Imapact of home environment mathematics learning achievement

Abstract

This is a case study related to the “Impact of Home Environment on Mathematics Learning Achievement in Magar Students of Basic School Level at Jaubari VDC of Nawalparasi District.” The objective of this study was to identify the major factors and causes involved in the home environment of Magar students which impact their mathematics learning achievement. This study was qualitative and descriptive in nature. The study was conducted with the sample size of ten Magar students among them 5 from grade IV and 5 from grade V selected from the Shree Udaya Secondary School Bhadauri, Nawalparasi. This case study has been organized into five chapters. The first chapter gives the introductory information of the study. The second chapter, mainly the review of related literature deals with empirical, theoretical and conceptual understanding of the study. The third chapter includes design of the study, selection of school, respondents, tools for research, data collection procedure, data analysis and interpretation of the data. The fourth chapter deals with the analysis and interpretation of the collected data were acquired from the parents, school administration, students and teachers with the help of interview and class observation. The fifth chapter deals the analysis and interpretation of the collected data according to design an attempts has been made to summarize and enlist the findings, providing some recommendation for pedagogical purpose. This study carried out with the tools class observation with teacher, interview with selected students, their parents, mathematics teacher and focus group discussion with selected parents of the students. The Magar students are socially, economically, educationally backward. Their learning achievement is very low in mathematics. The major factors involved in home environment were the parent's education, parent's occupation, family size, household workload, homework checking. Therefore Magar students were affected by their home environment to gain knowledge in mathematics. Mathematics learning achievement of basic school level students was found greatly affected by the home environment. Thus home environment plays the important role by achieving good education. Mathematics learning achievement of basic school level students was found greatly affected by the home environment.