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EFFECTS OF STUDENTS’ ATTITUDES TOWARDS THEIR PERFORMANCE IN MATHEMATICS



                     male  and  female  students  at  5%  level  of    students. Moreover, it can be seen that there
                     significance.   There   is   a   significant      is  a  significant  relationship  between
                     relationship  between  the  students’  value  of   mother’s  education  level  and  the  students
                     Mathematics  and  achievement  of  female         value of mathematics.’

                                                  Table 2: Pearson correlation metrics
                                                                     Chi-Square P
                      Variable 1            Variable 2                                    Decision
                                                                     Value
                      Gender                Attitude_Like            0.006                Reject H0


                      Gender                Attitude_Value           0.090                Do not reject H0

                      Gender                Attitude_Confidence      0.266                Do not reject H0

                      Mathematics
                      acheivement for       Attitude_Like            0.006                Reject H0
                      male
                      Mathematics
                      acheivement for       Attitude_Like            0.000                Reject H0
                      female

                      Mathematics
                      acheivement for       Attitude_Value           0.295                Do not reject H0
                      male
                      Mathematics
                      acheivement for       Attitude_Value           0.002                Reject H0
                      female
                      Mathematics
                      acheivement for       Attitude_Confidence      0.000                Reject H0
                      male
                      Mathematics
                      acheivement for       Attitude_Confidence      0.000                Reject H0
                      female
                      Mother's education    Attitude_Like            0.100                Do not reject H0
                      level

                      Mother's education    Attitude_Value           0.000                Reject H0
                      level
                      Mother's education    Attitude_Confidence      0.268                Do not reject H0
                      level
                      Father's education    Attitude_Like            0.659                Do not reject H0
                      level
                      Father's education    Attitude_Value           0.497                Do not reject H0
                      level

                      Father's education
                      level                 Attitude_Confidence      0.774                Do not reject H0





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