The Effect Of Using Geogebra On Berekum College Of Education Students’ Academic Achievement In Circle Theorems

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of using GeoGebra software on Berekum College of Education students’ academic achievement in circle theorems. The study assessed the usefulness, ease-of-use and challenges of GeoGebra in teaching and learning of circle theorems. The study made use of purposive sampling to select level 100 students as the population and simple random sampling (lottery method) techniques to select participants for the study. The study used mixed method (Embedded) approach and quasi-experimental design. The sample size for the study was 240 students. The two groups, experimental and control were 127 Bachelor of Education (Primary) option and 113 Bachelor of Education (Junior High School) option respectively. The study used pre test and post-test, questionnaires and interviews to collect data. The pre-test and post-test scores were descriptively (mean and standard deviation) and inferentially (paired sample t-test) analyzed. Data gathered from questionnaires were descriptively (mean and standard deviation) analyzed and the qualitative data gathered through interviews were thematically analyzed. The students who used GeoGebra software in the teaching and learning of circle theorems performed better than their peers who did not use GeoGebra. The study also found that the use of GeoGebra in teaching and learning increased student’s interest and motivated them to learn circle theorems. Based on the findings, it was concluded that integrating the use of computers and interactive educational software into the teaching and learning of mathematics will help improve students understanding in mathematics and find the geometry interesting to learn.