Research Paper
Year: 2020 | Month: August | Volume: 7 | Issue: 8 | Pages: 153-158
An Investigation of the Use of Paper Folding Manipulative Material on Learners’ Performance in Fractions in Grade 9
George Adom, E.O. Adu
Faculty of Education, University of Fort Hare, South Africa.
Corresponding Author: George Adom
ABSTRACT
The aim of this study was to investigate the use of Paper folding on grade 9 learners’ performance in fractions. Pre-test, Post-test, and Control group quasi-experimental design was used to collect data. The study group was made up of 250 grade 9 learners’ which encompassed 125 learners in the experimental group and 125 learners’ in the control group. Multiple sampling techniques of systematic simple random, convenience, purposive and stratified sampling methods were adopted for the study. The data collected were analysed using Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) to find the Mean, Standard Deviation and Sample T-test. The mean and standard deviation were used to compare the pre-test and post-test between the Experimental group and Control group. The analysed results of the means, standard deviations and T-tests were used to reject the null hypotheses. The analysed results of Paper folding showed that the pre-test (mean = 8.372, SD=1.770), post-test (mean = 11,792, SD=4.256), t=12,024 p< 0.05. The hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance.
Keywords: Educators, Fractions, Grade 9, Learners’, Manipulative material, Paper folding,
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