Mathematics Student's Belief and Practice of Tuition

Abstract

The main aim of this study entitled "Mathematics Students' Belief and Practice of Tuition" was to investigate the beliefs of mathematics students' towards the practice of tuition. The study was also aimed to find the causes of taking tuition at secondary level students. The study was survey and descriptive research design, in fact mixed (quantitative and qualitative). To investigate the beliefs of mathematics students' towards the practice of tuition, the researcher used the questionnaire form. The questionnaire sheet contained 30 statements on the basis of five components: Interest, Effort, Self-confidence, Uselessness and Fear related with tuition. In each component there were 6 statements. Among 30 statements 18 statements were positive and 12 statements were negative to tuition. The questionnaire administered among 250 secondary level students from 14 sampled public secondary schools of Dhankuta district. The Chi-square test was used to investigate the belief of mathematics students' towards the practice of tuition. Entire test is used at 0.05 level of significance. Also, to find the causes of taking tuition at secondary level students, the researcher administered in-depth interview of 10 mathematics students (6 boys and 4 girls) and 5 mathematics teachers from 14 sample public secondary schools of Dhankuta district with help of interview guidelines. The information from in-depth interview of sample students and teachers obtained in qualitative form and those data analyzed by Cross-match method. The researcher also observed 3 tuition classes with the help of checklist. The population of the present study contained the public secondary schools students of Dhankuta district. The researcher found that the high belief towards the practice of tuition at secondary level students. Also, concluded that there was significant relationship between students‟ belief and their practice of tuition. v The absent of teachers and students in classroom; reading writing environment is not good at home; reading writing environment is not good at school; low economic status of students; to identify the important questions related to exam; many students feel pleasure to learn mathematics in tuition; to solve the problems immediately; it increases the practice habit of students and group learning; easy to understanding math problems; to finish the course in time; easy to pass exam; and not tension for guide and guess paper are the causes of taking of tuition at secondary level students. At present study the researcher concluded that the majority of the secondary level students were interested to take tuition for learning mathematics.