INFLUENCE OF AUDIO VISUAL RESOURCES AS INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY FOR ENHACHING PUPILS’ ACHIEVEMENT IN GEOMETRY; A CASE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Dr Ukeagbu Merry Ngozi
Department Of Curriculum and Instruction
Alvan Ikoku University of Education
Unamba, Eugene Chukwemeka & Ugochukwu Ngozi .J.
Department Of Primary Education Studies and Early Childhhood Care Education
Alvan Ikoku University of Education
And
Chinyere C. Oguoma
Department Of Educational Psychology
Alvan Ikoku University Of Education
Abstract
This study was aimed at finding out the influence of audio-visual resources as instructional strategy for enhancing pupils’ achievement in geometry; A case for sustainable development. Based on the purpose of the study two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The study was a non-randomized pretest-posttest group design. A sample size of 220 pupils was used for the study .The two selected schools were randomly designated experimental and control groups respectively. A validated geometry achievement test instrument of a reliability coefficient of 0.83 was administered. Data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation for the research questions while Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) was used to test the two null hypotheses formulated to guide the study at a significance level of 0.05. The results showed that pupils taught with audio-visual aided instruction performed better than those taught with conventional method. The mean achievement scores of both male and female pupils improved significantly by the use of the audio-visual resources aided instruction. It was therefore recommended that mathematics teachers at the primary school level should apply audio visual resources instructional strategy in teaching mathematics especially in geometry as it enhances pupil’s achievement.
Keywords: Audio-Visual resources, Mathematics, Geometry, Achievement and sustainable Development.