Impact of teaching methods on pupil's performance in mathematics, Meru- south district
| dc.contributor.author | Njoroge, Monicah Njeri | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-07-24T07:06:33Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-07-24T07:06:33Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010-04 | |
| dc.description | A research project submitted to the College of Education Open and Distance Learning in partial fulfillment of the requirement for award of a Bachelor in Education (ECPE) of Kampala International University | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of the study was to investigate the impact of teaching methods on pupil's performance in mathematics in Meru south district Kenya. The specific objectives of the study were; to determine the various types of teaching methods and their effect on performance of learners in mathematics, to investigate the hindrances to effective teaching of mathematics and to determine gender differences that exist in the performance of mathematics in Meru South district Kenya. The methods used for data collection were questionnaires to the pupils and interviews with the parents. The study revealed that Problem-Oriented Curriculum, corporative group work or collaboration, demonstration, .discussion and questioning were some of the teaching methods used by teachers in teaching mathematics The study revealed that the hindrances to effective teaching of mathematics were use of unqualified and un trained teachers, use of poor teaching methods, lack of learning resources among others. The study revealed that that gender differences in mathematics are caused by girl 's bad attitudes towards the subject, society 's attitudes towards girls and mathematics all these contribute to differences in performance between girls and boys. The government should construct facilities at school for mathematics teachers to teach in a conducive environment in order to aid the better performance of mathematics to pupils in their schools. The government should have a policy in place that encourages the taking up of mathematics subject especially to the female students who at times think they are not good enough for the subject. The girl child should be encouraged to relate equally with boy in all subjects regardless of whether it is mathematics or not. The community should be sensitized to encourage girls to perform well in the subject other than telling them IX that mathematics is for boys. Teachers should use effective methods in teaching the subject and only qualified teachers should be used or employed to get better grades | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12306/10876 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Kampala International University, College of Education Open and Distance Learning | en_US |
| dc.subject | teaching methods | en_US |
| dc.subject | pupil's performance | en_US |
| dc.subject | mathematics | en_US |
| dc.subject | Meru- south district | en_US |
| dc.title | Impact of teaching methods on pupil's performance in mathematics, Meru- south district | en_US |
| dc.type | Other | en_US |