Effect of Compugraphics on Instructional Package on Mathematics Achievement among Primary School Pupils in Niger state, Nigeria

Abstract

The study investigated the effect of computer graphics on the learning of Mathematics in some selected nursery and primary schools in Minna, Niger State, Nigeria. It further investigated the gender differences in the achievement of the subjects. Forty primary two pupils were randomly selected from four nursery and primary schools in Minna metropolis. Two schools each were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups respectively. Two hypotheses were formulated and tested. The researcher-developed compugraphics on Mathematics was used as treatment for the experimental group while the control group had the ordinary chalkboard drawing and sketches method. A 20-item Mathematics Achievement Test (MAT) was the instrument used to collect data for both the pretest and posttest. The data collected were analyzed at 0.05 significant level using statistical measures of means, standard deviation and t-test. From the analysis of data, the findings showed that students taught with compugraphics performed better than those taught without it. Also, there was no significant gender difference in the performance of pupils taught using compugraphics. It was discovered that the use of compugraphics in teaching enhances effective learning and higher performances. Also, the male and female pupils performed equally better which implies that compugraphics is gender friendly. The implications of the findings were discussed and recommendations were made for the improvement of primary education in Nigeria.