ASSESSMENT OF AVAILABILITY AND ADEQUACY OF INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES AND TIME ALLOCATED FOR FURTHER MATHEMATICS INSTRUCTIONS IN KOGI STATE, NIGERIA

Authors

  • David Okpanachi PhD, Mathematics Department, Kogi State College Of Education, Ankpa, Nigeria
  • Gideon Sunday Adeniyi Mathematics Department, Kogi State College Of Education, Ankpa, Nigeria
  • Samuel Achem Umoru Mathematics Department, Kogi State College Of Education, Ankpa, Nigeria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejes.v0i0.1837

Keywords:

availability and adequacy of instructional resources, instructional resources, mathematics instructions

Abstract

The paper highlights availability and adequate of instructional resources and time allocated for further mathematics instructions in Kogi State. The population for the study is 600 comprised of 100 further mathematics teachers and 500 further mathematics students from among which 52 teachers and 300 students were sampled. The instrument for data collection was questionnaire designed by the researchers. The instruments were validated by specialists in mathematics educations and measurement and evaluation. The reliability co-efficient of 0.81 and 0.91 were obtained for teachers and students respectively. The researchers generated three researched question and one hypothesis that was tested at a significance level of 0.05. Simple percentage, mean and standard deviation were used to analyzed the research questions and t-test to analyzed the hypothesis. The study found that most instructional resources were not available, the instructional resources were not adequate for further mathematics instructions and time allocated for further mathematics instructions were not adequate among others. The study also recommended that Government, Parent Teachers Associated (P.T.A) and other stakeholder as a matter of urgency provide relevant instructional resources for further mathematics instructions and times allocated for further mathematics should be increased from three (3) periods/week to daily to enable teachers/students to cover the course contents among others.

 

Article visualizations:

Hit counter

DOI

References

Abdu-Raheem, B.O (2016). Effects of instructional materials on secondary schools’ Academic Achievement in society studies in Ekiti State, Nigeria. World Journal of Education, 6(1), 32-39.

Akinleye, G.A (2010). Enhancing the quality of life in this complicated but dynamic world. 25th inquired Lecture, University of Ado-Ekiti, April 6.

Asiru, T.M (2015). Assessment of time allocation in teaching and learning of mathematics. Proceeding of 52nd and National Conference of Mathematical Association of Nigeria (MAN). Ilorin; Olad Publishers.

Ekpo, O.E (2004). Instructional strategies and the challenges of implementing of school curricula in Nigeria. Lead paper presented at 17th Annual Conference of Curricula Organization of Nigeria CON held at University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State 14th - 17th September.

Ibrahim, G. (2004). The state of Further Mathematics curricula in Secondary Schools of Sokoto state. Journal of Mathematics Association of Nigeria (Abacus), 29(1), 24 – 28.

Necon, (2014) Chief examiners report on June/July schools certificate examination. Minna: NERD. Press.

Ogbonda, L (2008). An appraised of instructional materials used to education migrant fisherman children in River State, Nigeria. Interactional Journal of Scientific Rachael in Education, 1 (1), 13-25.

Okpanachi, D. (2016). Evaluation of implementation of further mathematics curricula in senior secondary schools in Kogi State, Nigeria. Unpublished Ph.D Thesis, Department of science Education, University of Nigeria, Nsukka.

Usman, K.O (2002). The need to re-train in service mathematics teachers for the attainment of the objectives, of the universal basics education (UBE). A journal of Mathematics Association of Nigeria (Abacus) 27(1), 37-44.

Downloads

Published

2018-07-30

Issue

Vol 4, No 10 (2018)

Section

Articles

License

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.

Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).