The
purpose of the study was to examine the causes of anxiety on secondary school
students’ academic performance in mathematics in Karu Local government Area of
Nasarawa State, Nigeria. It is incontrovertible that mathematics is seen as
difficult subject and as a situation that makes individual appears stupid and
dumb. Parents, teachers and some significant people are attributing factor to
this ugly experience. But sometimes, they indicate that mathematics skills are
very significant for future success. Survey research design was employed for
the study. In order to provide a focus in the study, two research questions
were stated. Students questionnaire was used to collect the data from the
sampled of one hundred and eighty students (180). Simple percentage analysis
was used to determine the percentage response. The result of analysis revealed
that student's poor performance in mathematics is militated by anxiety. It also
revealed that the students’ anxiety in mathematics was caused by mathematics
teachers, parents, boredom and learning difficulty, society, lack of adequate
resources, test and examination, lack of confidence towards mathematics,
altogether with students themselves. Therefore, some recommendations for
possible solution were made
Birincil Dil | İngilizce |
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Bölüm | Makaleler |
Yazarlar | |
Yayımlanma Tarihi | 30 Nisan 2017 |
Gönderilme Tarihi | 26 Haziran 2016 |
Kabul Tarihi | 30 Nisan 2017 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2017 |