%0 Journal Article
%T Influence of Continuous Assessment in the Teaching of Mathematics in Secondary Schools in Edo State
%A A. Ebhomien
%A Paul
%A Oriahi
%A I. Christie
%A A. Diahi
%A Smart
%J Current Research Journal of Social Science
%D 2012
%I Maxwell Science Publication
%X This study examined the influence of continuous assessment in the teaching of mathematics in secondary schools in Edo State. Four research questions and hypotheses guided the study. The research employed a survey design. Seventy (70) mathematics teachers were randomly selected from a population of over (240) mathematics teachers in secondary schools in Edo State, Nigeria. A well structured likert type of questionnaire containing (20) items was employed while chi square goodness of fit was the major statistical tool used for data analysis. A co-efficient of 0.75 was obtained for the instrument using Cronbach high co-efficient reliability test. The results showed that the practice of continuous assessment has a significant relationship with students¡¯ academic performance in mathematics and also help to motivate students¡¯ in the teaching and learning of mathematics. Based on these results, conclusions and recommendations were made. Some of these are: The government should frequently organize workshops, seminars and conferences for serving mathematics teachers on the practice of continuous assessment in secondary schools. Institutions of higher learning should make continuous assessment a major course in their pre-service teachers training programme. The undergraduate education mathematics course should be widened to cover all aspects of continuous assessment.
%K Influence
%K continuous assessment
%K teaching
%K mathematics
%K secondary schools
%U http://www.maxwellsci.com/jp/abstract.php?jid=CRJSS&no=239&abs=03