Institute of Education, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria
Abstract
This paper examined the laboratory method of teaching as a way of improving the teaching of Mathematics in schools. The main thrust of the method is that teaching is based on self-doing by the learners through the use of instructional aids, models and manipulatives, while the teacher only plays the role of a facilitator. Some of the activities in a Mathematics laboratory are encapsulated in this paper. It is suggested that the schools, teachers and other stakeholders should brace up to the challenge of embracing the Mathematics laboratory method as an effective way of improving the teaching of the subject in schools. It is recommended that government should make a deliberate policy for the establishment of Mathematics laboratories in schools
