Secondary School Students' Attitude towards Their Learning Geometry: A Survey of Diphu Town Secondary Schools

The study explores secondary school students' attitude towards learning geometry. In this present study the researcher adopts quantitative and descriptive survey method. All the students studying in class IX and X in secondary schools situated in Diphu town, Karbi Angling district of Assam cons...

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Main Authors Bora, Ashim, Ahmed, Sahin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.07.2018
Subjects
Foreign Countries
Gender Differences
Geometry
Mathematics Instruction
Private Schools
Public Schools
Secondary School Students
Student Attitudes
India
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Summary:The study explores secondary school students' attitude towards learning geometry. In this present study the researcher adopts quantitative and descriptive survey method. All the students studying in class IX and X in secondary schools situated in Diphu town, Karbi Angling district of Assam constitutes the population of the study. Using stratified random sampling method, a sample of 400 students were drawn from 6 different schools. The research was done qualitatively by using a questionnaire that comprised of 20 Likert-type questions which were adopted from Fennema-Shermann Mathematics Scale (1977). The study investigates the difference in attitude of school students towards learning geometry by gender, and management of school. The study reveals that there exist significant differences in attitude towards learning geometry between male-female students, government-private school students.
ISSN:2349-5138