Secondary School Teachers’ and Students’ Level of Utilization of ICT Tools for Teaching and Learning Mathematics

Abstract

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is an instrument par excellence that a nation can rely upon to bring about self-reliance in an educational system. Therefore, there is the need to  integrate  ICT  into  teaching  and  learning;  hence, the  study  investigated  the  assessment  of Teachers’ and Students’ level of utilization of ICT tools for teaching and learning mathematics in Indian education system. Survey method was used for the present study. The population for the present study was all secondary schools in Salem District. A total number of 120 students and 70 mathematics teachers were randomly selected from secondary schools in Salem District. The tools used for the study was researchers-designed questionnaire, which comprised of 24 ICT tools. The instrument was validated and the reliability index of 0.856 was obtained. The data gathered was analyzed statistically using percentage analysis. The  research findings  from  the  study  shows  that  the  more number of secondary school  mathematics teachers and students frequently utilized ICT Tools for teaching & learning mathematics.