Volume 13, Issue 1, 2024

Enhancing Pedagogy with Technology: A Study on ICT Integration in Teaching Primary Mathematics

Ojediran Bolanle Omowumi & Ojediran Alaba Bolaji

Abstract

Information and Communications Technology (ICT) has become an integral and accepted part of everyday life for many people. Technology is increasing in importance in people’s lives, and it is expected that this trend will continue, to the extent that technological literacy will become a functional requirement for people’s work, social, and personal lives. The creative use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in education has the capacity to increase the quality of people’s lives by enhancing teaching and learning. This study aims to examine the effect of integrating ICT tools in teaching and learning of primary school mathematics which seeks to find out if there exists any difference in the achievement of the students taught mathematics using computers and those taught mathematics without using them. The study also sought to find out if the gender of the students had any effect on their achievement when they use ICT materials to learn. The researcher used the quasi-experimental design in carrying out the study. The students that participated in the study were twenty-six in all and were divided into two groups (control and experimental). Treatment was done by using ICT materials to teach the experimental group which was not done for the control group. Data collected were analyzed using analysis for covariance (ANCOVA) at 0.05 level of significance. Findings revealed a statistical difference in the achievement of (i) those taught using ICT materials and those taught without it {F (1, 26) = 15.922, p < 0.05}; (ii) male and female pupils taught using ICT materials. Pupils taught using ICT materials performed better than their counterparts taught without ICT materials. Female pupils taught using ICT materials performed better than their counterparts in the same group. Based on the findings from the study, it was suggested among others that technology skills be integrated into the entire curriculum and researchers in ICT.

Keywords

ICT Integration, Teaching-Learning Process, Mathematics

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