Google Classroom for Secondary School Students’ Engagement and Achievement in Mathematics

Abstract

The study investigates the effect of google classroom on secondary school students’ performance in mathematics. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study which adopted pretest posttest non-equivalent group quasi-experimental design. The sample comprised 67 SS2 students in two intact classes drawn using purposive sampling technique. Data were gathered using ‘Students’ Learning Engagement Questionnaire’ (SLEQ) and ‘Mathematics Achievement Test’ (MAT) whose reliability indices were 0.76 and 0.74 obtained using Cronbach Alpha and Kuder-Richardson20 methods respectively. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research questions while ANCOVA was used to test the hypotheses at .05 level of significance. Results showed that face-to-face method had a significantly positive effect on students’ engagement in mathematics than google classroom while google classroom had a significant positive effect on students’ achievement in Mathematics than face-to face. It was recommended that google classroom should be used in the teaching mathematics in schools.