Siddiqui and Anzar
Greener Journal of Educational Research Vol. 8(1), pp. 001-006, February 2018
ISSN: 2276-7789
Research Articles
Manuscript Number: 012418011
(DOI: http://doi.org/10.15580/GJER.2018.1.012418011)
Achievement of Senior Secondary School Students in Mathematics: The Contribution of Intelligence and Socio Economic Status
Dr. Mohd. Abid Siddiqui1 and Nusaiba Anzar2
1Associate Professor, Department of Education, A.M.U., Aligarh-202002.
2Assistant Professor, Department of Education, A.M.U., Aligarh-202002.
Abstract
An
increasing pool of research findings in the field of mathematics education
indicate the impact of various factors like demographic, individual, instructional,
classroom management and evaluation factors on mathematics achievement of the
students. The present study aims to study the significant predictors in
mathematics achievements among adolescents. Descriptive survey method was used
as a research design for the study. The target population of the study was the
students studying in senior secondary schools of Moradabad city in Uttar
Pradesh (India). A sample of 123 students was randomly selected out of 5 senior
secondary C.B.S.E. schools out of which 66 were males and 57 females. The study
revealed that Intelligence emerged as the most significant predictor in
mathematics achievement among adolescents. This is in consistent to previous
researches conducted by Das (1986), Patel (1997), Kasat (1991), Abdulmajeed
(1992) and Fernandez (2011), who reported positive relationship between the
intelligence and mathematics achievement.
Keywords: Mathematics
Achievement, Intelligence, Socio-Economic Status, Gender, Adolescents
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