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The study investigated the effect of cognitive restructuring intervention programme on mathematics achievement orientation among senior secondary school students. One research question and one null hypothesis guided the study. The design of the study was a quasi-experimental non-equivalent pretest-posttest research design involving one experimental and one control group. The sample for the study comprised of 207 (89 males and 118 females) senior secondary school two students drawn from six intact classes in three co-educational secondary schools in mainland Local Educational District IV Sabo of Lagos State. The instrument used for the study is Mathematics Achievement Orientation Questionnaires (MAOQ). Also, an instructional package: Cognitive Restructuring Intervention Programme (CRIP) was developed by the researchers. Mean and standard deviations were used to answer the research question, while analysis of covariance was used to test the null hypothesis. Major findings of the study reveal that exposing students to cognitive restructuring had an enhanced effect on their mathematics achievement orientation. Based on these findings, conclusions were drawn and educational implications discussed. Major recommendations made were: students should be exposed to cognitive restructuring strategies. To achieve this, the teachers should explain, demonstrate and model the strategies to the students. Also, cognitive restructuring strategies should be incorporated in teachers’ education programmes adequately to prepare the prospective teachers who may teach the students. Also workshops and seminars should be organised by the government and school administrators for mathematics teachers to sensitize them on the importance and use of cognitive restructuring.