Advancement of the potentials of Codices Video Game for Senior Secondary School Mathematics learning in Kwara State

Abstract

Teachers’inability to incorporate variety of instructional schemes has been reported
in studies as major factors for the disappointing performance of students in
Mathematics or science. This paper examined the development and usage of Codice
Video Games (CVG) to teach and enhancestudents cognitive learning processes in
Mathematics. The prospect of CVG to support learning and several researchers’
efforts to assist learnersto overcome challenges related to mathematics were
explored. A quasi-experimental-control group design was adopted. Four purposively
selected senior secondary schools from the population with intact classes consisting
of 50 SS II students were assigned to experimental and 60 others to control groups
respectively in Irepodun local government area of Kwara State. The development
and efficacy of a CVG on probability was conducted. A CVG rating scale whose
reliability coefficient was determined through Kendall’s concordance that yielded
0.76 index was used for data collection. Data obtained from the test scores of
students were analysed, which revealed that students taught with CVG had higher mean gain score than those taught with the conventional method in Probability, the interaction effect of CVG on gender favoured female than male students, CVG usage
was loaded with potentials more effective for students’ probability learning. Therefore, it was suggested that considerable attention should be given to the use of CVG in learning Mathematical concepts, and learner characteristics in Mathematics.