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KT Yesho * and A Tewodros
This study investigated the factors that influence the academic achievement of students in mathematics in Kaffa Zone Tello Woreda Oda primary school. The target populations for this study were 318 grades 5-8 students. This population was sampled using stratified sampling techniques and sample size was 160 students. The data was collected using questionnaire and interview from the student and by questionnaire from teachers. The data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics and multiple linear regression models by using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPS-version 20). The finding of this study indicates students’ academic achievement of mathematics was significant relation with students’ attitude towards mathematics, studying system of mathematics, math-test anxiety and learning resources of mathematics. The significant relation of academic achievement with the predictor variables accounts for 56.8% of the variance. This indicates that the prominent factors for academic achievement of mathematics were students’ attitude towards mathematics, studying system of mathematics, math-test anxiety and learning resources of mathematics. The other factors which investigated by a descriptive statistics were parents educational background, parents occupation, and teacher related factors such as teachers attitude towards the subject, teachers methodology and teaching strategies.
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