Impact Of Mathematics Learning in School Students perspective

Students’ mathematics performance is one of the main concerns in mathematics education. Nevertheless, many students perceive mathematics as one of the difficult core subjects to be learned. This negative thinking can be due to many factors that hinder their mathematics learning. To get a better picture of the hindering elements in students’ learning, this study was therefore conducted to explore the challenges, obstacles and difficulties experienced by students in the process of mathematics learning. A qualitative research using case study design was employed. A total of 150 secondary school students comprise of form four and form two students were selected through stratified random sampling technique to complete an open ended questionnaire. The respondents were required to give their response on the challenges they encounter in learning mathematics. Content analysis was carried out by identifying the themes as the major sources of challenges, obstacles and difficulties. The results of this study have great implications for practitioners and also researchers in assisting students to deal with their challenges, obstacles and difficulties in daily school life specifically in learning mathematics.