While many researchers have investigated the causative factors of students’ poor academic performance, the extent to which teachers’ individual characteristics affect students’ performance in mathematics, to the best knowledge of the researcher, has received little academic attention. This necessitated the study. The study adopted a convergent parallel mixed methods design involving three hundred and seventy-two (372) respondents who were sampled through Simple Random Sampling and purposive sampling techniques. Questionnaires and interview guides were used to collect primary data and this was complemented by an extensive literature review. The analysis of the collected data revealed that teachers’ qualifications, teachers’ choice of methodology, teachers’ mastery of content, teachers’ punctuality to class and teachers’ relationship with students affect students’ performance in mathematics in Sagnarigu Municipality. It was recommended among other things, that the stakeholders in education should ensure that only teachers who are qualified to teach mathematics are assigned to do so in all Senior High Schools within the Sagnarigu Municipality.
The study employed the Explanatory Sequential design of the Mixed-Methods approach to investigate the factors that affect female students’ performance in mathematics. Stratified and Simple Random Sampling techniques were used to sample three hundred and fifty-six (356) participants from four different Senior High Schools within the Northern Region to participate in the survey while 12 key informants were selected using the Expert Purposive Sampling technique for key informant interviews. Questionnaires and interview guides were the main instruments used for data collection. Inferential statistics were used to analyse the quantitative data while inductive thematic analysis was used in analysing the qualitative data. The results of the analyses showed that gender stereotypes, the socio-economic status of parents, self-motivation by the female students, the social environment in which the female students find themselves and teacher efficacy were the main factors affecting female students’ performance in mathematics.
The purpose of this study was to use Abacus and Bundles of stick as Instructional Materials or Teaching Learning Materials (TLMs) to improve the addition of two- and three-digit numbers among Basic Two (2) Pupils of Ghana National College Basic School, Cape Coast, Central Region, Ghana. Action research design was used for the study. Evaluation Test (Pre-Test and Post-Test) were used to gather data on the pupils. The population was thirty-four (34) and the sample used for the study was fourteen (14) pupils. Pre-Test was used to assess the pupil’s performance to identify their strength and weakness for the necessary interventions to be used to solve that problem. Post-Test was used to gather results and compare the effectiveness of the use of Abacus and Bundles of stick in solving addition of two- and three-digits numbers in mathematics. Simple percentage count was employed by the researcher to display the results and findings. It was found out from the study that, appropriate materials like Bundles of sticks and Abacus should be encouraged and be used in primary schools more especially at the Lower Primary levels (Early Grade levels) to teach for the pupils to overcome their difficulties in solving addition problems involving two- and three-digits numbers.
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