Understanding of Students in the Concepts of Geometry at Secondary Level District Lasbela, Baluchistan: An Evaluative Study
Abstract
This study investigated the understanding of the students in the concepts of Geometry at secondary level. Geometry as one of the branches of the mathematics has an important in the study of mathematics. In this study 15 (Girls/Boys) schools were selected. Teachers (Male/Female) were 58 and students (Girls/Boys) were 600. The Following Tools used in research (i). Test of students through text book exercises (ii).Test of students through their conceptual understanding (iii). Check list for assessment the physical and learning environment of classroom and school (iv) questionnaire for teachers. These tools were divided in different parts. Researcher has discovered that the factors that are responsible for students' difficulties in learning geometry include: teachers' methods of instruction, lack of proof by students, lack of background knowledge, poor reasoning skill in geometry. Recommendations are formed on the basis of findings of this research study. School Management should give more time to geometry so concepts of Geometry may easy to understand. Lack of Concept building of geometry in early classes is also a big problem.
Authors
Abdul Aziz
Ph.D. Research Scholar, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hamdard University, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Dr. Muhammad Akhtar Kang
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Hamdard University, Karachi, Sindh Pakistan