{"id":12170,"date":"2025-05-06T19:13:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T18:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icertpublication.com\/?page_id=12170"},"modified":"2026-03-28T14:31:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T09:01:06","slug":"effective-use-of-teaching-methodologies-in-science-technology-and-mathematics-in-nigerians-classrooms","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/icert.org.in\/index.php\/shodh-sari-2\/shodh-sari-an-international-multidisciplinary-journal-vol-01-issue-01\/effective-use-of-teaching-methodologies-in-science-technology-and-mathematics-in-nigerians-classrooms\/","title":{"rendered":"Effective Use Of Teaching Methodologies In Science, Technology And Mathematics In Nigerians\u2019 Classrooms"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"12170\" class=\"elementor elementor-12170\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3a5a34a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3a5a34a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-35e4bc7\" data-id=\"35e4bc7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4158ca8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4158ca8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Shodh Sari-An International Multidisciplinary Journal<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7b0dba elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b7b0dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Vol. 01, Issue 01 (Oct-Dec 2022)<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72726a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"72726a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">An International scholarly\/ academic journal, peer-reviewed\/ refereed journal, ISSN : 2959-1376<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2ab1a6b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2ab1a6b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-01dca33\" data-id=\"01dca33\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f5440f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7f5440f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Effective Use Of Teaching Methodologies In Science, Technology And Mathematics In Nigerians\u2019 Classrooms<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad330e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ad330e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"font_2 wixui-rich-text__text\" style=\"background: transparent; pointer-events: auto; font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-weight: 400; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: 23.8px; font-family: din-next-w01-light, sans-serif; color: #767676; margin-block: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: center;\"><span class=\"color_15 wixui-rich-text__text\" style=\"background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000;\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\" style=\"background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\" style=\"background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; 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A., FSTAN, &amp; LMAN<br class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\" \/>National Founder &amp; President Arena for contest in Science, Technology &amp; Mathematics in Nigeria.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-056477d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"056477d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8f60999\" data-id=\"8f60999\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9cc3517 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9cc3517\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Abstract<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de932fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"de932fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"font_2 wixui-rich-text__text\" style=\"background: transparent; pointer-events: auto; font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-weight: 400; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: 2em; font-family: din-next-w01-light, sans-serif; color: #767676; margin-block: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\" style=\"background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: arial, '\uff4d\uff53 \uff50\u30b4\u30b7\u30c3\u30af', 'ms pgothic', \ub3cb\uc6c0, dotum, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span class=\"color_15 wixui-rich-text__text\" style=\"background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000;\">The performance of Nigerian students\u2019 in Science, Technology and Mathematics (STM) is disheartening and appalling due to ineffective teaching methodology.\u00a0 This paper thus focuses on the effective use of Teaching Methodologies in science, Technology and Mathematics to enhance students\u2019\u2019 learning outcomes. It x-rays the various teaching methodologies used by Instructors in Science, Technology and Mathematics classrooms that could be of significant impact on students\u2019 academic performances. It highpoints the components of effective teaching methodology as one that take cognizant of learners abilities, hands-on-mind-on, heuristic active teaching, It concludes that teaching STM in Nigeria classrooms can be enhanced the more if the teacher adopts the active learning, critical thinking, creativity and innovations as elements of good teaching and this can be achieved via effective use of teaching methodologies in Science, Technology and Mathematics. It thus recommends that Government and Non-Governmental Organization should collaborate with teachers towards making materials available for effective and pragmatic STM teachin and learning,<br class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\" \/><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\" style=\"background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: italic;\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\" style=\"background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: bold;\">Keywords:<\/span>\u00a0Effective Teaching, Methodologies, Science, Technology, Mathematics<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c9d4c31 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c9d4c31\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b9e4cd5\" data-id=\"b9e4cd5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5865267 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5865267\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Cite this article<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0ddb1e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c0ddb1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"font_2 wixui-rich-text__text\" style=\"background: transparent; pointer-events: auto; font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-weight: 400; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: 2em; font-family: din-next-w01-light, sans-serif; color: #767676; margin-block: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\" style=\"background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: arial, '\uff4d\uff53 \uff50\u30b4\u30b7\u30c3\u30af', 'ms pgothic', \ub3cb\uc6c0, dotum, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span class=\"color_15 wixui-rich-text__text\" style=\"background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #000000;\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\" style=\"background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\" style=\"background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: italic;\">A<\/span>bass, A. A., FSTAN, &amp; LMAN (2022). EFFECTIVE USE OF TEACHING METHODOLOGIES IN SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MATHEMATICS IN NIGERIANS\u2019 CLASSROOMS.\u00a0<span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\" style=\"background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-style: italic;\">Shodh Sari-An International Multidisciplinary Journal, 01<\/span>(01), 49\u201368.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\" style=\"background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: bold;\"><span class=\"color_19 wixui-rich-text__text\" style=\"background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #25318d;\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\" style=\"background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\"><span class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\" style=\"background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration-line: underline;\"><a class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\" style=\"background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.7747746\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5281\/zenodo.7747746<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4e4fb37 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4e4fb37\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f9089e\" data-id=\"7f9089e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ce0bac2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ce0bac2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6762c88\" data-id=\"6762c88\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bdd570 elementor-align-right elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"1bdd570\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/icert.org.in\/index.php\/shodh-sari-2\/shodh-sari-an-international-multidisciplinary-journal-vol-01-issue-01\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Back<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shodh Sari-An International Multidisciplinary Journal Vol. 01, Issue 01 (Oct-Dec 2022) An International scholarly\/ academic journal, peer-reviewed\/ refereed journal, ISSN : 2959-1376 Effective Use Of Teaching Methodologies In Science, Technology And Mathematics In Nigerians\u2019 Classrooms Abass, A. 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