MATHEMATICS PERFORMANCE IN RELATION TO ATTITUDE TOWARDS MATHEMATICS OF HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

Abstract

In this study, an attempt has been made to study the mathematics performance in relation to attitude towards mathematics of higher secondary school students. The Mathematics Performance Test (MPT) is constructed and validated by the investigator and Attitude towards Mathematics Scale (ATTMS) developed by Dr.S.C. Gakhar and Dr. Rajni (2012), were used to collect the data from a sample of 590 higher secondary school students studying in Cuddalore District of Tamilnadu State in India. The survey method had been followed and simple random sampling technique was used in administration of the research tools. The result of the analysis reveals that the mathematics performance is average and high favourable attitude towards mathematics of higher secondary school students, there is significant difference in the gender and of higher secondary school students with respect to their academic mathematics performance and attitude towards mathematics, there is no significant difference in the mathematics performance of higher secondary school students with respect to their locality of the school, there is significant difference in the attitude towards mathematics of higher secondary school students with respect to their locality of the school and there is significant and positive relationship between mathematics performance and attitude towards mathematics of higher secondary school students.