Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors that contribute to students’
poor performance in Mathematics in selected public Junior High Schools in Atiwa
West District. Purposive and simple random sampling technique was used to select
respondents from the population for the study. The sample for the study consisted of
all form three Junior High School students preparing for the final examination that
comprised of 338. Descriptive survey design was used for the study. The study
adopted the quantitative approach. Questionnaire in the form of five points Likert Scale ranging from strongly disagree (1) to strongly agree (5) was used to collect data.
The Statistical analyses used were mean, standard deviation and percentages. The
findings revealed that students strongly agreed that they show no interest in
Mathematics class was due to student related factors, the exhibition of poor
instructional skills by mathematics teachers were the major factors that affect their
performance in Mathematics. Based on these findings it was recommended that
Ministry of Education either directly or through its agencies should enhance primary
school pupils Mathematics background through inclusion of more introductory
Mathematics concepts in the primary Mathematics syllabus and also motivate
teachers. Again, there is need to develop a love for mathematics through the setting up
of “Mathematics Club” in every Junior High School
Description:
A dissertation in the Department of Educational Foundations,
Faculty of Educational Studies submitted to the School of
Graduate Studies in partial fulfillment
of the requirements for the award of the degree of
Post Graduate Diploma
(Education)
in the University of Education, Winneba
