Effect of Feedback on the Performance of Secondary School Students in Mathematics in Ekiti State.
Abstract
The study focused on the effect of feedback on the performance of Senior Secondary School Students in mathematics in Ekiti State. It employed a quasi-experimental research design of pre-test and post-test type. The population of the study consisted of all Senior Secondary School Two (SSS2) students in Ado Local Government Area of Ekiti State. A sample of one hundred (100) SSS2 students was selected from four secondary schools using a multi-stage random sampling technique. The instrument for data collection consisted of self-structured Students Mathematics Performance Test (SMPT) whose reliability coefficient was obtained as 0.74 using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (PPMC). Three research hypotheses were formulated and tested using t-test statistic at the α=0.05 level of significance. Findings revealed that there was no significant difference between the mean performance scores of students who were provided feedbacks and those without feedbacks in mathematics pre-test. However, a significant difference existed between the mean performance scores of students who were provided feedbacks and those without feedbacks in mathematics post-test, attributable to the treatment. It was recommended that feedback should be provided for students to aid their performance.
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