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Item A Comparative Study on Mathematics Achievement of Rural and Urban Areas Students at Rupandehi District(Department of Mathematics Education, 2019) Yadav, PramodThis is a quantitative study based on survey design entitled “A comparative study on mathematics achievement of rural and urban areas urban areas schools students at Rupandehi district”. The objectives of this study were to compare the student‟s achievement in mathematics in rural and urban schools and to find out the crucial factors that play roles in the achievement gap of students between rural and urban areas schools. The sample of this study consisted of 445 students from five rural and five urban schools. Schools were chosen randomly and the whole students were taken from the selected class. A set of questionnaires were used as tools for collecting data and students mathematics achievement of selected schools of academic year 2074 was taken from schools marks ledgers. The questionnaires were related to five factors affecting mathematics achievement consisting of fifteen statements. The collected data were analyzed and interpreted by using statistical tools such as mean, standard deviation, t-test at 0.05 level of significance and multiple linear regression. It is found that the mathematics achievement mean score of urban community schools students is higher than the rural community secondary schools students. Hence, there is a significant difference between rural and urban schools students in their achievement in mathematics. It is found that the factors class size, extra-curricular activities, time schedule, unit test and home assignment contribute for mathematics achievement around 7.6%, 7.1%, 22.4% , 30.9% and 24.7% respectively positively associated with mathematics achievement of rural schools students. Similarly, the effect of class size, extracurricular activities,time schedule,unit test and home assignment in urban schools students 7.6%, 7.1%,22.4%,30.9% and 24.7% respectively.Thus, all these factors play an important role in the gap in mathematics achievement of urban and rural schools students.Item Perceptions of Students and Teachers of English on Home Assignment(Faculty of Education Tribhuvan University, 2016) Malla, Birendra BahadurThis research work entitled Perceptions of Students and Teachers of English on Home Assignment has been carried out to identify the students' perception on home assignment. The researcher used purpose non-random sampling procedure to select 4 English teachers and 40 students as the respondents from lower secondary level community schools in Kathmandu district with the main objective to identify the perceptions of students and teachers on home assignment in terms of regularity, difficulty, time, help in home and correction feedback. Two sets of questionnaire were used to gather the teachers' and students' perceptions separately. The data obtained from the respondents were analyzed and interpreted descriptively. It was found that difficulty, teachers' instruction, lack of interest, less support from parents, environmental factor of home, and external factors like light, room, learning materials, parents' consciousness are the most influencing factors of home assignment as the perception of students and teachers summarized as major findings. This study is divided into five chapters. The First chapter deals with introduction. It consists of background of the study, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study, delimitations of the study and operational definition of the key terms. The second chapter deals with the review of theoretical literature, empirical literature, implications of the review for the study and theoretical / conceptual framework respectively. Likewise, the third chapter includes the design and method of the study, population, sample and sampling strategy, study area, tools and techniques for data collection, data collection procedure, data analysis and interpretation procedure. The fourth chapter deals with the analysis of data and interpretation of the results and summary / discussion of findings. Similarly, the data obtained from the students have been described, analyzed and interpreted descriptively. Finally, the last chapter deals with the conclusions and recommendations followed by references and appendices.