Efficacy of Cognitive Learning Outcomes on Students’ Performance in Geometry among Senior Secondary Students School in Maiduguri

Abstract

In this research we investigate whether Cognitive learning outcomes have efficacy on students’ performance in geometry of senior secondary schools.  The objective of the study was to determine whether Cognitive learning outcomes has significant efficacy on students’ performance in geometry among senior secondary schools. The study tested there is no significant efficacy of Cognitive learning outcomes on students’ performance in geometry among senior secondary school. A quasi-experimental design was adopted and three senior secondary schools were selected to drawn 30 male and 30 female students from each school respectively using stratified randomly sampling technique. Geometry Achievement Test (GAT) served as the research instrument. The instrument was validated and its alpha reliability index was obtained to be 0.7 using test-retest. Mean, standard deviation and Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) were statistical tools used for analysing from scores of pre-test and post-test. The finding showed that Cognitive learning outcomes has significant efficacy on students’ performance in geometry among senior secondary schools. Thus, Cognitive learning outcomes has significant efficacy on students’ performance in geometry among senior secondary schools. It is therefore, recommended that there is significant efficacy of Cognitive learning outcomes has efficacy on students’ performance in geometry among senior secondary schools.