Thursday 25 July 2013

EVALUATION OF DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED BY TEACHERS IN TEACHING OF MATHEMATICS



Studies conducted in mathematics vis-à-vis assessment has was revealed that trained male and female teachers are significantly better than untrained male and female mathematics teachers (Bushra, Saima, Rabbia, & Muhammad, 2011).
Research efforts by Odili (2010) show no significant difference in the level of mastery of mathematics content by male and female mathematics teachers. He further maintained that difference in mean mathematics competence by the more experienced and less experienced mathematics teachers are not statistically significant. According to Asuru (2010), research has suggested that on an empirical level, there is no significant difference amont the mean master scores by B.Ed., N.C.E. and TC II certificate holders. It is therefore necessary to conduct a study to evaluate the difficulties encountered by mathematics teachers in the teaching of secondary mathematics which invariably affects pupils’ performance in the subject.

Statement of the Problem

        Mathematics is the eye-opener to all sciences as well as an important ingredient for thought, logic and reasoning geared towards progress. So as such, it had remained compulsory in both the previous and modern system of education over the decades because of its importance.
        However, mathematics students’ performance has been poor in mathematics in Nigeria secondary level of education. Hence, efforts were made by all and sundry to improve the performance of students in mathematics. Despite the efforts by researchers and experts, pupils’ performance in mathematics is still poor. And this has been attributed to the difficulties teachers encounter in teaching mathematics. Therefore, the problem of this study is to evaluate the difficulties encountered by teachers in the teaching of mathematics in secondary school.

Research Questions

        The following research questions are stated for the study:
1.  What are the difficulties encountered by mathematics teachers in teaching of secondary mathematics?

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