Abstract

This study investigated the use of Four-Mode Application Techniques in enhancing senior secondary students’ interest in Geometry in Jos Metropolis, Plateau State. The study employed quasi-experimental, nonrandomized pre-test post-test control group design. The study population consisted of 3,631 with a sample size of 141 Senior Secondary one (SS1) students. Through a purposive sampling technique, two out of 42 co educational public secondary schools were selected in the study area and randomly assigned as experimental and control groups. The experimental group was taught selected topics in Geometry using 4MAT while the control group was taught the same topics using the conventional method. Three research questions and their corresponding hypotheses were asked and tested respectively. Instrument of study, Geo metry Interest Inventory (GII), was validated by experts and trial-tested using 30 SS1 students and a Cronbach Alpha reliability co-efficient of 0.79 was obtained. Research questions were answered using mean and standard deviation while inferential statistics, ANCOVA, was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The study found that interest in Geometry of students in the experimental group increased significantly more than their counter-parts in the control group. It was also found that 4MAT was not gender bias in terms of students’ interest in Geometry. Results of the study further revealed that there was no significant interaction effect of methods and gender on students’ interest in geometry. The study recommended among others, that 4MAT instructional model should be used to teaching difficult concepts in Mathematics since its use has been found to enhance students’ interest.