Factors Influencing Students’ Performance in Mathematics for Better Teaching-Aids Design

Samuel Sardauna Sule, Mulikat Yusuf

Abstract


The purpose of the study was to investigate factors affecting students’ mathematics performance for better teaching-aids design. Sample of 160 students were involved in the study. Students’ questionnaire (SQ) was the major instrument for data collection, while three research questions were stated to guide the study. The descriptive statistics used to analyze the data include frequency count and simple percentages. The quality of teaching and learning mathematics has been one of the main challenges and concerns of educators. Teaching-aids design is an effective way to alleviate problems related to the quality of teaching and learning mathematics. Knowing the factors affecting mathematics performance is particularly important for making the best design decisions.  Results revealed that gender was not found as an important factor affecting mathematics performance of students. Also, results showed that teaching-aids strategies/methods, teacher competency in mathematics education, motivation, parental education and socio-economic status were the most influential factors that should be considered in the design decisions.


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