Factors Affecting the Students Non-Participation During Mathemathics Lessons

Abstract

This study was about factors affecting the student’s non-participation during Mathematics lessons. Factors like student’s personal factors includes interest and motivation, self – efficacy and Mathematics anxiety also teacher factors and environmental factors. There were sixty (60) respondents of this study. The data gathered was analyzed using the frequency and percentage distribution, weighted mean and Pearson moment correlation and Chi square at 5% significance. This study used descriptive – correlation research design to identify the relationship between the respondent’s profile in terms of age and gender to their academic grade in Mathematics, as well as the students’ personal factors in terms of interest and motivation, self-efficacy and Mathematics anxiety, also teacher factors and environmental factors. The results show that the majority of the respondents are male, and most are at the age of 19 years old. The results further showed that the respondents’ factors in non-participation during Mathematics lessons in student’s personal factors in terms of interest and motivation, self- efficacy, Mathematics anxiety and environmental factors are less encountered, but they are moderately encountered in teacher factors. However, majority of them got fairly satisfactory in their academic grade in Mathematics in the first semester. The findings indicated no significant relationship between the respondents’ age, gender, and teacher factors. However, their gender is related to their academic grade in Mathematics. Moreover, factors such as interest and motivation, self-efficacy, Mathematics anxiety, and environmental influences contribute to students' poor performance in Mathematics lessons. Thus, the researchers recommend conducting similar studies with a larger number of respondents and in different areas to obtain more comprehensive outcomes.