Abstract:
The aim of this study was to assess the factors influencing gender differences in
mathematics performance among students of senior high schools in the Sagnarigu
Municipality. Descriptive survey design was employed for the study. Two hundred and
fifty (250) students and fifty (50) mathematics teachers were purposively sampled from
the five senior high schools in the municipality. Questionnaire, inventory and the
mathematics achievement test were used as data collection instruments. The data
collected were analyzed quantitatively using descriptive and inferential statistics. From
the data collected, the study observed that there was gender difference in mathematics
performance among students in the municipality (p=0.010) with varying factors. The
effect of the poor performance of female students in mathematics as indicated in the
study could lead to the truncation of their academic career of the students since
mathematics is admission requirement in all tertiary institutions in Ghana. The study
recommends that mathematics teachers in the municipality need to give female
students, the needed attention and special tuition they require to improve their
performance.
Description:
A thesis in the Department of Mathematics Education,
Faculty of Sciences, submitted to the School of
Graduate Studies, in partial fulfillment
of the requirements for the award of the degree of
Master in Philosophy
(Mathematics)
in the University of Education, Winneba
