The impact of using Information Technology in Teaching and Learning of Mathematics in Secondary Schools of Vurra County, Arua District.
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2010-06
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Kampala International University, College of Education, Open and Distance Learning.
Abstract
The problem in this research aroused due to poor performance of mathematics in secondary
schools in Vurra County, Arua District. The purpose of this study is therefore to assess the
importance of IT in teaching and learning of mathematics in secondary schools.
The investigation was conducted in the three secondary schools in Vun-a County, Arua District.
The researcher used about fifty (50) respondents of who were head teachers, teachers and
learners who were closely linked with the use of IT. Interviews were set to teachers and learners
while questionnaires were administered to teachers and head teachers to collect purposely data,
or the use of information technology in teaching mathematics.
The result of the study indicates that some teachers did not use IT in teaching and learning
mathematics. This could cause poor performance. There was also need for the Administration to
provide information technology materials as many schools could not access the IT materials. The
study also found out that the use of IT was not supervised by the administrators. This caused low
attitudes of teachers in using information technology for teaching mathematics leading to poor
results.
The implication of the study therefore is that poor attitude towards the use of IT, lack of
knowledge of information technology and inaccessibility of teachers to IT materials caused poor
performance in mathematics although other factors such as lack of teachers' knowledge of IT, no
proper classroom situation could have caused poor results in mathematics.
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A research report submitted to the Department of Distance
Education in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for
the Award of Degree of Bachelor of Education of
Kampala International University.
Keywords
Information Technology, Teaching and Learning, Mathematics, Secondary Schools, Arua District