Factors Influencing the Attitude of the Teacher Education Students of Guimaras State College Towards Mathematics

Abstract

This study was conducted to find out the factors influencing the attitude of teacher education students of Guimaras State College toward mathematics and its relation to their academic performance. The study utilized the descriptive research design. The respondents of the study were the first-year Education students of Guimaras State College SY 2008–2009 for both the main and external campus (Mosqueda).

The data was gathered using the researcher-made questionnaire. The data gathered was analyzed using the frequency, mean, and percent. Majority of the respondents were female, with age range appropriate for their year level. The parents of the respondents had varied educational attainment ranging from elementary level to postgraduate level, and noteworthy was that there were more fathers having a college degree than the mothers.

The grades of the respondents in math showed variation commencing from 1.30–2.80. The level of attitude of the respondents toward mathematics as a subject was geared towards a positive one.

There was no significant difference in the level of attitude of the respondents when categorized according to their parents' educational attainment. The null hypothesis which states that there is no significant difference in the educational attainment of parents and the respondents' attitude toward mathematics was accepted, which implied that the age and academic performance in math showed no significant difference.

In addition, the null hypothesis which states that there is no significant difference in age and academic performance in math of the respondents and their level of attitude was accepted.