Master of Education - Mathematics

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    Factors contributing to the negative attitudes of female students towards the study of mathematics in kumasi anglican senior high school
    (2023) ANTHONY ADJEI
    Mathematics is one of the most important school subjects in the curriculum worldwide. It is a subject that has direct relationship with other subjects, particularly technical and sciences. The study investigated the factors contributing to the negative attitudes of Kumasi Anglican Senior High School female students in the Kumasi Metropolis. To fulfill the study's aims, a quantitative approach was employed. A structured questionnaire was employed to collect data from the respondents, and the questions on the questionnaire were ranked on a five-point Likert scale. A total of 100 respondents were surveyed for the research. The researcher employed descriptive analysis by using SPSS version 21.0. The researcher used Cochran’s formula to determine the sample size of 100 respondents for the study, whereas stratified sampling techniques was employed to select the sample for the study. The study revealed that improved teaching abilities and presenting skills can help students focus in class and grasp what they are learning. Parental participation in their children’s performances ensures that his/her child’s performance is monitored and evaluated. Students will have a clear objective of what they want to be in the future through mentorship programme, role models, and vocational coaching in a variety of professions connected to sciences. The study also revealed motivational level of female students regarding the study of Mathematics. It was recommended that the headmaster and the management of the school should ensure availability and access to adequate teaching materials and resources to facilitate hands-on learning experiences in mathematics
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    Using the UTAUT Model to Assess the Factors Influencing the use of ICT in Ghanaian Pre-Tertiary Mathematics Education
    (Akenten Appiah-Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development, 2023) Owusu Bandoh, Sampson
    As the demand for the adoption and use of Information communication and technology has increased rapidly due to the exponential growth of technological advancement in all human endeavor, researchers are also developing theories and/or modells that could be used to explain and predict humans’ acceptance and use of these technologies as they are been released in the markets. The present study adapted one of the powerful modells for ICT integration (thus, Unified Theory of Acceptance and Technology Use) to assess pre-tertiary mathematics facilitators' intentions and actual use of ICT for mathematics instructions in Ghana. The study adopted a quantitative research design with a questionnaire a survey instrument for collecting 185 valid data from both junior and senior high schools’ mathematics facilitators. Descriptive statistics and an enter multiple regression were deployed to validate the proposed research questions. Using SPPS v.23 as a statistical software for analysing the data, the result reveals that, performance expectancy and effort expectancy had a positive and significant effect on mathematics facilitators' intentions toward ICT adoption. Moreover, social influence was significant but had a negative impact on facilitators' intentions. The impact of mathematics facilitators' intention to use ICT and the facilitating conditions within the school environment was also a positive and significant predictor of facilitators' ICT use behaviour. It was concluded from the findings that facilitating condition was the better predictor for mathematics teachers’ ICT use behaviour than teachers’ intention. Hence, the researcher recommended that more government expenditure must be allocated to infrastructures that would improve the use of ICT as well and frequent ICT training must be undertaken to enrich teachers’ knowledge in the affordance of using ICT in mathematics classrooms.
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    Teachers’ Attitude on Students’ Performance in Teaching and Learning of Mathematics at Presbyterian Senior High School – Bechem
    (Akenten Appiah-Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development, 2022) Twum, Samuel
    The purpose of the study is to ascertain teachers' attitudes and its impact on students' performance in the classroom at Presbyterian Senior High School-Bechem with regard to mathematics in the Tano South Municipality in the Ahafo Region, Ghana. The explanatory sequential mixed method research design was adopted for the study. The teacher population of the school was 192 and purposeful sample was used to select the 30 mathematics teachers. Simple random sampling method was used to select the 171 students from the four classes out the 27 class for the study. In the qualitative study, a sample size of 15 of mathematics teachers, were selected randomly for the focus group discussion. The instrument used for this study was questionnaire. Percent, mean, and standard deviations, were used to analyse the quantitative data while verbatim responses of the interview of the focus group was used to analysed the qualitative data. The finding indicates that positive attitudes improves students‘ academic performance whilst negative attitudes results to decreases in students‘ performance. It is recommended that teachers should regularly develop positive attitude towards the teaching of Mathematics since they are the role model and attitude is about sharing emotions, teachers need to be taught how to develop and use emotional intelligence in the classroom to better students‘ performance.