Saudi Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (SJHSS)
Volume-4 | Issue-04 | 299-302
Original Research Article
Comparative Effects of Having Mathematics Lessons Three and Five Periods A Week on Senior School Science Students Achievements in Mathematics
Patrick Chukwuemeka Igbojinwaekwu, Toinpere Mercy Fredrick –Jonah
Published : April 30, 2019
Abstract
This study sought to find out the impact of Senior School Science Students having mathematics lessons three times a
week as against the usual five times a week in the school time – table in Nigeria. The research design adopted was PreTest-post-test Quasi-experimental. The population of the study was 1,092 Senior School Three (SS3) Science Student
from 26 public Senior Schools from Oshimili North and South Local Government Areas of Delta State, Nigeria. The
sample of the study was 252 Schools Science Students in Oshimili North and South local government Areas of Delta
State, Nigeria. Two research questions and one null hypothesis were posted to guide the study. A validated and reliable
(0.85) instrument, Mathematic Assessment Test item (MATI), was used to collect data, which was analyzed with z-test
statistic. It was found that students who had mathematics lesson five times a week in the time-table had higher Mean
Percentage Score (76.1) than those who had mathematics lesson three times a week in the school time-table with a Mean
Percentage Score of 74.7. However, the difference in Mean Percentage Score was not, statistically, significant. It was,
therefore, among other things recommended that the school principals can use the time-table of three mathematics
periods a week, with adequate assignments for science based students, at the senior school Level.