Abstract
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is an instrument par excellence that a nation can rely upon to bring about self-reliance in an educational system. Therefore, there is the need to integrate ICT into teaching and learning; hence, the study investigated the assessment of Teachers’ and Students’ level of utilization of ICT tools for teaching and learning mathematics in Ilorin, Nigeria. The study was a descriptive research of the survey type. The population for the study was all senior secondary schools in Ilorin, Kwara State. A total of 170 students and 50 mathematics teachers were randomly selected from senior secondary schools in Ilorin. The instrument used for the study was a researchers-designed questionnaire, which comprised of 24 ICT tools. The instrument was validated and the reliability index of 0.78 was obtained. The data gathered was analyzed statistically using simple percentage and Chi-Square statistics analyses. The findings revealed amongst others that; mathematics teachers and students utilized ICT tools for teaching and learning mathematics respectively. Also, mathematics teachers and students were not skilled in utilizing ICT tools. The findings from the study show that the gender of both teachers and students does not have any influence on the teaching and learning of mathematics with the use of ICT tools. Based on the findings, It was, therefore, recommended among others that seminars and workshops should be organized for both female and male mathematics teachers on the benefits and how to incorporate ICT tools into their teaching activities and students should be encouraged to familiarize themselves with ICT tools so as to increase their level of competencies in the use of ICT tools.
Highlights
Mathematics is one of the most important core subjects offered at the primary and secondary school levels of Nigeria educational system
The demographic information revealed that 170 senior secondary school students participated in the study that comprised of 91 female and 79 male students
The result indicate that a substantial proportion of mathematics teachers frequently utilized Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools for teaching mathematics as by 20 (40%) of the respondents and mean of 1.86
Summary
Mathematics is one of the most important core subjects offered at the primary and secondary school levels of Nigeria educational system. It is of great usefulness to every human being and to the economic growth of any nation. As stated in the National Curriculum for secondary schools of the Federal Ministry of Education (FRN, 2013), the aims and objectives of Mathematics teaching at this level of education are to; help develop further conceptual and manipulative skills and their applications; provide an intermediate course of study and meet the needs of potential mathematicians, engineers, scientists and other professionals, such as businessmen, administrators and architectures. UNESCO (2011) submitted that teachers need to use teaching methods which are.
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