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

Mahender Reddy Sarsani*, Ravi Maddini**
* Professor In Education, Principal and Head, University College of Education, Kakatlya Unlverslty, Warangal [AP].
** Lecturer In Mathematics, University College of Education, Kakatlya Unlverslty, Warangal [AP].
Periodicity:February - April'2009
DOI : https://doi.org/10.26634/jpsy.2.4.288

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 heave 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.

Keywords

Learning difficulties in mathematics, Mathematics Scholastic Achievement Test, Difficult Topics in Mathematics.

How to Cite this Article?

Mahender Reddy Sarsani and Ravi Maddini (2009). Learning Difficulties in Mathematics (LDM) of Secondary School Students with respect to their Personal and Background Variables. i-manager’s Journal on Educational Psychology, 2(4), 85-97. https://doi.org/10.26634/jpsy.2.4.288

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