Effectiveness of mathematics teaching at early childhood centres using the native language The case of Ejisu-Juabeng Municipality in the Ashanti Region

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.