National Mathematical Centre – Mathematics Improvement Project (NMC-MIP): A Project Transforming the Mathematics Performance of Students
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MIP sermon, instructional system, model teaching, project sustainability, electronic classroom mechanism, significance of difference between two proportionsAbstract
The historical perspective of the deplorable mathematics West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) performance in the Nigerian secondary schools is explicated upon. National Mathematical Centre (NMC) created Mathematics Improvement Project (MIP), and the project produced germane instructional materials as tools and weapons to banish all the weak and faulty mathematical foundations in MIP (experimental) schools. To achieve this, the NMC resource personnel relying on these instructional materials, trained the MIP teachers and students to effectively use active or model teaching methods to teach and learn mathematics concepts in the curriculum.
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