Enhancing mathematics achievement of introverted and extroverted secondary school students through the use of advance organizers

 

Okigbo Ebele Chinelo^1*, Okeke Njideka Francisca² and Mbakwe Amarachi Blessing¹

 

Research Article | Published July 2016

Journal of Educational Research and Reviews, Vol. 4(3), pp. 27-32

 

 

¹Department of Science Education, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, P.M.B 5025 Awka, Nigeria.

²Department of Mathematics, Nwafor Orizu College of Education, Nsugbe, P.M.B. 1734 Onitsha, Nigeria.

 

*Corresponding author. Email: ebeleokigbo@yahoo.com; ec.okigbo@unizik.edu.ng.    

 

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This research investigated the effect of the use of advance organizers on academic achievement of introverted and extroverted students in mathematics in Senior Secondary Schools (SSS) in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria. Two research questions and two research null hypotheses guided the study. Quasi-experimental design, specifically pretest–posttest nonrandomized control group was adopted. The sample was made up of 71 SSS 2 students randomly selected from two schools using intact classes. There were 22 extroverts and 17 introverts in the experimental group and 18 extroverts and 14 introverts in the control group from the two schools were identified using personality inventory. The experimental group was exposed to the use of advance organizers while the control group was not exposed to it but was taught using modified lecture method. The mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while the Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 levels of significance. Findings from the results revealed that students taught mathematics using advance organizer achieved higher than those taught without it. There was significant difference between the mean achievement scores of students in the two groups in favour of experimental group. Extroverts achieved slightly higher than introverts taught with advance organizers but the difference was not significant. The study recommended that student mathematics teachers should be exposed to the use of advance organizers in teaching mathematics by their lecturers in the method class.