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Critical Thinking Skills: Comparative Assessment of Further Mathematics and Non-Further Mathematics Students in Public and Private Schools Etuk-Iren, Olubunmi Adejoke; Bakre, Omolara Fatimah; Lawal, Ruth Folake
Brillo Journal Vol 4 No 1 (2024): Innovative Strategies to Enhance Mathematics Learning Effectively
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.56773/bj.v4i1.57

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Critical thinking skills, essential for daily progress and academic success, are rarely studied in relation to Further Mathematics. This study compared the critical thinking skills of further mathematics and non-further mathematics students in Alimosho, Lagos, Nigeria. A total of 310 participants, including 153 further mathematics and 157 non-further mathematics students, were purposively selected from public and private secondary schools. Data were collected using a valid and reliable questionnaire (r=0.82) and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics, including frequency, mean, standard deviation, and t-test at a 0.05 significance level. The results revealed a significant difference in critical thinking skills between further mathematics and non-further mathematics students in public secondary schools. Similarly, a significant difference was found in the critical thinking skills of public and private school students, regardless of whether they studied mathematics. No significant difference was observed in the critical thinking skills of students taking further mathematics compared to those who did not, across both types of institutions. The study recommended that mathematics teachers focus on fostering critical thinking skills beyond problem-solving in further mathematics to support students' overall development.
Effect of Smartphone-Assisted Jigsaw Cooperative Learning on Students’ Mathematics Self-Efficacy Johnson, Felicia Omotola; Lawal, Ruth Folake; Dada, Favour Hapuruchi
Brillo Journal Vol 2 No 2 (2023): Mathematics Education: Innovations, Challenges, and Resilience
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.56773/bj.v2i2.32

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Smartphones have become handy tools in the hands of 21st-century teenagers owing to their necessity for communication and socialization. These devices could therefore possess underlying benefits for mathematics education. This quasi-experimental study probed the consequence of smartphone-assisted Jigsaw cooperative learning on senior secondary school students’ mathematics self-efficacy with recourse to how gender and smartphone efficacy could moderate this effect. The study involved five research questions and hypotheses. Two schools from the Educational District IV, Lagos State were selected by purposive sampling technique from which five hundred and thirty four (534) students drawn from intact classes were assigned into experimental and control groups. Smartphone Assisted Learning Package (SALP) served as the intervention while a valid and reliable Mathematics Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (r=0.90) was employed for data collection. Statistical tools deployed for descriptive and inferential analysis include mean, standard deviation and Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA). Outcome of data analysis portrayed a momentous effect of treatment on students’ mathematics self-efficacy. Smartphone efficacy and gender were found to possess substantial influence on participants’ mathematics self-efficacy. These findings led to the recommendation that teachers should expose mathematics students to smartphone-assisted Jigsaw cooperative learning strategy to promote active learning and improve students’ mathematics self-efficacy.
Co-Authors Bakre, Omolara Fatimah Dada, Favour Hapuruchi Etuk-Iren, Olubunmi Adejoke Johnson, Felicia Omotola