
Douglas Darko AgyeiUniversity of Cape Coast | UCC · Department of Mathematics and ICT Education
Douglas Darko Agyei
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Introduction
Douglas Agyei is a Professor of Mathematics Education at the University of Cape Coast. His Ph.D is in the area of Curriculum & Instrutional design with more than +13 years proferssional experience in managing project relating to ICT in Education. His research interest also includes technological pedagogical content knowledge and his research has resulted in several publications in a number of refereed journals and conference proceedings in the Research community.
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January 2004 - September 2022
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We explored the future of learning environments through theories, empirical evidence, good practices, and experiences during the great online
transition (GOT) (Howard et al., 2022), to inform this evolving space. From this exploration, the aim of the group was to generate design principles for the field and implementation of integrated digital and...
In spite of the proliferation of educational technologies, teacher surveys have indicated relatively low levels of technology integration in mathematics lesson delivery in Ghanaian Senior High Schools. This study examined how Senior High School mathematics teachers use the available technology resources in their pedagogy in Ghana. Drawing on the su...
In this paper, we propose a teaching strategy to enhance the teaching and learning of trigonometry, called cooperative teaching and learning (CTL). The proposed method stems from the need of developing a pedagogical approach that promotes understanding and interest in the learning of trigonometry based on the cooperative learning (CL). This study t...
This paper sought to explore the Knowledge of Algebra for Teaching and the algebra difficulties of In-field and Out-of-field Junior High School mathematics teachers using the expanded KAT framework. The study employed the descriptive survey design and involved the participation of 374 mathematics teachers using an achievement test instrument. The s...
This study examined the role of mathematics anxiety in the relationship between pre-service teachers’ (PSTs’) mathematical knowledge for teaching fractions (MKTF) and their teaching practices. The study was based on the mathematics teaching proficiency model that identifies teacher knowledge and productive dispositions as variables that influence t...
This study sought to explore a network of relationships between pre-service teachers’ (PSTs’) mathematical knowledge for teaching fractions (MKTF) and their teaching practices. It was based on the mathematical knowledge for teaching framework and the mathematical task framework that identify teacher knowledge domains and teaching practices required...
The study is aimed at enhancing pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) and skills of in-service mathematics teachers (IMTs) using cooperative teaching and learning approach (CTLA). A sequential multiple case study was employed to develop eight IMTs knowledge and skills to design, develop, and enact lessons in trigonometry. The lessons were anchored on...
This study explored the factors affecting pre-service teachers’ performance in mathematics
in the colleges of education in Ghana. A descriptive cross-sectional survey design was
employed. Data was collected with the use of a questionnaire from a sample of 400 first
year pre-service teachers selected using stratified random sampling technique from...
This research examined the competencies (preparedness, skills, knowledge and self-efficacy beliefs) of High School teachers in teaching mathematics with technology. The study employed the explanatory sequential mixed-methods design where a questionnaire, observation guide and semi-structured interview guide were used to collect data. A stratified s...
Mobile learning is the newest and emerging technology embraced by universities and this seems to be fast establishing itself as the preferred mode of learning in many countries. However, ways in which mobile devices are used to meet learning goals seem under-researched and may require more effort from researchers, especially in the context of Afric...
This study models the essential factors for a teacher to effectively incorporate ICT into mathematics instruction. An attempt is made to understand how the parameters; will (positive attitudes), skill (ICT competence), tool (access to ICT tools) and pedagogy (teaching style and confidence in skill) (WSTP) vary among mathematics teachers and predict...
The advent of technology has opened the frontiers of education, especially with the introduction of electronic learning (e-learning) in the field of pedagogy. However, many institutions are still emerging in e-learning deployment and are faced with complex challenges despite the existing potential for the effective development of e-learning. This c...
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Innovations in clinical nursing education are critical in enhancing the experiences of students, especially in the era of coronavirus pandemic. This study aimed at investigating nurse preceptors’ perceptions of use, intention to use and self-efficacy towards digital technology in preceptorship in the Cape Coast Metropolis of Ghana.
