Benue State University, Makurdi

EFFECTS OF MATHEMATICAL MODELING ON STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN MATHEMATICS AT UPPER BASIC LEVEL OF EDUCATION IN BAUCHI METROPOLIS OF BAUCHI STATE, NIGERIA

Peter Dogo, PhD, Titus Tyoor Iorsugh, PhD. Erasmus Sulai Ibrahim and Raliatu M. Kashim

Abstract

This article is based on a quasi-experimental designed study, was aimed at establishing the effect of mathematical modeling on the Nigerian Upper basic two students’ performance in Mathematics in Bauchi Metropolis of Bauchi State Nigeria. The instrument used for the study was Mathematics Word Problem Solving Test (MWPST). Data from the student’s achievement test (MWPST) was coded and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 17. Means, variance, standard deviations, an independent sample t-test and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were used to test the null hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. Pre-test findings based on independent sample test revealed insignificance difference at (t(203) =0.919, ρ = .326, α = .05 where p>0.05) between experimental (E1) and control group (C1)in students’ performance in word problems. The result was expected as it indicated student similar performance in words problems prior to the intervention. Based on the design also, further findings on posttest result revealed a significance increase on students’ performance in words problems as experimental groups (E1 and E2) had higher means performance compare to control groups (C1 and C2). On establishing a significance difference between experimental groups and control groups, ANOVA posttest result in word problems revealed a significance difference at (F (417) = 48.63 p = .01, α = .05 where p < 0.05))between experimental groups and control groups in learning words problem. The results in this study illustrate that mathematical modeling can be used to improve students’ performance in word problems. The implication is that learners seem to have exhibited their chances of learning Mathematics, a tool needed for the transformation of the Nigerian economy from a developing economy.

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