Social Science Preparatory I Students' Mathematics Achievement and Their Attitude towards Mathematics: The Case of Government Schools in Addis Ababa

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dc.contributor.advisorAreaya, Solomon (PhD)
dc.contributor.authorYilma, Klfle
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-29T08:57:15Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-10T14:44:19Z
dc.date.available2019-01-29T08:57:15Z
dc.date.available2023-11-10T14:44:19Z
dc.date.issued2008-06
dc.description.abstractThe primary purposes of this study were to investigate Social Science Preparatory I students' mathematics achievement and attitude towards mathematics and also to determine whether or not selected variables such as attitude, liking mathematics, interest to and attention in learning mathematics were related with mathematics achievement. Achievement test, attitude scale and some open and close-ended questionnaire items were administered to a sample of 221 girls and 121 boys who were selected by using multi-stage sampling method from four randomly selected government preparatory schools. One sample t-test, Pearson Product moment correlation, biserial correlation and descriptive analyses were employed on the data for tests of significance. The overall achievement score of the students was found to be lower than 50% (as per national criterion for promotion) at 0.05 level and their attitude towards mathematics was unfavourable (less than the test value of 60). Results of biserial correlations analyses indicated that liking mathematics and achievement in mathematics were moderately related (r = 0.399), interest to learn mathematics and achievement in mathematics were moderately related (r = 0.376) and also attention to learn mathematics and achievement in mathematics were moderately related (r= 0.368) at 0.05 level. It was found that attitude variability accounted the highest (54%) achievement variability among the students. It was concluded that attitude and achievement were highly and positively related (r = 0.731). Based on the findings, some possible suggestions were forwarded to students, teachers, parents, curriculum planners and Addis Ab~ba Education Bureau that would help to improve students' achievement in mathematics and raise their attitude towards the subject.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/12345678/16095
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAddis Ababa Universityen_US
dc.subjectSocial Science Preparatory I Students' Mathematics Achievementen_US
dc.titleSocial Science Preparatory I Students' Mathematics Achievement and Their Attitude towards Mathematics: The Case of Government Schools in Addis Ababaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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