Effectiveness of Geogebra on Student's Achievement in Trigonometry

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the Effectiveness of GeoGebra on Students; Achievement in Trigonometry Teaching on grade X. The investigator took the pre-test, post-test of quasi-experimental research deign was used to compare the achievement of two groups experimental and control. The researches choose X-grade 36 school learners from Shree Shail Putri Secondary School as the experimental group and same grade 39 school students from Shree Surya Jyoti Secondary School as the control group. After completion of the targeted chapters, researchers collected the data from mathematics achievement test and a set of questionnaire related to five point Likert scale. The mathematics achievement test was used for objective: comparing the achievement of the students taught by using GeoGebra and traditional method in Trigonometry of Height and Distance and questionnaire was used for objective: analyzing the students view on GeoGebra in learning Trigonometry of Height and Distance. The results indicated that there was a significant difference between the average achievement score of experimental and control groups on post-test. This finding illustrated that the students in the experiment group performed better when using GeoGebra than the control group with the traditional teaching method. Additionally, a set of questionnaire related to Likert Scalewas used to explore the student view on GeoGebra in learning Height and Distance. This questionnaire was administered to only experimental group. The result of questionnaire showed that students gave positive feedback or view about GeoGebra software in learning Height and Distance of Trigonometry.