Students Achievement in Geometry at Secondary level

Abstract

This study aims to find out the level of students achievement in geometry, comparing the students’ achievement among the secondary level students of Kaski district and seeking out the crucial factors that play roles in achievement gap of students. The study survey was designed among 8 institutional and 8 community schools of Kaski district that were selected by startified random sampling and all together 192 students such that 12 students (6 boys & 6 girls) from each of these schools were selected as sample. Students studying at IX grade were considered as sample population of this reseach. The status of fathers’ education, mothers' education, fathers' occupation, students’ regularity, class size of schools were also considered as the supplementary primary data. The achievement test and a set of closed questionnare were developed as the tools for data collection. The achievement in geometry were examined, compared and a set of closed questionnaire were filled up among the sample students. Mean, standard deviation were calculated and two tailed t-test with 0.05 level of significance was applied for the interpretation of results. There was no significance difference between the achievement in geometry among the boys and girls students. There was no significance difference between the achievement in geometry among the institutional and community schools students and also there was no significance difference between the achievement in geometry among the rural areas’ and urban areas’ schools students. Also it is found that factors like status of fathers’ education, mothers' education, fathers' occupation, students' regularity and class size of schools play an important role for the achievement gap of students