Chukwunenye, J. Nkiruka Ph.D. and Onwuakpa, F. I. Williams, Ph.D.
COMPUTER-SIMULATE EXPERIMENT AS A TOOL FOR
REDUCING PHOBIA IN MATHEMATICS FOR LOW
NUMERICAL REASONING ABILITY STUDENTS IN LEARNING
SECONDARY SCHOOL PHYSICS
Computer-Simulated Experiment (CSE) is a high interactive method of
carrying out practical in Physics which is very rare in Nigeria secondary
schools but very effective and could also assist learners that have phobia for
Mathematics to perform better. The study investigated the effect of ComputerSimulated
Experiment as an instructional strategy to cushion the effect of
phobia in Mathematics in Senior secondary schools in Nigeria. It adopted a
pre-test-post-test, control group, quasi-experimental design. A multi-stage
random sampling was used to select 359 students of intact class of SSII students
from six secondary schools in Owerri. Participants were assigned to treatment
groups; Computer-Simulated Experiment (CSE), Computer-Simulated and
Hands-on Experiment (CSHE) and Conventional Hands-on Experiment
((HoE) with numerical reasoning ability as moderating variable. The result
showed that the students in the CSE group performed better (( ; 38.67; SD;
6:68), than those in CSHE (( =38.56; S.D = 6:85) and HoE ( = 33.37; S.D =
7.51) respectively. Also, students with low Numerical Reasoning Ability
performed better than high Numerical Reasoning Ability (NRA). The study has
implications for improvement in curriculum development and teachinglearning
process in the secondary educational system.
Chukwunenye, J. Nkiruka Ph.D. and Onwuakpa, F. I. Williams, Ph.D.
COMPUTER-SIMULATE EXPERIMENT AS A TOOL FOR REDUCING PHOBIA IN MATHEMATICS FOR LOW NUMERICAL REASONING ABILITY STUDENTS IN LEARNING SECONDARY SCHOOL PHYSICS
Computer-Simulated Experiment (CSE) is a high interactive method of carrying out practical in Physics which is very rare in Nigeria secondary schools but very effective and could also assist learners that have phobia for Mathematics to perform better. The study investigated the effect of ComputerSimulated Experiment as an instructional strategy to cushion the effect of phobia in Mathematics in Senior secondary schools in Nigeria. It adopted a pre-test-post-test, control group, quasi-experimental design. A multi-stage random sampling was used to select 359 students of intact class of SSII students from six secondary schools in Owerri. Participants were assigned to treatment groups; Computer-Simulated Experiment (CSE), Computer-Simulated and Hands-on Experiment (CSHE) and Conventional Hands-on Experiment ((HoE) with numerical reasoning ability as moderating variable. The result showed that the students in the CSE group performed better (( ; 38.67; SD; 6:68), than those in CSHE (( =38.56; S.D = 6:85) and HoE ( = 33.37; S.D = 7.51) respectively. Also, students with low Numerical Reasoning Ability performed better than high Numerical Reasoning Ability (NRA). The study has implications for improvement in curriculum development and teachinglearning process in the secondary educational system.