Impact of Scaffolding on Senior Secondary Students Mathematics Achievement in Niger State.

Abstract

The study was on , impact of scaffolding on senior secondary students ' achievement in mathematics in Minna Metropolis. It was an attempt to ease students’ difficulties in comprehending Mathematics (Plane Geometry). The study used randomized pre - test, post- test control group design. 120 students (60 for experimental group and 60 for control group) were used. The experimental group was taught using scaffolding strategy, while the control group was taught using conventional method. The instrument used for collecting data was Mathematics Achievement Test (MAT) with a reliability coefficient of 0.76. Three hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. t-test was used to test hypothesis 2 while ANCOVA was used for hypotheses 1&3. The findings were that there was significant difference in the achievement of students taught with scaffolding strategy and those taught with conventional method and there was no significant difference in the achievement of male and female students taught with scaffolding strategy. It was recommended that teachers should try as much as possible to always use scaffolding strategy for teaching and learning of mathematics in the senior secondary schools and that training and workshops should be organized to create awareness and techniques required in implementing scaffolding strategy in Nigeria.