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EFFECT OF POLYA'S PROBLEM SOLVING STRATEGY ON STUDENTS' ACHIEVEMENT IN ALGEBRA IN ABUJA MUNICIPAL AREA COUNCIL
(DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES, FACULTY OF EDUCATION, NASARAWA STATE UNIVERSITY, KEFFI. NIGERIA, 2017-07-02) Tyoor, T.I.; Musa, D.C.
The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of Polyp's problem solving strategy on secondary school students' achievement in Algebra. The target population of the study comprised 2,443 KS III students in Abuja Municipal Council Area. The Sample of the study consisted of220JSS III students. Quasi-experimental design of per-test post-test, non-equivalent control Group was used. Four intact classes, two of which were randomly assigned to experimental and the other two to control groups were used. Three research questions and three hypotheses guided the study. Instrument used for data collection was Algebra Achievement Test (ALAT). Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while the hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance using Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA). The results revealed that Polyp's Problem Solving Strategy> enhanced achievement in Algebra and was independent of Gender and Location. The study recommended among others that practicing secondary school mathematics teachers should be sensitized by way of organizing seminars and workshops on the use of polyp's problem solving strategy on ward application in the classroom instruction