Factors affecting senior high school students’ interest in mathematics. a case study of senior high school in Achiase district.

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.