Young Children’s Achievement in Learning Mathematics with Computers under Penchant Teachers

Abstract

Training of young children is a crucial issue in the development of any nation for sustainability. These children naturally depend on the guidance of some adults both at home and at school. They begin by learning from their parents and when they enter school system, they need to transit under the guidance of trusted teachers who will be penchant and have flair for teaching young learners. In our contemporary, information technology is the bane of educational pursuit. Using computers for instruction has been proved to be effective but the use of computer in teaching young children in Nigeria primary school has not been found productive. One of the major reasons is that many teachers do not possess basic skills for teaching with computers while in other cases, the computers are not available. In this study, 58 teachers were identified for use using questionnaire; 41 penchant teachers and 17 inept teachers. Among the penchant teachers, eleven (11) did not have computer for instruction, twelve (12) had computer but could not effectively operate and use them for teaching while   eighteen (18) could operate and use computer for training. Thus only 18 penchant teachers were compared with 17 inept teachers. Findings showed that; where teachers are penchant and have flair for young children, children do better, using computer in learning. one recommendation is  that penchant teachers be accorded priority attention in their request for Instructional materials since they are likely to produce better result than their counterpart inept teachers.

Keywords:  Penchant Teacher, Inept Teacher, Flair, Computer, Young Learners