Multiplication skills is one of the important basic mathematics skills needed for the development of other higher-order thinking skills in mathematics that provide innovative skills. Thus, this study investigated the impact of the Chinese stick method on hearing-impaired students’ achievement in learning multiplication skills in a special school in Sokoto state. One- group of pre-test and post-test research design was employed, a sample of 344 pupils with hearing impaired was purposively selected. Multiplication Achievement Test (MAT) was adopted and used for data collection. The results obtained from the descriptive statistics indicate 70.90% of students have mastery of multiplication skills when they are exposed to the Chinese stick method. A paired sample t-test was used to analyze the first hypothesis while the second hypothesis was analyzed using an independent t-test. The results indicate that students performed better after the intervention and that no significant gender difference in the mean achievement score. The result also provides empirical evidence that the Chinese sticks method is an import method for developing multiplication skills.
Volume 12 | 07-Special Issue
Pages: 1463-1471
DOI: 10.5373/JARDCS/V12SP7/20202249