Meth...
The study examines the effectiveness of employing semiosis in the teaching and learning of the Quadratic Equation. The first goal is to compare results of De Saussure and Peirce models within the semiotic theory. The second goal is to determine the commonest effective semiotic objects student teachers mostly employ to solve for the roots in quadrat...
This study extended the technology acceptance model developed by Davis to examine the relationship among the variables: perceived convenience (PC), perceived effectiveness (PE), perceived usefulness (PU) and the extent to which they impact on students’ user acceptance of a Learning Management System (LMS). A Questionnaire was used to collect data f...
The study was aimed at investigating the effectiveness of Problem-based Learning (PBL) in improving Mathematics teaching and learning for pre-service teachers in Ghana. It was largely qualitative and employed an exploratory case study that involved 32 first-year pre-service teachers from Akrokerri College of Education, Ghana. The study revealed tha...
p>This research reports on the design aspect of a bigger project which sought to design and implement information and communication technology (ICT)-based interventions for the purpose of developing pre-service teachers’ ICT competency for teaching physics in an interactive manner using a three-stage (design stage, implementation and evaluation sta...
The paper sought to investigate the perceived use of Information Communication Technology (ICT) of high school mathematics teachers in Ghana. A hundred high school mathematics teachers from 20 public schools,10 each located in the rural and urban areas respectively in the Central region of Ghana, were stratified and used in the study. A questionnai...
This study followed up on a selected cohort of 4945 Science, Technology, English and Mathematics (STEM) teacher participants from six Sub-Saharan African countries namely: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Ghana and Nigeria. The teachers were involved in an instructional digital professional development programme targeted at building their capacit...
The paper focused on how eight pre-service teachers developed their TPACK to integrate audiovisual materials in teaching concepts in Accounting in Senior High Schools in Ghana. Sequential multiple case study design was employed to observe two cohorts of four pre-service teachers who worked in two phases of professional development to design and ena...
Despite the numerous impact studies reported in the literature, the impact of ICT use on student learning outcomes remains difficult to measure and open to much reasonable debate especially when it is preceded with an educational technological initiative This study sought to explore the impact of an Africa Digital Schools ICT-intervention on learni...
This study sought to explore distance education students’ readiness to use digital learning materials from a College of Distance Education programme which was in the process of transforming the face to face approach of delivery to a more digitized one in Ghana. Using a descriptive survey design, 400 distance learning students were randomly sampled...
The purpose of this study was to determine Pre-Service Mathematics Teachers (PSMTs) content knowledge, thinking level and self-efficacy for teaching senior high school geometry. A cohort of 132 final-year PSMTs from a teacher education institution in the central region of Ghana took part in the study. Content Knowledge Test and Self-Efficacy Questi...
This study was designed to examine the effect of ICT-integration (use of Smart Notebook) on pre-service teachers’ attitudes at a selected college of education in the Bono Region of Ghana. One group experimental design was used to examine 36 first-year mathematics major pre-service teachers’ cognitive, affective and conative domains of attitude towa...
The objective of the study is to understand colleges of education tutors' conceptions in teaching completing the square in an effort to design an innovative teaching strategy that could impact positively on their knowledge, skills and practices in teaching completing the square. It was conducted among a conveniently sampled 46 tutors from twenty th...
This study aimed at designing a framework to help students develop a conceptual understanding of redox reactions, which draws on constructivist learning theory. This framework was in the form of participatory teaching and learning approach comprising Insight, Interaction, Task, and Forum. The framework was designed and developed based on the litera...
The new mathematics curriculum for senior high school in Ghana encourages teachers to make use of the calculator and the computer for problem solving and investigations of real life situations. The goal is to help students acquire the habit of analytical thinking and the capacity to apply knowledge in solving practical problems. As a result, the go...
