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Item Causes of low performance of students in mathematics(Department of Mathematics Education, 2019) Pokharel, Som PrakashThis study focused on the causes of low performance of students in mathematics in Gorkha district. This study has addressed the question: what are the causes of the low performance in mathematics? How can the student’s performance in mathematics be improved? To answer this research questions, I selected the qualitative design with case study approach. This study was conducted with the sample of four students of grade X. The sample was chosen purposively according to the performance in mathematics and different family background of the case school. Direct interview with four low performer students in mathematics, classroom observation, respective teacher, head teacher and parents of the school were taken. Classroom was done regularly for thirty days during the teaching learning activities. Collected information was analyzed by using different theories to produce the information and draw conclusion on the study. It is found that socio economics status was very poor, learning cultures was negative, parents and peer influences negative learning attitude and poor facilities classroom, management, traditional teaching methods, lack of reinforcement and feedback in classroom, qualification and training of teacher, irregularity of students, lack of teaching materials and poor interaction system are the main causes of low performance in mathematics. And further it was found that the remedial ways to maintain high performance in mathematics were: making teaching learning activities more interesting teaching mathematics through understanding the mathematical concept, improving school and home environment of the child.Item The Maxim of Order from Teachers' Perspective(Central Departmental of Education English, 2012) Kandel, Ganesh KumarThe thesis entitled "The Maxim of Order from Teachers' Perspective" is an attempt tofind out the teachers' perception towards the maxim of order. Moreover, this study is anattempt to find out the teachers' classroom behavior or culture of teaching which is thereflection of their belief system and maxim. This study was mainly conductedconsidering the fact that it adds a brick in the field of teacher development and ELT andhelps English teachers to make their class lively. Similarly, this studywas conducted byconsidering the fact that why most of the Nepalese teachers prefer the maxim of order intheir classroom which is reflected in their culture of teaching. The study was carried outto find out the teachers' perception towards the maxim of order and to find out theirclassroom behavior/culture of teaching as well. To meet the objectives of this research,10 teachers who were teaching in different schools of Surkhet district were selected as theprimary sources of data. They were interviewed and 3 classes of each teacher wereobserved. This research concludes that most of the Nepalese teachers have got positiveattitude towards the maxim of order. They believe that it is easier to teach and learn thelanguage if there is calm and peaceful environment throughout the lesson. Similarly, mostof the Nepalese teachers want to maintain formal relationship with their student and wantto be respected from their students all the time.I have divided this thesis into four chapters: Introduction, Methodology, Analysis andInterpretation and Findings and Recommendations. The first chapter deals with thegeneral background, review of the related literature, objectives of the study and thesignificance of the study. The second chapter contains the methodologywhich is sub-chaptered as the sources of data, population of the study, sampling procedure, tools fordata collection, process of data collection and the limitations of the study. The thirdchapter includes the analysis and interpretation of the data obtained from the field. Thelast or fourth chapter reports the findings along with recommendations in which somepedagogical implications have been recommended on the basis of the findings of thestudy.