Effect of Personalisation of Instruction on Students’ Motivation to learn Mathematics Word Problems in Nigeria

Year 2016, Volume: 7 Issue: 3, 486 - 509, 05.12.2016

Adeneye Olarewaju Awofala

https://doi.org/10.16949/turkbilmat.267339

Cited By: 2

Abstract

This
study investigated the effect of personalisation of instruction on the
motivation to learn mathematics word problems of 450 senior secondary students
in Nigeria within the blueprint of quasi-experimental research of Solomon Four
non-equivalent control group design. It also examined the influence of gender
on motivation to learn mathematics word problems and personalisation was
accomplished by incorporating selected information with students’ personal
preferences into their mathematics word problems. Motivation to learn
mathematics word problems was measured by the mathematics word problems
motivation questionnaire and data collected for the study were analysed using the independent samples t-test and one way ANOVA.
The results showed significant main effect of personalization of instruction on
students’ motivation to learn mathematics word problems whereas no significant
main effect of gender was found on the dependent measure.

Keywords

Personalisation of instruction, motivation, mathematics, gender

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