Student and Teacher Factors in Mathematics Performance
Student and Teacher Factors in Mathematics Performance
Student and Teacher Factors in Mathematics Performance
Introduction
cannot learn and understand everything that surrounds them if they cannot read,
language that helps us to describe ideas and relationships drawn from the
environment. The learning area which is Mathematics enables one to make the
otherwise.
general education subject in primary and higher education where learners are
excel in knowledge acquisition but fare considerably low in requiring higher order
thinking skills (Dinglasan & Patena, 2013; Ganal & Guiab, 2014).
the many factors, the problem is dealing with students’ affective capability, which
focus on study habits and study attitudes, which are then further stated to as
study directions.
In the educational services are often not tangible and are difficult to
2010). The school personnel, members of the families and communities provide
help and support to students for the quality of their academic performance. This
social assistance has a crucial role for the accomplishment of performance goals
their child.
but also causes significant stress to the parents (Karande and Kulkarni, 2005).
are positively correlated with (a) the academic performance of school indicated
by school leaving pass percentage and also (b) with the performances in
subjects other than mathematics. In contrast, students and teacher ratio seems
not to affect the mathematics performance of the schools under study. The
This study aimed to attend the needs and problem in the area and form a
well as the curriculum. This study will also support to determine the strength and
the support of all evidences gathered by this study in order to improve the
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