The focus of most professional development projects is on achieving effects that will continue some years after the project’s termination. However, such effects are not often studied. The two studies reported in this chapter were conducted to investigate the extent to which pre-service and in-service teachers continued to use technology in their te...
This study is a response to findings that have shown the importance of teachers’ philosophy, teaching styles and ICT use in impacting student learning outcomes. The study adopted an exploratory case design to explore the philosophical foundations, teaching styles and the levels of ICT use of six high school mathematics teachers in Ghana. Data for t...
The study explored how teachers taught redox reactions to senior high school students. Within a case-study research design, six chemistry teachers with a minimum of 7 and a maximum of 12 years teaching experiences from three schools were interviewed. The results revealed four themes; inhibition of instruction, weak instructional strategy, inability...
Although a positive impact of technology interventions on educational practice and student outcomes has been shown in many previous research settings, the use of technology in classrooms and schools is still often super cial and not meeting the potential of technology as envisioned by education reformers and researchers in the eld. However, when te...
This study explored the impact of ‘Diagnostic Conflict Teaching’ and ‘Conventional Teaching’ approaches on the remediation of algebraic errors and misconceptions among second year high school students in the Cape Coast Metropolis of Ghana. A validated algebra diagnostic test covering the fundamental algebra concepts was adopted, adapted, piloted an...
Through five EDUsummITs spanning 2009 – 2017, approximately 100 researchers, practitioners and policy makers from across the globe have gathered to discuss ways to fast track what researchers know about information technology in education, into sound policies and best practices at the local, regional, and national/international level. This symposiu...
This study examined the relationship between Senior High School students’ attitudes towards internet and their actual usage in the Cape Coast Metropolis of Ghana. A correlational research design was used to examine 200 students’ internet usage and their attitudes: perceived usefulness, perceived ease of use and subjective norms guided by the Techno...
The study employed a survey to explore 210 high school students’ attitudes
towards the study of mathematics and their perceptions on their teachers’ teaching practices.The sample was made up of 102 males and 108 females who were randomly selected from four high schools in the Cape Coast Metropolis of the Central Region of Ghana. The data were analy...
Globalization has become a driving force of educational systems. Ghana has instituted a number of Distance Education programmes for teachers collaborating with tertiary institutions. Teaching staff with requisite know-how and other logistics for distance education are marginal. This resource provides the necessary logistics to enhance distance educ...
The study employed a quasi-experiment design to evaluate the effect of using Spreadsheet Instructional Method as compared to a Conventional Method on students' performance in quadratic functions. Lessons delivered with both approaches employed a guided discovery; a mix of direct instruction and hands-on activities in a context in which mathematics...
The study employed a quasi-experiment design to evaluate the effect of using Spreadsheet Instructional Method as compared to a Conventional Method on students' performance in quadratic functions. Lessons delivered with both approaches employed a guided discovery; a mix of direct instruction and hands-on activities in a context in which mathematics...
This paper describes an evaluation study designed to investigate the impact of an
ICT-Instructional digital innovation in teaching Mathematics, English and Integrated Science
subjects from the teacher capacity building professional development programme to classroom
implementation at senior high school levels in Ghana. Interviews and survey data we...
There are a number of research works into alternative conceptions for the purposes of identifying, categorising, and designing instructional approaches to help address them. The current study sought to find out high school students’ alternative conceptions in the introduction of H2O, H+, and OH- in oxidation-reduction reactions in acidic and basic...
This paper presents a case study of 85 pre-service mathematics teachers from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana; who enrolled in an instructional technology mathematics course to develop competencies in teaching mathematics using the GeoGebra software which was being introduced to them for the first time. The study focused on an in-depth investiga...
This paper presents a case study of 85 pre-service mathematics teachers from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana; who enrolled in an instructional technology mathematics course to develop competencies in teaching mathematics using the GeoGebra software which was being introduced to them for the first time. The study focused on an in-depth investiga...
