Evaluation of the Implementation of Grade Nine Mathematics Syllabus in Addis Ababa Administrative Region
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2004-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
This study was intended to evaluate the implementation of grade 9 mathematics
syllabus in selected secondary schools of Addis Abba looking at whether or not the
schools are in line with the demands of the syllabus, teachers' use of instructional
guidelines as required and students' behavioral development towards learning
mathematics as a result of the implementation process.
To this end, 40 grade 9 mathematics teachers, 142 students taught by these teachers
(18 students from each of seven schools and 16 students from one school), and 8
school directors were included in the study. The teachers and student subjects were
randomly selected from the randomly selected eight high schools functioning in Addis
Ababa in 2003/4 academic year. The school directors were directors of these selected
schools.
The study noted that the physical and instruction facilities available in the schools were
found to be less suitable for effective implementation of the syllabus. The large number
of factors were identified that seems to have hindered the proper implementation of the
syllabus. Some of the factors are the overcrowdness of the classrooms, the trend of
practicing the traditional method of teaching (teacher-centerdness) on the part of the
teachers during classroom instructional activities, the poor communication system
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existing among teachers and teacher and other school community members to
implement the syllabus, and lack of commitment by the teachers were identified as
factors that contributed to the less effectiveness of the implementation of the syllabus.
The study also indicated that students do not seem to have developed positive attitude
towards learning mathematics as a result of the implementation process.
Based on the findings of the study, some recommendations were suggested at least to
minimize the problems that were thought to have negative influence on the effective
implementation of the syllabus.
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Grade Nine Mathematics Syllabus