Investigating the factors influencing the attitudes of students toward the study of mathematics

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to investigate the factors influencing the attitude of students towards the study of mathematics in selected Junior High Schools in Asokore in the Sekyere East District of the Ashanti Region of Ghana. The study was based on the ABC Attitude Model. Random sampling was used to select 102 respondents (students) in Asokore in the Sekyere East District for the study. A questionnaire was the sole instrument employed in the study. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data. It was found that school administrators and the mathematics teachers in JHSs in Asokore in Sekyere East District are doing well to motivate students’ to improve their achievement in mathematics, whereas most parents are not complementing the effort of the schools and the teachers by providing for their wards needs and encouraging them to learn mathematics. It was also found that even though most students agreed that mathematics is useful even at work places, they still think that mathematics is boring and makes them nervous, and therefore do not like to learn it. In addition, it was established that mathematics is not the students’ favorite subject; therefore, they do not like mathematics classes and solving mathematics questions.

Development of an interactive e-module based on a case method to improve higher-order thinking skills

“…In addition, the results of student interviews revealed that the lack of accessible resources, such as books and modules, made it difficult for students to learn fundamental mathematical ideas. To motivate students to learn mathematics, creativity is required (Amoah et al, 2023;Matorevhu, 2023). This research aims to develop an interactive emodule based on the case method to improve students' HOTs.…”