TEACHERS' FEEDBACK AND SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS' ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN MATHEMATICS

Abstract

The study investigated the influence of feedback on senior secondary school
students' academic achievement in mathematics in Osun-State. The study adopted
the descriptive survey research design of correlational type. The study population
comprised all Mathematics teachers and students in senior secondary schools in
Osun State. The sample for the study consisted of 40 Mathematics teachers and 400
students who were selected using simple random sampling technique. Two
instruments were used for data collection. They are: “Teachers' Feedback
Questionnaire” (TFQ) and “Students' Last Term Results in Mathematics”. Data
collected were analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean and regression
analysis.The results of the study showed that the level of senior secondary school
students' academic achievement in Mathematics was moderate at 50.3% in Osun
State. Results of the study also revealed that corrective feedback (x = 3.28),
evaluative feedback (x = 2.71) and descriptive feedback (x = 2.65) are the various
feedbacks adopted by Mathematics teachers in senior secondary schools in the study
area. The result of the study further showed that there was significant influence of
teachers' feedback on senior secondary school students' academic achievement in
Mathematics in the study area (F= 3.675; p < 0.05).Thisstudy concluded that
feedback play a significant influence on academic achievement in Mathematics in
Osun State.