Attitudes Towards Mathematics In Gweru Secondary Schools In Zimbabwe

ISBN-13: 9783844317763 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 108 str.

Manuel Rwodzi

Opis

This is a book on attitudes and attitudinal phenomena. It approaches these issues in a unique way from a Zimbabwean context in comparison with similar researches elsewhere in the world. The book portrays a comprehensive conceptualisation of the phenomena. It presents measurements of form 3 pupils attitudes towards mathematics and related issues in urban secondary schools in Zimbabwe, based on the variables: gender and school type.These variables have been found to influence attitudes, which in turn affect performance. Armed with such knowledge, learners, instructors and even policy makers, are better placed concerning learning and instructional issues in mathematics at secondary school level.

O autorze

Manuel Rwodzi is an educational psychology lecturer at the University of Zimbabwe. He has spent more than two decades in the teaching profession, spanning the high school, polytechnic and teachers colleges and universities in Zimbabwe. Manuel has great interest in instructional issues and those of the mind as they influence behaviour.