Effect of Mathematics Palace Game on Senior Secondary School Students’ Achievement on Plane Shapes

Abstract

This study investigated the effect of mathematics palace game on senior secondary school students‟ achievement on plane shapes. Quasi-experimental design was used for the study. Two intact classes were used for the study. A sample of 120 Senior Secondary School One students, drawn by simple random sampling technique, was used for the study. The subjects were of two groups: one consisting of the experimental group and the other the control group. Plane Shape Achievement Test was the instrument used to collect data. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The data for the research questions were answered descriptively using mean and standard deviation. The findings of the study revealed that there is a significant difference in the mean achievement scores of students taught plane shapes using the mathematics palace game and those taught plane shapes using the lecture method. The male and female students in the experimental group have mean achievement scores close to each other. It was recommended, among others, that school head teachers should organize workshops for mathematics teachers in their respective schools on design, construction and use of mathematics palace game.