Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of students’ gender on their performances in mathematics periodic tests and terminal examination. The aim was to determine the contributions of students’ gender to performance of students in mathematics periodic tests and terminal examination. The study adopted an ex-post facto research design in which the researcher does not have direct control on the independent variables, since the manifestation had already occurred. It involves the collection of existing data. The target population for the study consisted of Junior Secondary School II (JSS II) students in Abaji Area Council of Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. 200 students were drawn from five (5) public schools through a multistage sampling technique. The researchers made personal contact with all the selected schools and collected the following items: Copies of the three continuous assessments in mathematics of 2 nd term 2020/2021 academic session. The copy of terminal examination mathematics results of 2 nd term2020/2021 academic session. The sex of the selected students. The result revealed that there was significant difference between the academic performance of male and female students in mathematics periodic Test 1 (t = 3.386, P < 0.05), Test 2 (t = 2.445, P < 0.05), Test 3 (t = 2.217, P < 0.05), Test 4 (t = 2.659, P < 0.05) and Terminal examination (t = 3.791, P < 0.05) at 0.05 level of significance. This was statistically significant at 0.05 level. The study established that students’ performance in mathematics periodic tests and terminal examination were affected by students’ gender. The study recommended that teachers should be gender sensitive and accommodating by taking into consideration individual differences in students’ rate of learning irrespective of gender. Keywords: Gender, periodic tests, terminal examination, performance DOI: 10.7176/JEP/12-27-12 Publication date: September 30 th 2021
Highlights
Mathematics is the bedrock to which the technological development of any nation is hinged, importance of mathematics for any nation aspiring for scientific and technological advancement cannot be over emphasized
There is no significant difference between the academic performance of male and female students in mathematics periodic tests and terminal examination
The population for the study consisted of Junior Secondary School II (JSS II) students in Abaji Area Council of Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. 200 students were drawn from five (5) public schools in Abaji Area Council through two-stage sampling technique
Summary
Mathematics is the bedrock to which the technological development of any nation is hinged, importance of mathematics for any nation aspiring for scientific and technological advancement cannot be over emphasized. Mathematics provides opportunity to inculcate permanent literacy and numeracy in an individual as well as laying a sound basis for scientific and reflective thinking. According to Adetula (2010) mathematics is the linchpin in the task of national capacity building in science and technology and any short comings in this subject constitute drawback to the achievement of science and technology objectives. Education policy makers in Nigeria made mathematics a compulsory subject from primary through secondary school and candidates are expected to pass it as part of the basic requirements for tertiary education. A credit pass in mathematics among others is required to gain admission into Nigeria universities (Oloda & Adebule, 2017). A credit pass in mathematics is required as a prerequisite to the study of science courses in Nigerian colleges of education and polytechnic
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