Improving Senior High School Students’ Low Performance In Mathematics Using Online Trained Collaborative Learning, A Study In Sekyere East District

Abstract

This study was structured using quantitative method approach with quasi–experimental design to help Sekyere East SHS students improve on their low performance in Mathematics using Online Trained Collaborative Learning (OTCL) theory, coined from “Online Collaborative Learning (OCL) theory” of Harasim (2012). The Cluster Sampling methodology applied in this research; led the researcher to select two independent groups of students of T. I. Ahmadiyya Girls’ SHS as the Ultimate Sampling Units (USUs) from the entire students of Sekyere East district SHS population. The entire research covered a period of five (5) months. Questionnaires and test instruments were used to collect data from the Ultimate Sampling Units (USUs). The responses from both students and teachers attested to the existence of the research problem, that, Sekyere East Senior High Schools students’ low performance in Mathematics was due to the fact that they spent most of their time on social media entertainment instead of learning Mathematics during school vacations and holidays. The researcher capitalized on the students’ high interests in using social media to engage them to learn Mathematics collaboratively. The students’ scores in the pre-test and post-test were analyzed using SPSS Independent Samples t-test. The analysis showed that there was a significant improvement in the experimental group’s performance after they were introduced to Online Trained Collaborative Learning theory.