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The purpose of the study was to examine the factors inhibiting learning Mathematical skills among the hearing impaired pupils in selected Basic Schools in Zambia. The objectives of the study were to: investigate the factors inhibiting the learning of Mathematical skills among the hearing impaired...

It has generally been accepted in Zambia that good performance in mathematics has become a pre-requisite for one‘s entry into tertiary education regardless of one‘s sex. In a bid to find themselves places in colleges and universities, many more girls than boys who were once pupils at Sesheke...

Performance of many learners in Mathematics has continued to decline. For learners with Special Educational Needs (SEN), their academic performance is far below their non disabled peers. Further comparison tests on performance in Mathematics among different SEN learners indicate that those with...

Mathematical terminologies are considered to be an important factor in the teaching and learning of mathematics. This study was an exploratory of teachers’ use of mathematical terminology in four secondary schools in Mufulira district. It was not clear how mathematics teachers used mathematical...

Throughout the study of physics, mathematical related terms, facts, figures and concepts are learned. Although the relationship between mathematics and physics is evident and interwoven, no studies of Zambian origin have focused on how mathematical concepts should be understood and used by...

This study investigated factors inspiring and motivating student teachers' choice of mathematics as their teaching subject. The research design used was cross sectional survey of mathematics student teachers in colleges of Education in Zambia. The target population was all student teachers...

This study investigated secondary school pupils’ errors and misconceptions in algebra among grade 11 pupils in two selected schools in Petauke district in Eastern Province of Zambia, with a view to exposing the nature and origin of these errors and make suggestions for classroom teaching. The...

The study was conducted in Petauke district, which lies in the Eastern Province of Zambia. The study investigated teachers’ questioning practices in mathematics at Grade 11 level in four selected secondary schools and used the findings to inform mathematics teachers. Although questioning is a...

One's perception and attitude towards Mathematics affects their conception of how it should be learned and presented (Ernest, 1998). This study was a survey of high school pupils' perceptions and attitudes towards Mathematics in the Copperbelt Province of Zambia. Pupils' perceptions and attitudes...