ANALYSIS OF HOME BACKGROUND OF STUDENTS AND PREPARATORY PROGRAMME AS FACTORS AFFECTING MATHEMATICS STUDENT-TEACHERS’ EFFICACYIN DELTA STATE
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This study is on the analysis of home background of student and preparatory programme as factors affecting Mathematics student-teachers’ efficacy in Delta State of Nigeria. To guide the study four research questions were raised and two hypotheses formulated. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The research instrument used for data collection was a questionnaire titled: “An analysis of factors affecting Mathematics student-teachers’ efficacy”. It is a 12 item questionnaire derived from students’ home background factors and preparatory programme effectiveness. The questionnaire was administered to a sample of 97 mathematics education students at 300 and 400 level, department of curriculum and instructional technology, Delta state university, Abraka. The instrument was validated by three experts from the Faculty of Education, university of Benin, Edo State. To determine the reliability of the instruments, the split half method was used to administer the instrument to twenty (20) students that were drawn from 300 and 400 level mathematics education students, university of Benin, Benin-city. Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was used to determine the internal consistency of the instrument and 0.739 r-value was obtained which show that the instrument is reliable. The data were analysed using simple percentage and t-test statistical tool. It was discovered that home background of students that Mathematics student-teachers meet during teaching practice was the major factor affecting their efficacy. The study also revealed that the preparatory programme was effective but what affected them is embedded in the teaching practice. It was recommended that one way to avoid low efficacy of Mathematics student-teachers is for parents to be fully involved in the education of their children through provision of learning materials, checking of their books after school, organizing extra coaching, to mention but few.
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