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Abstract:
The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of digital natives environment on students Performance in Mathematics. The study adopted pre-test, post-test, control group quasi experimental research design. The population for this study comprises of all Secondary School Mathematics students in Ekiti State secondary schools. An intact class of 299 students were selected through multistage sampling procedure. The instrument used for the collection of data was Mathematical Achievement Test (MAT). Face and Content validity of the instrument was ascertained and the reliability coefficients of 0.68 was obtained when test re-test method was used. Data collected were analyzed inferentially using Analysis of Variance, Scheffe posthoc and t-test analysis to test the hypotheses postulated at 0.05 level of significance. The findings showed that the use of digital native environment influence students performance in Mathematics. Based on the findings, it was recommended that mathematics teachers should embrace the use of innovative instructional strategy in the teaching and learning process in order to facilitate the high level of students' performance in Mathematics.

Keywords: Digital native, Performance, Information and Communication Technology, learning environment

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