UTILIZING GEOGEBRA DYNAMIC SOFTWARE TO ENHANCE EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE EDUCATION PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND MOTIVATION IN MATHEMATICS

Abstract

The study examines Utilizing GeoGebra dynamic software to Enhance Early childhood care Education Pre- Service Teachers Academic Achievement and Motivation in Mathematics. Based on the purpose of the study three research questions and three hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted non-randomized pretest-posttest Quasi-experimental design. The population of the study comprised 1763 pre-service teachers. A sample size of 212 pre-service teachers was used for the study. “Mathematics Achievement Test” (MAT) and mathematics motivation scale Questionnaire (MASQ) was used to collect data for this study. The reliability co-efficient(r) of 0.76 obtained using Cronbach alpha method and 0.92 using kuder-Richason. Data collected were analyzed using mean, standard deviation for the research question while ANOCOVA were used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The results showed that GeoGebra enhanced pre-service teacher’s achievement and positive motivation in mathematics across gender. It was recommended that Teachers should understand their students in the classroom so that they will know the approaches to be applied when teaching mathematics.