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Item Causes of Low Achievement of Girls in Mathematics at Secondary Level(Department of Mathematics Education Central Department of Education, 2015) Bhattarai, PradipMathematics takes important place in human life. We use it directly or indirectly on the every moment of the life. And it is used in different ways of human life. The main concern of this study was to compare the achievement level of Girls and Boys students and to find out the major factors affecting the achievement of Girls students in mathematics in SankhuwaSabha district. Seventy Girls students of five rural and five urban schools are chosen for the study. Research design was survey design. Achievement test and questionnaire were the main tools for the data collection. The study found that mean achievement of Rural Girl students was 19.77 and mean achievement of Urban Girl students was 21.17. The mean difference of two groups was 1.4. It was found that the achievement of Urban Girl students were higher than Rural Girls students.School environment, Teachers behavior, Effective classroom, Peer`s behavior, Interest of the learners, family background, and Time variable were the major factors affecting the mathematics achievement of Girl students. The study concluded that the achievement of Urban Girl students were higher than Rural Girls students. Similarly, there were many causal factors for their low achievement which included school related and out of school related.Item Free Writing Proficiency of Grade Eight Students: A Comparative Study(Faculty of Education, Tribhuvan University Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2017) Batala, BinitaThis study entitled Free Writing Proficiency of Grade Eight Students: A Comparative Study sought to explore free writing proficiency of grade eight students of lower secondary level from private and public schools of Jajarkot. This study examined students’ free writing ability in terms of the mechanics, grammar, cohesion and coherence, clarity and economy and completeness in holistic way. This present study was the survey research. To address the objectives of the study, 30 students were selected from two (one Institutional and one Community) schools as a sample by using non-random sampling procedure. This research was carried out by using both primary and secondary sources of data and a set of test items was used as tool for data collection. The study reveals that free writing proficiency of the students was satisfactory. The study also reveals that students of institutional school were more proficient in free writing in comparison to the students of community school. This thesis comprises five chapters. The first chapter presents the 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 consists of the review of related theoretical literature, review of empirical literature, implications of the study and conceptual framework. In the same way, the third chapter includes design of the study, population, sample and sampling strategy, research tools, sources of data, data collection procedure, data analysis procedures and ethical considerations. The fourth chapter deals with analysis of data and interpretation of results. The final chapter deals with findings, conclusion and recommendations. The references and appendices have been included in the last part of the thesis.