Perspectives on Developing, Enhancing and Sustaining Interests in the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics in Secondary Schools in the South West Region of Cameroon

Mathematics is the beauty of sciences and the foundation of modern human society. Three experts validated the mathematics achievement test MAT .The data were analysed descriptively using percentages, mean, standard deviation and inferentially using the Pearson product moment correlation coefficient, R, at P 5 and the means compared for the quasi experiments. The findings revealed that there was a significant influence of availability of instructional resources on students mathematics performance R=0.303, P=0.05 there was a weak influence of appropriate use of instructional resources on students mathematics performance R=0.201, P=0.05 . There was significant difference in the mean score of students taught using instructional resources than those taught using conventional methods without instructional resources . Results revealed that students taught using instructional resources performed better than students taught using conventional methods by quasi experimental. Based on the findings, it was recommended that the ministry of secondary education in Cameroon and other education stakeholders should collaborate to encourage teachers' adoption and successful integration of diverse instructional resources in the teaching learning process.In aggregate, students were mostly not satisfied with the use of print media as the highest weight response of 45.8 , highlighted that print media were not available. 27.4 to a low extent satisfied with the use of print media while 26.7 of them were highly satisfied. Instructional resources are first not available in our secondary schools in Cameroon and mathematics teachers do not make use of them in mathematics instruction. Besong Francis Mbeng | Agborbechem Peter Tambi "Perspectives on Developing, Enhancing and Sustaining Interests in the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics in Secondary Schools in the South West Region of Cameroon" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-4 | Issue-4 , June 2020, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd30912.pdf Paper Url :https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/education/30912/perspectives-on-developing-enhancing-and-sustaining-interests-in-the-teaching-and-learning-of-mathematics-in-secondary-schools-in-the-south-west-region-of-cameroon/besong-francis-mbeng