RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COGNITIVE DISSONANCE AND ACHIEVEMENT IN MATHEMATICS AMONG HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

Cognitive dissonance is a theory originally developed by Leon Festinger. He is proposing that dissonance, which is the existence of non fitting relations among cognition, is a motivating factor in its own right. This motivating factor encourages the learner to be more self confident in his actions or conclusions and distinguish between correct and incorrect solutions. This motivation will lead to…