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Effect of Problem-based Learning on High School Students' Performance in Solving Simultaneous Linear Equation Word Problems
Odoom Emmanuel
Damian Kofi Mereku
Matilda Sarpong Adusei
Abstract
Problem-based learning is a student-centered, inquiry-based instructional model in which learners engage with authentic, ill-structured problems that require further research. This study sought to find out the impact of problem-based learning approach to teaching on senior high school students’ performance in solving simultaneous linear equation word problems. The study employed a quasi-experimental research design in which 103 second year science students were randomly sampled from four senior high schools and assigned to a control group (n=51) and an experimental group (n=52). Data were gathered using tests (pre-test and post-test) and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The study revealed that many SHS students performed poorly in solving word problems involving simultaneous linear equations. This was established from the fact that about ninety-eight (98) of the students representing 95.1%, scored less than half of the total score (100) in the pre-test. However, students that were exposed to Problem-based learning approach of teaching mathematics performed better in the post-test than those taught by the Traditional approach. This suggested that Problem Based Learning has positive effect on students’ performance in solving word problems involving simultaneous linear equations. The study therefore concluded that Problem Based Learning is a more effective approach, which mathematics teachers as well as other subjects’ area teachers need to incorporate into their teaching.
