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Technology Use Among Ghanaian Junior High School Mathematics Teachers in the Ahafo – Ano South District

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  • Samuel Ahenkora
  • Emmanuel Boakye Adubofour
  • Emmanuel Gyimah Osei
  • Aminatu Ibrahim

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The study sought to investigate technology use among Ghanaian Junior High School mathematics teachers in the Ahafo-Ano South District of Ghana. Descriptive survey (cross-sectional survey) design with mixed quantitative and qualitative data was gathered for the study. The population of the study comprised of all JHS mathematics teachers in Ahafo-Ano South District, Ashanti region. A stratified sampling technique was used to select 60 JHS mathematics teachers from rural, peri-urban and urban schools in the district. The findings revealed that mathematics teachers technology use in teaching Mathematics at the Junior High School level in the district was low (2.048 ± .85388). These technologies were grouped into manipulatives, digital/computer-based and audio-visual technologies. The results established that most of the teachers used manipulates in teaching Mathematics (3.120 ± 1.063). On the contrary, the results also showed that digital/computer-based technologies such as virtual protractors, calculators, geometry pad, stepping stones 2.0 comprehensive mathematics and computer game programs such as Globaloria etc., were never used by mathematics teachers in the district (1.621 ± .840). Similarly, evidence from the study adds that audio-visual technologies including television, pie chart assignment to students based on TV program and other audio-visual devices were never in use by mathematics teachers in the district (1.416 ± .712).

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  • Samuel Ahenkora & Emmanuel Boakye Adubofour & Emmanuel Gyimah Osei & Aminatu Ibrahim, 2023. "Technology Use Among Ghanaian Junior High School Mathematics Teachers in the Ahafo – Ano South District," Journal of Education and Training Studies, Redfame publishing, vol. 11(3), pages 78-87, July.
  • Handle: RePEc:rfa:jetsjl:v:11:y:2023:i:3:p:78-87
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