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Influence Of Students' Attitudes To The Learning Of Mathematics On Their Academic Achievements
[A CASE STUDY OF SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN JALINGO METROPOLIS] -
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This study examined students’ attitudes towards the learning of mathematics in secondary schools in Jalingo Metropolis, Nigeria. The seemingly misconceptions by students, parents, teachers and even Government officials that mathematics is a difficult subject necessitated this study. The objectives of the study were to; determine the extent to which students’ attitude towards mathematics affect their academic performance in examinations; establish the relationship between teachers’ qualification, method of teaching, instructional materials and attitude of both teachers and students influence the teaching and learning of mathematics and the implication in academic performance of the students. It was also the intention of this work to find out whether the attitude of the students to study mathematics is a function of gender and finally, to determine if male students do perform much better than their female counterparts in mathematics examination, academically. A well-structured questionnaire was used to collect date from the respondents. A total of 120 respondents were used.
The results indicated that qualification of mathematics teachers, teaching method, and instructional materials were highly significant and important determinants of students’ success in learning mathematics and academic achievement. Also, students’ attitude towards mathematics teaching and learning was an important factor in the academic performance of students. Based on the results of this study, it was recommended that: There is need to improve the quality of mathematics teachers. Government of Taraba State should embark on serious in-service training of mathematics teachers to equip them with skills for teaching mathematics in secondary schools. Also there is need for mathematics teachers to try and understand the perceptions of their students and try to adopt instructional strategies and improvised teaching aids, where there is none so that whatever student perceived as easy would really turn out to be easy and whatever is difficult may be properly addressed to motivate and encourage students to see the need in learning mathematics and improve their performance in examinations and real life.
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CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]While the content of
subject curricular kept changing from time to time, the structure and
practice remained stagnant (Akinlua, 2007: 99). One of the enduring
features is that emphasis is still placed on the importance of
examination and certification as a measure of assessing pupils in the
learning process. Lugard (1965) had however pointed out that the main
purpose of Western education was to produce clerks and interpreters to
aid the administrative machinery of the imperial over ... Continue reading---
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CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]While the content of
subject curricular kept changing from time to time, the structure and
practice remained stagnant (Akinlua, 2007: 99). One of the enduring
features is that emphasis is still placed on the importance of
examination and certification as a measure of assessing pupils in the
learning process. Lugard (1965) had however pointed out that the main
purpose of Western education was to produce clerks and interpreters to
aid the administrative machinery of the imperial over ... Continue reading---
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