Maple Software and Undergraduate Mathematics Students’ Performance and Attitude in Calculus in Bayelsa State

This study investigated the effects of Maple software on Mathematics students’ performance and attitude in Calculus in Bayelsa State. The study adopted quasi-experimental and descriptive survey research designs with non-equivalent groups. Four objectives and four research questions guided the study. The population of the study was 208 students, with a sample size of 99 students including 65 males and 34 females representing 65.7 % and 34.3 % respectively through purposive sampling technique. The reliability coefficient of the Students’ Performance Test on Calculus was established at 0.79 using Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation, while Cronbach alpha was used to obtain 0.78 for the Students’ Attitude Towards Calculus Inventory. Data obtained from the instruments were analysed using mean and standard deviation. From the findings, students taught Calculus with Maple outperformed their colleagues taught with the lecture method. Furthermore, students’ attitudes towards Calculus using Maple were positive; the male year one undergraduate Mathematics students’ had a higher positive attitude than the female students in learning Calculus with Maple software. It was recommended among others that Lecturers should employ Maple software for teaching and learning to enhance the performance and attitude of undergraduate Mathematics students.