’ EFFECTIVENESS AND PUPILS’PERFORMANCE IN MATHEMATICS IN ZARIA, KADUNA STATE
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2012-06
Authors
IBRAHIM, Maruf Olasunkanmi
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to provide a new approach for remedying the problem of poor
performance of primary school pupils’ in mathematics. A target population for the study
comprises of ninety (90) teachers and twenty nine thousand four hundred and forty two
(29442) pupils of classes 4, 5 and 6 in the six Educational District within Zaria Local Government
Area. Using stratified and simple random sampling techniques a sample size of thirty (30)
teachers and one thousand five hundred and eighty five (1585) were selected. The teachers and
pupils were classified into Experimental Group and Control Group, that is, Pupils and Teachers
that are exposed to the treatment of Teacher-led professional and Mentoring Support (TLPMS)
and those that are not exposed to the treatment respectively. Quasi-experimental method with
pre-test post test design was adopted and four hypotheses were formulated, t-test statistics and
analysis of variance was used to analyze the hypotheses. The results revealed significant
difference between performance of pupils in the experimental group against those from the
control group and there was significant difference between the performance of boys and girls,
pupils from urban and rural areas as well as difference in performance of pupils from the four
Educational Districts exposed to the treatment. Part of the recommendations and suggestions
drawn from the study is for stake holders in primary schools to ensure that teachers are given
more exposure to mathematics content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge by
adapting to this new approach of teaching.
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A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO SCHOOL OF POST GRADUATE STUDIES,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA. IN PARTIAL FULLFILMENT OF THE
REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF PhD DEGREE IN MATHEMATICS
EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA
JUNE 2012
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EFFECTS, TEACHER –LED PROFESSIONAL, MENTORING SUPPORT, TEACHERS, EFFECTIVENESS, PUPILS, PERFORMANCE, MATHEMATICS, MATHEMATICS, KADUNA STATE