Assessment of Teachers’ Attitude, Students’ Attitude and Performance in Mathematics in Secondary Schools: A Case Study in Hawassa City and Hawassa Zuria Woredas, Ethiopia

Tesfaye Getahun Agdie; Mamo Teketel Mekasha; Anteneh Bezabih Ali; Mekonnen Mamo; Muluken Mitiku; Sileshi Gone

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Assessment of Teachers’ Attitude, Students’ Attitude and Performance in Mathematics in Secondary Schools: A Case Study in Hawassa City and Hawassa Zuria Woredas, Ethiopia

Tesfaye Getahun Agdie, Mamo Teketel Mekasha, Anteneh Bezabih Ali, Mekonnen Mamo, Muluken Mitiku, Sileshi Gone

Published in American Journal of Theoretical and Applied Statistics (Volume 8, Issue 3)

Received: 11 May 2019 Accepted: 28 June 2019 Published: 31 July 2019

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Mathematics is a tool in which students and youngsters get knowledge and experience about life, they learn how to deal with problems, apply their knowledge into real life problems, improve their ability on logical thinking and reasoning, and getting ready for their future life. The aim of this study was to assess the attitude of students towards Mathematics and to determine factors that affect students’ performance in Mathematics. Primary data was collected from students and their teachers using self-administered questionnaire. Multiple linear regression analysis, One-Way ANOVA, and t-test were used to analyze the data. Out of 347 students participated in this study, 313 students belong to the Tabor Secondary School and Boricha Secondary School, government schools. The rest 34 students belong to Saint Daniel Comboni Secondary School, which is a private school. About 68% of the respondents did not agree on the existence of Mathematics club that's dedicated to maximizing Mathematics excellencies other than usual course schedule in their school. Most teachers disagreed on students’ effort to find out the reasons for their mistakes while they solve mathematical problems instead they simply accepted their mistakes. Results also showed that scores of students at Comboni (private school) were higher than score of students at Tabor and Boricha schools (government schools). Male students had better Mathematics scores than female students in these schools. Students who were interested in Mathematics course had a better score than those students who were not interested. Sex of students, students’ laziness to attend Mathematics related courses, students believe that Mathematics is an easy subject, students score in grade 10 national exam, student interest to solve Mathematics' problems with their classmates, the time that the student spent per week to study Mathematics, and their communication with their Mathematics teacher were the significant factors that determine the performance of the student in Mathematics. The researchers recommended that all concerned bodies have to do a lot in order to improve performance of students since Mathematics is a key subject for science and technology.

Published in	American Journal of Theoretical and Applied Statistics (Volume 8, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajtas.20190803.12
Page(s)	94-107
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Students, Mathematics, Performance, Teachers, Linear Regression Model

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Tesfaye Getahun Agdie, Mamo Teketel Mekasha, Anteneh Bezabih Ali, Mekonnen Mamo, Muluken Mitiku, et al. Assessment of Teachers’ Attitude, Students’ Attitude and Performance in Mathematics in Secondary Schools: A Case Study in Hawassa City and Hawassa Zuria Woredas, Ethiopia. Am J Theor Appl Stat. 2019;8(3):94-107. doi: 10.11648/j.ajtas.20190803.12

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Tesfaye Getahun Agdie

Department of Mathematics, Hawassa University, Hawssa, Ethiopia
Mamo Teketel Mekasha

Department of Mathematics, Hawassa University, Hawssa, Ethiopia
Anteneh Bezabih Ali

Department of Statistics, Hawassa University, Hawassa, Ethiopia
Mekonnen Mamo

Department of Mathematics, Hawassa University, Hawssa, Ethiopia
Muluken Mitiku

Department of Mathematics, Hawassa University, Hawssa, Ethiopia
Sileshi Gone

Department of Mathematics, Hawassa University, Hawssa, Ethiopia

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