Abstract:
The study sought to examine factors affecting SHS students’ interest in mathematics
in Achiase District in the Eastern Region of Ghana. The study adopted a descriptive
survey design. The population consisted of all the form two students studying core
mathematics in the two senior high schools in Achiase District in the Eastern Region
of Ghana. Simple random sampling was used to select five hundred students from the
two senior high school in Achiase district for the study. Descriptive statistics such as
means and standard deviations, correlation and regression analysis were used to
analyse the collected data. The results of the data indicated that government factor,
teacher factor, student factor and school factor are the factors affecting students’
interest in Mathematics. However, in predicting students’ interest in mathematics, the
current study revealed that teacher factor is a strong predictor of students’ interest in
mathematics followed by student related factors whiles school related factors and
government factor have the least effect on students’ interest in Mathematics. It is
recommended that, teachers must revise formal teaching methods which often do not
match the students’ learning styles and skills needed to be productive in society.
Description:
A thesis in the Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science Education,
submitted to the School of Graduate Studies, in partial fulfilment
of the requirement for the award of the degree of
Master of Philosophy
(Mathematics Education)
in the University of Education, Winneba
