EFFECT OF GAMIFICATION ON LEARNING OF NUMERACY BY ADULT LEARNERS IN LAGOS STATE

Abstract

The study evaluated the effect of gamification on learning of numeracy by adult learners in Lagos State, Nigeria. The research design used for this study was a quasi-experimental pre-test post-test control group research design. There are two groups with one group given treatment and the other group serving as the control group. A sample size of 9 adult learners was selected for the study. Simple random sampling technique was used to select one adult literacy centre in Yaba Local Council Development Area and another adult literacy center in Kosofe Local Government Area. The inferential statistics used was t-test and Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) at 0.05 level of significance. The learning of numeracy with gamification among adult learners has significant effect on the achievement when compared with their counterpart that was not taught with gamification. Based on the findings from the study, the following conclusions were made there is a significant difference between numeracy achievement scores of learners taught with gamification than those taught without gamification. The study recommended among others that to enhance qualitative and effective teaching and learning of numeracy among adult learners, mobile learning digital games should be incorporated by curriculum developers into the adult education curriculum.