Students indifference towards learning Mathematics at secondary level

Abstract

This study focused on Students indifference towards learning mathematics at grade IX of Kaski district Pokhara Metropolitan. This study is based on narrative inquiry under qualitative research design. In this study researchers use the method Narrative inquires by interview with students’ for qualitative data. The purpose of this study was find the students’ indifference towards learning mathematics and the causes of students’ indifference towards mathematics at grade IX. Researcher selected five students from 3 community based schools and 2 private school by purposive sampling method and the schools were also selected by purposive sampling method. The data were collected from questionnaire and unstructured interview schedule. The collected data were organized, managing, analyzed and interpreted one by one and find out the conclusion. The responses from interview were recorded and transcribed under the headings and then were organized in themes. The result of this study showed that maybe most of the students had trouble for study mathematics and think mathematics is harder than other subject towards mathematics at grade IX but many of the students have facing so many problems such as, lack of students’ confidence level, mathematical anxiety, lack of guardians’ qualification, parents support, social culture, social discrimination, lack of teaching material, and due to other physical facility are the main factors that affecting students’ indifference towards learning mathematics. And in the end, it turned out that students were afraid to memorize mathematical formulas and solve mathematical problems, which led to increased frustration in students towards mathematics.