TY  - JOUR
T1  - Comparative Effectiveness of Three Problem-Solving Instructional Strategies on Students` Heuristic Transfer in Mathematics at the Senior Secondary School Level in Nigeria
AU - , E.B. Kolawole AU - , A.A. Ilugbusi 
JO  - Research Journal of Applied Sciences
VL  - 2
IS  - 10
SP  - 1031
EP  - 1035
PY  - 2007
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1815-932x
DO  - rjasci.2007.1031.1035
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjasci.2007.1031.1035
KW  - Comparative effectiveness
KW  -insturctional strategies
KW  -mathematics
KW  -senior secondary school level
AB  - This study examined the comparative effects of three problem-solving instructional strategies on Secondary School two (SS II) students` heuristics transfer of mathematics skills in order to find out whether the enhanced method facilitated learning than convectional method. It also attempted to find out whether prior knowledge  or  gender  would  enhance  learning.  The  sample of this study consisted of 450 (230 males and 220 females) which were randomly selected from ten senior secondary schools in the 6 states of south west Nigeria by using multi stage random sampling technique. Research findings revealed that those taught by heuristic transfer of mathematical skills achieved most of all and also those being taught by problem solving made more progress than those taught by conventional means. The study also shows that neither poor knowledge nor gender appeared to make any difference to gains; it was the method of instruction that mattered. Based on the finding, it was recommended that teachers all levels of Nigeria education strata should inculcate the enhanced problem solving instructional strategy in teaching and learning of mathematics.
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