Causes of low performance of secondary level students in mathematics

Abstract

This is case study research titled “Causes of low performance of Secondary level students in Mathematics’’. The prime concern of this study was to analyse the causes of low performance of secondary level students in mathematics and to suggest the possible ways for the betterment of student’s performance in mathematics. For this study researcher selected one government school through convenience sampling procedure from Baglung district. The interview guideline, classroom observation from and school document were the main tools of this study. The collected data were organized, analysed and interpreted based on descriptive analysis to find the causes of low performance of secondary level students in mathematics. After analysing and interpretation of collected data, the findings indicates lack of teaching learning materials, poor school environment, poor motivation for students are the cause of low performance of secondary level students. Also findings indicates that there is most of the parents were illiterate so that they cannot provide further guidance and feedback in mathematics, students did not pay attention while the teacher taught in classroom are the main causes of low performance of secondary level students in mathematics.