This article explored the impact of strategies applied in a mathematics instructional technology course for developing technology integration competencies, in particular in the use of spreadsheets, in pre-service teachers. In this respect, 104 pre-service mathematics teachers from a teacher training programme in Ghana enrolled in the mathematics in...
This study investigated the extent to which teacher’s professional status and experience can influence their assessment practices at the senior high school level. In all, 110 Mathematics teachers comprising 100 males and 10 females from 10 senior high schools in the Cape Coast Metropolis participated in the study. A questionnaire was the main instr...
In this study, 12 pre-service mathematics teachers worked in teams to develop their knowledge and skills in using teacher-led spreadsheet demonstrations to help students explore mathematics concepts, stimulate discussions and perform authentic tasks through activity-based lessons. Pre-service teachers’ lesson plans, their instruction of the lessons...
This investigation studied pre-service teachers' development of reform oriented teaching through the use of interactive spreadsheet a demonstrative teaching tool in the learning of secondary school mathematics concepts. A qualitative analysis of various data sources (written lesson plans and reflections, observations, and interviews) for 8 particip...
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This study examined 100 beginning teachers’ transfer of learning when utilising Information Communication Technology-enhanced activity-based learning activities. The beginning teachers had participated in a professional development program that was characterised by ‘learning technology...
This paper describes an intervention in which pre-service teachers developed their TPACK through multiple data sources. Teachers’ self-reports of their TPACK knowledge were triangulated with performance-based assessment of their instructional practices and artifacts to give a better understanding and nature of pre-service teachers’ TPACK developmen...
Abstract: This symposium discusses several ways in which (pre-service) teachers' TPACK
can be measured. The first two studies unravel the TPACK survey (Schmidt et al., 2009), a
self-report instrument to determine TPACK, and try to revalidate the survey in two different
pre-service teacher education contexts: The US and the Netherlands. The third...
Although many studies have shown the need to pay attention to teachers' preparation for the integration of technology in classroom practice, most teachers in Ghana have not had any preparation that develops their technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPCK).This paper presents a case study of four pre-service mathematics teachers from the Uni...
Based on responses and experiences of the pre-service teachers, the research demonstrated that pre-service teachers developed TPACK and that they felt prepared to effectively use ICT in their classroom. The outcomes of the research showed that collaborative design in design teams in pre-service teacher education is a viable and effective approach t...
Included in the contemporary mathematics curricula in Ghana is the expectation that mathematics teachers will integrate technology
in their teaching. However, importance has not been placed on preparing teachers to use ICT in their instruction. This paper
reports on a study conducted to explore the feasibility of ICT use in mathematics teaching at...
This study reports an arrangement directed at the development of 12 pre-service teachers' TPACK, by guiding them in developing, practicing and teaching lessons that integrate technology for the first time. Interview, observation, and survey data were collected throughout the study. Results from the study confirmed the contention of Koehler and Mish...
Research has shown that will (positive attitudes), skill (technology competency), and tool (access to technology tools) are all essential ingredients for a teacher to effectively integrate information technology into classroom practices. This study focuses on the will, skill and tool as essential measures for the predictability of technology integr...
The Value Added Tax Service (VATS) is a public revenue institution whose primary aim is the administration and collection of the Value Added Tax (VAT). This Value Added Tax replaced the Sales and Service Tax previously administered by the Customs, Excise and Preventive Services (CEPS) and the Internal Revenue Services (IRS), respectively. The Gover...
The widespread belief that males outperform females has been of interest not only to the social researcher but to the general public as well. It is in this view that the researchers decided to investigate if there is a significance difference in mathematics performance by gender at least at the tertiary level. Data was obtained from the Department...
The paper presents results of a study conducted to establish whether equal numbers of babies are born on each day of the week, and whether equal numbers of babies are born during each month of the year. The study also looked at the distribution of the weight of the babies born with respect to gender. Data for the study were obtained from three hosp...