A Comparative analysis of rural and urban students’ performance in an Interactive Mathematics supported classroom
Date
2019-08
Authors
Uwineza, Innocent
Uworwabayeho, Alphonse
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Strathmore University
Abstract
Performance in education is a key characteristic of effective teaching and learning SBS and a
criteria which is mostly used to classify schools from the best to the least. However, it depends
on different factors including teaching resources and facilities. The current educational era is
promoting the use of ICT in education as an instructional material with the purpose to raise the
quality of education. After adopting the Competence Based Curriculum (CBC) which is now
under its early implementation phase, the Rwandan education system is now seeking to find all
the means to maximize the benefits of CBC to education. The development of the Interactive
Mathematics (1M) content software for Rwanda is in this regard expected to bring the
effectiveness of teaching and learning of mathematics in basic education by making
mathematics enjoyable and accessible to children. After the testing of 1M in a bootcamp setting
that had shown the 1M software potentiality to influence student’s motivation and performance,
it had been necessary to analyse the situation in a real class setting. This paper provide the
results of pre-test, post-test and comparison tests conducted in primary schools of rural and
urban areas.
Description
Paper presented at the 5th Strathmore International Mathematics Conference (SIMC 2019), 12 - 16 August 2019, Strathmore University, Nairobi, Kenya
Keywords
Interactive Mathematics, Competence based, students' performance