EFFECTIVENESS OF ANALOGY INSTRUCTIONAL TEACHING ON STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN TRIGONOMETRY IN ZARIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KADUNA STATE

Abstract

This study sought to investigate the effectiveness of analogy instructional approach on performance of SS II students in Zaria Local Government Area of Kaduna State. A total number of 5936 SS II students formed the population of the study; the sample consisted of ninety-nine (99) students selected from two coeducational school. Where one intact class was randomly selected from arms of SS II students in the selected schools for the study and sorted out into experimental and control groups through balloting. The sample was made up of forty-seven (47) students for the experimental group and fifty two (52) students for the control group. The study employed quasi-experimental design involving pretest and posttest research design. The research was guided by two research questions which were answered using descriptive statistics and two research hypotheses which were tested at P<0.05 level of significance using t-test analysis. The findings revealed that students can improve in their trigonometry performance if analogical instruction is used. More so, analogy instruction is gender friendly. Therefore, the study recommends amongst others, that Mathematics teachers should intensify effort in developing analogies from practical experience to make the students get proper concepts of mathematics and discourage rote learning and cramming of formulae and procedures of obtaining solutions without proper understanding of the concepts being learned