Effects Of Cooperative, Competitive And Individualistic Instructional Strategies On Secondary School Students' Attitude Towards Mathematics In Ondo State, Nigeria
Keywords:
Achievement, conventional, Individualistic, competitive, cooperative, Senior Secondary Schools, MathematicsAbstract
The study investigated effects of cooperative, competitive and individualistic
instructional strategies on senior school students' attitudes towards Mathematics
in Ondo State, Nigeria. The study adopted the quasi-experimental research design
of the pretest and posttest control group type. The sample consisted of 400 senior
secondary school two students who were selected from eight secondary schools
in Ondo State using purposive random sampling technique. Two research
instruments were developed for the study. The instruments were Pre - Test
Mathematics Attitude Scale (PMAS) and Post - test Mathematics Attitude Scale
(MAS). The reliability coefficients of the instruments were 0.85 and 0.89
respectively. The two null hypotheses generated were tested at 0.05 level of
significance using Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Analysis of Covariance
(ANCOVA). Post - Hoc analysis of the form Sheffe test was carried out to
determine the point at significance existed. The result showed that there was a
significant difference in the attitude of students when exposed to mathematical
concepts using cooperative, competitive, individualistic and conventional
instructional strategies. It was also found that individualistic, competitive,
cooperative and conventional learning strategies (in that order) have the potency
of effecting better attitude in students when exposed to mathematical concepts.
Based on the findings of this study, it was recommended that teachers should
make individualistic learning strategy a fundamental part of their instructions.
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