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Levels of Secondary School Students' Attitudes and Anxiety Towards Mathematics in Musanze District in Rwanda:An Exploratory Study


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Mathematics is still considered as a subject that causes fear to Students in Rwandan schools. This study aimed at exploring the levels of Mathematics attitudes and anxiety manifested by secondary students in urban and rural secondary schools in Musanze District. Tapia and Marsh's (2004) instrument was used to collect data and descriptive statistics was used to analyse data. The study showed the students' attitudes were mostly high and female students were less anxious than their counterpart males in urban and in rural secondary schools.

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Anxiety, Attitudes, Levels, Secondary Schools, Students.
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  • Levels of Secondary School Students' Attitudes and Anxiety Towards Mathematics in Musanze District in Rwanda:An Exploratory Study

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Faustin Habineza
INES-Ruhengeri, RO. Box 155 Ruhengeri, Rwanda

Abstract


Mathematics is still considered as a subject that causes fear to Students in Rwandan schools. This study aimed at exploring the levels of Mathematics attitudes and anxiety manifested by secondary students in urban and rural secondary schools in Musanze District. Tapia and Marsh's (2004) instrument was used to collect data and descriptive statistics was used to analyse data. The study showed the students' attitudes were mostly high and female students were less anxious than their counterpart males in urban and in rural secondary schools.

Keywords


Anxiety, Attitudes, Levels, Secondary Schools, Students.

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