THE IMPACT OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) IN STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC LEARNING PERFORMANCE IN MATHEMATICS CASE STUDY IN LERE TAFAWA BALEWA BAUCHI STATE, NIGERIA

The aim of this research was to investigate the impacts of information and communicationtechnology (ICT) in students' academic learning performance in mathematics . Asurveyresearch design was employed for this research work in which the sample size for this studyis350 for students and 20 for teachers making a total 370 respondents. A questionnairewasadministered to 370 respondents and were retrieved. Based on the data obtained, the result showed that information and communication technology (ICT) had impacts on instructional andacademic learning performance in mathematical department. And the the responses calculatedusing percentages.The researcher finally concludes that information and communicationtechnology (ICT) are ef ective way of keeping record in mathematics department andtheinformation and communication technology (ICT) assist students/ learners to learnwithout teacher interventions. However, the study recommends among others that government shouldprovide adequate ICT facilities for teaching and learning Biology to all secondary schools forproper and smooth running of the programmes, those teachers who have the ability tobuythecomputer should try as much as possible to have their own and Government shouldtryandorganize conference and workshop on the importance of ICT in education, trainingandretrieving on the use of ICT.