Learning Difficulties in Mathematics (LDM) of Secondary School Students with Respect to Their Personal and Background Variables

Autor/inn/en	Sarsani, Mahender Reddy; Maddini, Ravi
Titel	Learning Difficulties in Mathematics (LDM) of Secondary School Students with Respect to Their Personal and Background Variables
Quelle	In: Journal on Educational Psychology, 2 (2009) 4, S.85-97 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0973-8827
Schlagwörter	Secondary School Students; Learning Problems; Secondary School Mathematics; Student Characteristics; Mathematics Achievement; Student Surveys; Mathematics Tests; Achievement Tests; Gender Differences; Public Schools; Private Schools; Institutional Characteristics; School Location; Rural Urban Differences; Language of Instruction; Foreign Countries; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sekundarschüler; Lernproblem; Mathmatics sikills; Mathmatics achievement; Mathematical ability; Mathematische Kompetenz; Schülerbefragung; Achievement test; Achievement; Testing; Test; Tests; Leistungsbeurteilung; Leistungsüberprüfung; Leistung; Testdurchführung; Testen; Geschlechterkonflikt; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Private school; Privatschule; Schulgelände; Stadt-Land-Beziehung; Teaching language; Unterrichtssprache; Ausland; Indien
Abstract	The investigation was aimed to study the learning difficulties in mathematics among the secondary school students. The study proposed to measure the Learning Difficulties in Mathematics with respect to the students' personal and background variables such as sex, type of school, locality and medium of instruction; and also to explore the relationships of learning difficulties with students' scholastic achievement in mathematics and opinion on the different topics in mathematics. Survey method was adopted and developed three instruments for the study; they are Learning Difficulties in Mathematics (LDM), Mathematics Scholastic Achievement Test (MSAT) and Difficult Topics in Mathematics (DTM). A simple random sampling technique was employed in the selection of 480 students from government and private schools of Warangal district in Andhra Pradesh, India. The study revealed that boys had more Learning Difficulties in Mathematics than girls. It was also found that the students of Government schools, urban and Telugu medium have more learning difficulties in mathematics than their counterparts of private, rural and English medium respectively. Further, it was found that the students who have less learning difficulties in mathematics scored better in mathematics scholastic achievement test and found that the students those who have opined that the topics are easy in mathematics secured highest marks than their counterparts those who have expressed the topics are average and difficult for them. Accordingly, the remedial measures and intervention programmes are suggested to enhance students' performance and to minimise their learning difficulties. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01