Learners Attitude Towards the Academic Performance in Mathematics, Case Study Ndejje Schools Wakiso District Uganda
Muhindo Percy, Kabanda Richard, Dr Arinaitwe Julius
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Students’ learning and performance in mathematics is affected by a number of factors, including students’ attitude towards the subject, teachers’ instructional practices, and school environment. This study was conducted to investigate students’ attitudes towards learning mathematics at Ndejje campuses in wakiso district in Uganda. It also sought to ascertain reasons for the liking or disliking mathematics and the relationship between attitude and performance. We employed the ABC Model and the Walberg’s Theory of Productivity to investigate students’ attitudes towards mathematics and associated factors. The quantitative and qualitative data were collected from 419 southern campuses of Ndejje secondary school students, 318 secondary school students, and 132 Northern campuses of Ndejje secondary school students. Survey was also used especially to some advanced level students since their school time table could not favor them to be in the same class always. The collected data were analyzed using percentages, means, standard deviations, ANOVA, correlation, regression and thematic analysis. The results show that initially students exhibit a positive attitude towards mathematics, but their attitude becomes less positive as the students move forward to higher levels of education. A significant positive weak correlation between students’ attitude and performance was established. Mathematics’ Enjoyment and attitude significantly predicted students’ performance in our data. The factors influencing the students’ liking or disliking of mathematics constituted student’s aptitude attribute, instructional and social psychological environmental factors. Furthermore, the results show that failure in examinations is attributed to teacher didactic strategies, institutional resources, poor learning and examination strategies, and failure to understand instructions. The results provide insights for future research and inciting changes in teachinglearning practices that would promote mathematics enjoyment and subsequent better performance in the subject.
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