Benue State University, Makurdi

EFFECT OF ADVANCE ORGANIZER ON SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT AND RETENTION IN ALGEBRAIC PROCESSES IN VANDEIKYA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, BENUE STATE, NIGERIA

Titus Iorsugh Tyoor, PhD, Peter Dogo, PhD Ibrahim Erasmus Sulai and Tukur Yemi Madu, PhD

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to investigate the Effect of Advance Organizers on Senior Secondary School Students’ Achievement and Retention in Algebraic Processes in Vandeikya local Government Area. The population of the study comprise 2,443 Senior Secondary (SS) II students. Quasi-experimental design of pretest and post-test, non-equivalent control group was used. Two intact classes were used, one of which was randomly assigned to experimental and the other one to control group. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. Instrument used for data collection was Algebra Achievement Test (AAT). The AAT was developed by the researchers. The instrument was validated by three research experts, two specialists in measurement and evaluation and the other one specialist in mathematics education. The instrument was also trial – tested and the result obtained was used to calculate the reliability coefficient of internal consistence (r) using Spearman’s Rank Order Correlation Coefficient which yielded 0.84. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions. The hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance using Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA). The results revealed that advance organizers strategy enhanced students’ achievement in Algebra and is independent of gender. The study recommended among others that with improvement of students’ achievement and retention using advance organizers strategy, practising teachers of secondary schools mathematics should be sensitized by way of organizing seminars and workshops on the use of Advance Organizer strategy for onward application in the classroom instruction.

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