Effect of three modes of mobile instructional package on retention and gender of mathematics students in Colleges of Education, North Central Nigeria

Abstract

This study investigated the effect of three modes of mobile instructional package on achievement and gender of mathematics students in colleges of education, in North-Central Nigeria. The study adopted pre-test post-test randomized experimental design. The target population for the study was all the NCE one mathematics students in North-Central Nigeria. Multi-stage sampling was used to sample the schools and students for the study. A random sample of 120 students (75 male and 45 female) were selected from three randomly selected colleges of education, in North-Central Nigeria. The research was guided by three research question and three null hypotheses and tested at 0.05 level of significant. The researchers developed mathematics mobile instructional package MMIP on mathematical concepts on trigonometry, which was used as treatment for experimental groups. A pilot study was carried out to test the research instrument. A reliability coefficient of 0.85 was obtained using the split-half method. Thirty (30) multiple choice item multiple choice questions were administered to both groups before and after the treatment. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to test the research hypotheses. The findings of the study revealed that there was no significant difference in the achievements and gender of mathematics student taught using Video Only, Audio+Text and Text Only. The study recommends that lecturers should be encouraged to use Mathematics Mobile Instructional Package (MMIP) for teaching and learning of mathematics.