POSSIBLE CAUSES

STUDENT TEACHERS/SCHOOL SOCIETY/PARENTS

Negative attitudes towards Teachers own negative Variation of what
learning of mathematics attitudes society/parents expected
and towards teachers from boys and girls
PROBLEM
Relationship between attitudes and interest in
Mathematics with Mathematic’s Achievement

POSSIBLE INTERVENTION
 Teachers to motivate students to learn mathematics.
 Teachers to have positive attitudes towards their students and
towards better performance in mathematics.
 Students to have positive attitude towards learning and
performance of mathematics and towards their teachers

POSSIBLE EXPECTED RESULTS

 Enhanced learning of mathematics
 Conducive
Figure 1.1: Conceptual Framework learning environment in class
 Students develop positive attitude towards learning of
Source: Adapted frommathematics.
(Grouwns and Koechler, 1988)
 Better performance in mathematics examinations
Figure 1.1 shows various possible causes of students‟ poor learning of mathematics. They
include students‟ negative attitudes towards learning of mathematics; poor learning
experience of mathematics at primary school level among others. Also included is teachers‟
lack of refined teaching techniques; teachers own negative attitudes and lack of adequate
learning resources among others. Possible interventions as indicated include: teachers to
motivate students to learn mathematics; teachers to have positive attitudes towards learning
of mathematics among others. If mathematics teachers motivate students to have positive
attitudes towards learning of mathematics and they themselves portray positive attitudes
towards the subject, they may in turn provide a better learning classroom environment hence
enhance students‟ achievement in mathematics.