Numerical and Graphical Ability on Students’ Achievement in Economics, Oyo State, Nigeria

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Abstract

Every school subject including Economics requires adequate effort to achieve better performance. Numerical and graphical ability have a meaningful relationship with student achievement in Economics which has fallen off researchers’ radar for many years. This study showed that when the age of student is not moderated graphical and numerical ability significantly predicts economics achievement. However, when the age of student is moderated, graphical ability does not significantly predict achievement in economics, while numerical ability remains a significant predictor. We suggested that students should be introduced to graphical related contents at an early age and, teachers introduce graphical content of the curriculum in a comprehensible way for the students to build their cognitive ability in graph and diagram related topics efficiently.

Authors

• Mopelola Folashade Oyeniran, University of Alabama

• Johnson Abayomi Abijo, University of Ibadan

• Daniel O. Oyeniran, University of Alabama