Impact of Scaffolding on Senior Secondary School 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 was randomized prep-test, post-test control group design. 120 students (60 for experimental group and 60 for control group) were used. The instrument used for collecting data was Mathematics Achievement Test (MAT) with a reliable coefficient of 0.76. Three hypothesis were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance, t-test was used to test hypothesis 2 while ANCOVA was used for hypothesis 1&3. The findings was that there were significant difference in the achievement 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 be using scaffolding strategy for teaching and learning of mathematics in senior secondary school and that training and workshop should be organized to create awareness and techniques required in implementing scaffolding strategy in Nigeria.