Effect of integrating YouTube as a teaching tool on the academic achievement of senior secondary school students in mathematics

Abstract

The study looked into how senior secondary school students’ achievement in mathematics was affected by a YouTube teaching approach. For the study, a pre-test, post-test, and control group quasi-experimental approach was used. Eighty (80) respondents from two senior secondary schools (SS1) in the Ijebu-Ode Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria, were included in the study's sample. Three developed hypotheses that were evaluated at the 0.05 level of significance guided the study. A researcher-developed Mathematics Achievement Test (MAT) with a reliability index of 0.70 was used for data collection. Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to examine the data that were gathered. The results showed that senior secondary school students' academic success in mathematics is significantly impacted by the YouTube teaching tool. The results also show that gender has no noticeable effect on senior secondary school students’ achievement in mathematics. Furthermore, the study demonstrated a noteworthy relationship between teaching approach and gender in mathematics achievement of senior secondary school students. The study concluded that the use of YouTube as a teaching tool impacted the mathematical achievement of senior secondary school students positively. It was suggested that teachers of senior secondary schools incorporate YouTube as a teaching tool into their lessons along with other multimedia platforms, apply it to real-world scenarios, and modify YouTube videos to fit curriculum goals.