Students Achievement in Geometry at Secondary level
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Department of Mathematics Education
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