IIARD International Institute of Academic Research and Development

International Journal of Education and Evaluation (IJEE )

E-ISSN 2489-0073
P-ISSN 2695-1940
VOL. 10 NO. 4 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56201/ijee.v10.no4.2024.pg205.214

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Analysis of Items and Candidates’ Mean Score of 2019 Katsina State Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in Mathematics: Implications for Teaching and Learning of Mathematics in Secondary School

Aminu Yusuf, Muhammad Ibrahim Yakasai (Prof). Nuruddeen Lawal &Yusuf Maitalata.

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Abstract

The study examined from the Classical Test Theory (CTT) method of data analysis on the number of items set and candidates' mean score (from the mathematics branch of Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, and Statistics examined); the difference in mean scores between male and female candidates; boarding and day school candidates of Katsina State 2019 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) in mathematics conducted by Katsina State Education Resource Centre (KSERC). An Ex-post facto design was used for the study. The population of the study consist of all 65,773 (40,804 males and 24,969 females) candidates that sat for the 2019/2020 academic session BECE in Mathematics. Multi-stage sampling techniques were used to select a sample of 500 (319 males and181 females; 193 candidates from boarding schools and the remaining 307 from the day school) candidates. The data for the study was obtained from the BECE in mathematics 2019/2020 Academic session question paper and the candidates’ scores. Hypotheses were formulated and tested at ? = 0.05 level of significance. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and a t-test was used for hypotheses testing. Algebra constituted the highest number of (28) items set while geometry is the least (seven items, candidates mean score = 4.33) for the 2019 BECE in mathematics; There is also, a significant (t = 4.378, df= 498, at p = 0.000) difference in mean score between male and female candidates on items set from the aspect of geometry were among the findings from the study. Implications of the study findings and recommendations were made.

keywords:

BECE, KSERC, Mathematics

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