Authors : Chika C. Ugwuanyi, Willliam C. Nwachukwu, Ngozi M. Nwoye and Christopher O. Ameh
Abstract: This study was carried out to investigate the impact of the use of internet resources on undergraduate student’s academic achievement in mathematics. The study employed descriptive survey research design and the area of the study is University of Nigeria, Nsukka. The study was guided by (2) research questions and (2) hypothesis. The population comprised of all undergraduate students in the Department of Mathematics and Department of Science Education in University of Nigeria, Nsukka. A sample of (100) undergraduate students was selected from the departments through simple random sampling technique. The sample comprised of 60 pure Mathematics students and 40 Mathematics education students. The Instrument used for data collection was Questionnaire on the Impact of the Use of Internet Resources on Academic Achievement in Mathematics (QIUIRAAM) structured on a four point Likert scale. The research instrument was face-validated by three experts. Cronbach Alpha technique was used to ascertain the internal consistency of the instrument and a reliability coefficient of 0.815 was obtained. The research questions were answered using mean and standard deviation while t-test was used to test the null hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that academic oriented use of internet resource positively affects undergraduate student’s achievement in Mathematics. The findings also showed that there is no significant difference in academic oriented use of internet resources for learning mathematics concepts between undergraduate student�s in pure Mathematics and those in Mathematics education. The study also found that there is no significant influence of gender on undergraduate student’s use of internet resources for learning Mathematics concepts. Based on the findings and implications of the study, it was recommended among others that internet resources should be made adequately available in Universities through collaborative efforts of the University authorities, policy makers, government and non-governmental organizations.
Chika C. Ugwuanyi, Willliam C. Nwachukwu, Ngozi M. Nwoye and Christopher O. Ameh, 2020. Impact of the Use of Internet Resources on Undergraduate Student�s Academic Achievement in Mathematics. Journal of Modern Mathematics and Statistics, 14: 31-37.