ISSUES RELATED TO TEACHING OF MATHEMATICS IN A CLASSROOM OF CLASS EIGHTH STANDARD

Abstract

Mathematics is often considered as a difficult subject by many students. This study investigated on the issues related to teaching of mathematics in classroom by qualitative analysis method of study. For the present study the questionnaire is prepared for teachers teaching mathematics at class eighth standard. Five English medium schools under CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) located at Kamrup (M) district of Assam were selected as sample. The questionnaire consisting of twenty-eight questions is adopted from the ‘Teacher Questionnaire Mathematics’ developed for TIMSS 2015(Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study), an educational research project sponsored by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) for this research study. After collecting and analysing questionnaire data, it was found that there are different issues related to the teaching methods, difficulty in reading comprehension by the students, lack of availability of devices for computer assisted teaching-learning process, lack of adequate support for using technology, teachers do not feel comfortable in using technology, too many students in a classroom, too many teaching hours for teachers, teachers do not have sufficient time to assist individual students, lack of training in in-service/professional development programme for mathematics, lack of training on the use of ICT and other computer assisted teaching learning methods in classroom teaching of mathematics at class eighth standard which may hinder the teaching learning process of mathematics.