An Examination of Factors Affecting the Students’ Pass Rate at Ordinary Level. Mathematics: A case of Rutenga Cluster Mwenezi District.
- Author
- DRIVER, M.G.
- Title
- An Examination of Factors Affecting the Students’ Pass Rate at Ordinary Level. Mathematics: A case of Rutenga Cluster Mwenezi District.
- Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to examine factors affecting the students’ pass rate in secondary school mathematics at ordinary level in Rutenga cluster, Mwenezi District. Learners perform dismally in Mathematics at O level, and this prompted the research to investigate the reasons why this was so. Most learners got very low grades such as an E and or worse. This research exposed the quagmire that learners faced in learning Mathematics. The study also came up with remedies
to the identified learning impediments. The research methodology employed included the root cause
analysis. This identified the underlying reasons why there were low pass rates. Statistical analysis was employed. This identified failure pattern trends in the collected data. This analysis was done on pass rates from the five secondary schools in the cluster. Data on percentage pass rate was collected from the five secondary schools. The analysis provided insights into the most common causes of ultimate failure in different schools. The researcher sampled ten learners from each secondary school, making it 50 learners. Pass rates for the previous two years was considered. The questionnaires for teachers (appendix 3) was used to gather information on the teachers’ gender, types of their respective schools, teacher qualification and training of teachers duration by length of time in their present positions, effects of teacher preparedness on performance, effects of teachers classroom management on performance, the use of teaching and learning aids in
classroom situation, teachers preparation and use of professional documents in teaching, effects of teacher’s personal character and attitudes on student’s performance, teachers attitude towards
incorporating learning activities, effects of teachers experience in the performance of mathematics,level of agreements on effects of teachers experience on the student’s academic performance,effects of students textbook ratio on performance, effects of adequate teaching and learning resources in performance and strategies of improving performance in mathematics.
The questionnaires for students (Appendix 4) was used to gather information on students' gender, type of their respective schools, type of instructional methods used by their teachers, effects of
availability and adequacy of teaching and the purpose of the study was to determine the factors that affect the students’ O level performance
in Mathematics in secondary schools in Rutenga cluster. This chapter describes the procedures,
ethical considerations and strategies used in the study. The researcher focused on the research
design, study population, the sample and sampling procedures, research instruments, and data
collection procedures. - Date
- 2024
- Publisher
- BUSE
- Keywords
- Ordinary Level
- Mathematics
- Supervisor
- Dr. Mukavhi
- Media
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Driver Musa George