Poll Everywhere E-Learning Platform, Test Anxiety, and Undergraduates’ Academic Performance in Mathematics: Empirical Evidence from Nigeria

Valentine Joseph Owan,Uwase Uwase Esuong,Bassey Asuquo Bassey,Garieth Omorobi Omorobi

doi:10.20448/801.51.141.150

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https://doi.org/10.20448/801.51.141.150

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The high rate of mathematics education students’ academic performance in universities has become unbearable. In an attempt to proffer solution to this menace, this study assessed Poll Everywhere eLearning platform, test anxiety, and undergraduates’ academic performance in Mathematics in Cross River State, Nigeria. The study adopted a quasi-experimental research one control group and one treatment group. The population of this study comprised all the fulltime regular undergraduates offering Education Mathematics in the Department of Science Education, University of Calabar, Calabar, Nigeria. Accidental sampling technique was adopted in selecting a sample of 328 undergraduates who are owners of smartphones from the population. Test-Anxiety Inventory and Mathematics Achievement Test (MAT) were used as data collection instruments. The null hypotheses were tested using independent t-tests and simple linear regression. Findings revealed that Poll Everywhere eLearning platform has a significant effect on students’ test anxiety and academic performance in Mathematics respectively; there is a moderate negative and significant relationship between students’ test anxiety and their academic performance in Mathematics. Based on the findings of this study, it was concluded that Poll Everywhere eLearning platform could be used for the effective teaching and examination of learners in Mathematics and other science-related disciplines. This can be done through the design and integration of course modules to the Poll Everywhere online platform.

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Mathematics is one of the most important subjects in science education because it takes into consideration, the day-to-day activities of households and in keeping numerical facts about events, financial records, and other transactions involving numbers or numeration
Independent t-test results summary showing the effect of Poll Everywhere E-learning platform and students‟ test anxiety
Independent t-test results summary showing the effect of Poll Everywhere E-learning platform and students‟ academic performance in Mathematics

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Mathematics is one of the most important subjects in science education because it takes into consideration, the day-to-day activities of households and in keeping numerical facts about events, financial records, and other transactions involving numbers or numeration. Undergraduates do complain about the complexities bordering around Mathematics courses involving complex computations and/or statistics, which affects their performance in the discipline. This reason has, been taken lightly since the performance of students in other Mathematics courses not involving complex formulas has not been different. This suggested to the researchers that the issue of poor academic performance by Mathematics students is generally dwindling across all courses.

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