Relationship between Secondary School Students Perception of Teachers’ Attitude towards Teaching and Performance in Mathematics in Bwari, FCT, Abuja.

Abstract

This study was carried out to investigate the relationship between students' perception of teachers' attitude to teaching and students' performance in MatheMatics. The study adopted a Correia t ioltril research design on a sample of 340 Senior Secondary School Two (S5S2) students randomly drawn from a population 0f2 736 SSIC2 students in FCT Abuja, Four rcs•arch questions Ulla three hypotheses were formulated to guide the stud'', A If d - ' .,,, se - esign questionnaire was it3ed as an instrument for data collection, The rittextionruii•e was validated In, M f rid measurement experts_ The reliability of the instrument determined by. Cronestbcnh's alpha (a) coefficient was a81, indicating the instrument tvas reliable for data collection_ Mean and Standard Deviation scares were used to answer the research questions. The formulated hypotheses were answered using Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient and Point Biserial Correlation. Findings from the study revealed students' perception of their feathers attitude to the teaching of Mathematics was positive afid a positive significant relationship was found between students' perception of teachers' attitude to teaching and students' performance in Itinthematicsllowever, on the relationship between gender and students' perception of teachers' attitude to teat-1040o significant relationship was established! lased on these findings. it was recommended that students should participate actively in the evaluation process since their perceptions about their teachers' attitude to work will help teachers access their; effectiveness regularly, adjust their methodology and enhance their productivity. Knowing students' perception of their teachers' attitude to reaching will also help the teachers to ascertain the ifnpartonce of building and maintaining healthy relationship with the students which will enable the teachers to create a conducive environment where