Abstract:
The researcher investigated the Effectiveness of teaching Mathematics in the Early
Grade school at Ejisu Municipality using the native language. The objectives of the
study sort understand teachers’ knowledge about the use of native language in early
grade instructions, how Learners’ participation in mathematics using native language
and Challenge’s teachers face in the usage of native language in mathematics
instruction in Ejisu Municipality. The researcher espoused qualitative study tools to
achieve the defined objectives through interview. A random sampling technique was
used to sample 25 teachers from ten different schools for structured interview. It was
concluded that using native language is very important in the mathematics instruction
at the early grade level since its gives them better understanding and relation of the
instruction to the environment. It also helped to improve their reasoning ability.
However due to lack of policy and the improper monitoring many teachers use the
English language in the instruction. As such the researcher recommended the
translation of mathematics syllabus into the native language, and improvement in
curriculum of teachers in the colleges of education and the supply of adequate teaching
and learning materials. The findings of the researcher recommended further study in
understanding the impacts of non-usage of native language on academic performance
of early learners in the senior high school level in mathematics education for better
expatiation on the topic.
Description:
A dissertation in the Department of Early Childhood Education,
Faculty of Educational Studies, submitted to the School of
Graduate Studies in partial fulfilment
of the requirements for the award of the degree of
Master of Education
(Early Childhood Education)
in the University of Education, Winneba.
NOVEMBER, 2022
