Detrimental Factors for Poor Performance in Mathematics

Abstract

This is the survey research related to find the detrimental factors for poor performance in mathematics learning. The main objective of this study was to identify detrimental factors responsible for poor performance in mathematics at secondary level and to find the strategies by school mathematics teacher to improve achievement in mathematics. This survey studies the secondary level mathematics achievement in six schools of Chitwan district. This study also focused on inside school factors and out of the schools factors which are responsible for poor performance. Stratified random selection of secondary schools with sample size 200 students and 6 secondary level mathematics teachers and 6 Head teachers were selected to participate in this study. Two research instruments, structured questionnaire for the students and interview schedule for the teachers and parents were the major tools for this study. To indentify the factors 33 items in questionnaire were used. The achievement score were obtained by schools sources then the score were judged and statistically analyzed in order to find out the detrimental factors for poor performance in mathematics. After collecting the data from survey the data were analyzed using mean. Finding showed the students had influenced of various kinds of determinants in learning mathematics. In this research it was found that teaching learning process and time variable was more responsible than other variable. The research finding brought some meaning implications to the teaching and learning of mathematics at secondary level.