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: Received: 2 May 2024 / Approved: 2 May 2024 / Online: 2 May 2024 (10:11:46 CEST)
How to cite:
Kpotosu, C. K.; Amegbor, S.; Mifetu, B.; Ezah, R. B. K. Senior High School Students’ difficulties with Geometry Topics. Preprints2024, 2024050126. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202405.0126.v1
Kpotosu, C. K.; Amegbor, S.; Mifetu, B.; Ezah, R. B. K. Senior High School Students’ difficulties with Geometry Topics. Preprints 2024, 2024050126. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202405.0126.v1
Kpotosu, C. K.; Amegbor, S.; Mifetu, B.; Ezah, R. B. K. Senior High School Students’ difficulties with Geometry Topics. Preprints2024, 2024050126. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202405.0126.v1
APA Style
Kpotosu, C. K., Amegbor, S., Mifetu, B., & Ezah, R. B. K. (2024). Senior High School Students’ difficulties with Geometry Topics. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202405.0126.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Kpotosu, C. K., Bismarck Mifetu and Raymond Bessa Kwadzo Ezah. 2024 "Senior High School Students’ difficulties with Geometry Topics" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202405.0126.v1
Abstract
Students have historically fared poorly on the West African Examinations Council’s (WAEC) mathematics exam. This study investigated senior high school students’ difficulties with studying Geometry in the Cape Coast Metropolis, Central Region, Ghana. Using the descriptive survey design, data were collected from 300 Senior High School Two (SHS 2) students using simple random sampling. Students responded to the questionnaire and a 30-item multiple-choice achievement test on geometry. Four geometry concepts students perceived difficult to study are Circle theorems, Perpendicularity of Tangent and radius of a circle, Angle between Tangent and a chord and Tangents from an external point. The reasons for the difficulty in studying geometry topics are the unavailability of instructional materials, the geometry topics being complex, and teachers not teaching geometry concepts to the students’ understanding. Students’ gender did not influence the learning of concepts in geometry at a 0.05 level of significance. There was an insignificantly weak positive correlation between the students’ performance and their perceived difficult geometry concepts. It was concluded that the Ministry of Education does not provide relevant instructional materials to the various schools to teach geometry concepts. Schools do not organise workshops and seminars for teachers on effectively teaching geometry concepts in mathematics.
Keywords
chord; Circle theorems; geometry; geometry difficulties; geometry topics; senior high schools; tangents; perpendicularity
Subject
Social Sciences, Education
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