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This study examined the factors influencing teaching and learning of
mathematics in senior secondary schools in Oredo Local Government Area, Edo State, Nigeria. The objectives of the study were to determine the extent to which :the perception of teachers, the methodology of teachers shortage of instructional material, and shortage of qualified teachers, influenced the teaching and learning of Mathematics secondary school. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design. The population of study comprised of all the 565 (five hundred and sixty five) Mathematics teachers in the sixteen (16) public secondary school in Oredo Local Government Area The study adopted the simple random sampling technique in selecting 28 (twenty eight) Mathematics teachers from five randomly selected schools. A structured questionnaire titled: Factors influencing the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics Questionnaire (MAFTQ) was used for data collection. To analyze the data collected, the research questions were answered using descriptive statistics such as simple mean and standard deviation. The results indicated that the perception of the teachers influences the teaching and learning of Mathematics, teachers’ Methodology influences the teaching and learn of Mathematics, Inadequacy Instructional Facilities affects the teaching and learning of Mathematics, Inadequacy of qualified teachers influences the teaching and learning of Mathematics in secondary schools. Based on the results of this study, it was recommended that: There should be adoption of learner centered methods by teachers to accelerate the stimulation and retention of learners interest in the teaching and learning process thereby enhancing students comprehension of concept taught in class, There is need for government and other stakeholders in the education industry to regularly and periodically organize in-service seminars for teachers to be adequately equipped with skills to impart knowledge to students to assimilate Mathematics topics, Government should increase her annual budgetary allocation to secondary school education to facilitate the procurement of instructional resources in the teaching of Mathematics in secondary schools. There should be regular and periodic training of Mathematics teachers to adequately equip them and to keep abreast with modern instructional strategies in the teaching of the subject as it would facilitate an enhancement in the quality of the instructional delivery inherent in the subject.
mathematics in senior secondary schools in Oredo Local Government Area, Edo State, Nigeria. The objectives of the study were to determine the extent to which :the perception of teachers, the methodology of teachers shortage of instructional material, and shortage of qualified teachers, influenced the teaching and learning of Mathematics secondary school. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design. The population of study comprised of all the 565 (five hundred and sixty five) Mathematics teachers in the sixteen (16) public secondary school in Oredo Local Government Area The study adopted the simple random sampling technique in selecting 28 (twenty eight) Mathematics teachers from five randomly selected schools. A structured questionnaire titled: Factors influencing the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics Questionnaire (MAFTQ) was used for data collection. To analyze the data collected, the research questions were answered using descriptive statistics such as simple mean and standard deviation. The results indicated that the perception of the teachers influences the teaching and learning of Mathematics, teachers’ Methodology influences the teaching and learn of Mathematics, Inadequacy Instructional Facilities affects the teaching and learning of Mathematics, Inadequacy of qualified teachers influences the teaching and learning of Mathematics in secondary schools. Based on the results of this study, it was recommended that: There should be adoption of learner centered methods by teachers to accelerate the stimulation and retention of learners interest in the teaching and learning process thereby enhancing students comprehension of concept taught in class, There is need for government and other stakeholders in the education industry to regularly and periodically organize in-service seminars for teachers to be adequately equipped with skills to impart knowledge to students to assimilate Mathematics topics, Government should increase her annual budgetary allocation to secondary school education to facilitate the procurement of instructional resources in the teaching of Mathematics in secondary schools. There should be regular and periodic training of Mathematics teachers to adequately equip them and to keep abreast with modern instructional strategies in the teaching of the subject as it would facilitate an enhancement in the quality of the instructional delivery inherent in the subject.
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