| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of the study was to identify the
attitudes held by the primary school teachers and pupils
toward the teaching and learning of Mathematics
respectively.
The study was done at Masimba Educational zone,
Irianyi Division, Kisii District. It is a typically
rural area inhabited by Abagus1i.
The zone consisted of thirty seven schools but due
to time limit the researcher selected five schools for
the study.
Randomly selected sample of 40 teachers and 151
pupils participated .in the research. The pupils were
from standard seven.
The writer used two questionnaires, one for
teachers and the other for the pupils. The questionnpires
were administered personally by the researcher in the
schools involved.
The responses were tabulated itemwise and data
analysed and interpreted. The analysis was done using
percentages.
The main findings of the study were:
1. Primary school teachers in Masimba
Educational Zone had a positive attitude
toward the teaching of Mathematics.
2. The Pupils in standard seven in Masimba
Educational zone had a negative attitude
toward the learning of Mathematics.
3. There was no significant relationship
between the teachers! attitude and his
background
It was suggested that 8 study to be carried out
to unearth the factors affecting teachers to have a
positive attitude toward teaching Mathematic~ and how
the conditions can be bettered and another research to
look into the attributes to the negative attitude~ of
pupils to learning Mathematics.
It was implicated that although the teachers have
a positive attitude toward the teaching of Mathematics,
it does not necessarily rule out the possibility of some
teachers instilling fear and hatred in some pupils as
far as Mathematics is concerned. | en_US |
