Abstract: This study aimed to determine the difficulties experienced by grade nine students in geometry. A total of 30 grade nine students participated in answering the open-ended questionnaire and Focus Group Discussion. The results of the study revealed that students like mathematics more specifically geometry. They recognize the importance of the subject. However, some students find it difficult. They find mathematics and even geometry abstract and boring. However, some students said that they like geometry because they like their geometry teacher. According to them, their geometry teacher teaches well the subject. They also like the subject because, they like geometrical figures, they like sketching and drawing of these figures. On the other hand, they don’t like the subject because according to them the subject is difficult. Reasoning and proving are very difficult for them. This means that they lack logical and critical thinking and they are poor in this aspect. Furthermore, geometry is difficult for them because they cannot recall the postulates and theorems that they need to support for different reasons. Along with this line, it is recommended that geometry teachers are encouraged to continue motivating their students to pay attention and put more interest in mathematics especially geometry. Geometry teachers are also encouraged to develop learning exercises in reasoning and proving so that performance of the students on this topic will be improved.
Keywords: Difficulties, Geometry, Grade nine students, Qualitative analysis.
Title: A Qualitative Analysis of Grade Nine Students Difficulties in Geometry
Author: Rona L. Parreῆo, Eliseo P. Marpa
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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