Why Do Students Hate Math?: A Comparison of Instructional Strategies

University

Shawnee State University

Major

AYA Mathematics Education

Student Type

Undergraduate Student

Presentation Types

Oral Presentation

Keywords:

math, instructional strategies, interactive, lecture

Abstract

In the realm of education, there is much evidence to show students’ discomfort with mathematics. Students can find math to be boring and difficult. Because of this, many educators struggle with teaching the subject to their students and connecting them to the content. Research was conducted in a rural high school in Southern Ohio to identify if there is a more superior way to teach the topic of mathematics. This study compared two instructional strategies to analyze whether there is a relationship between how the information is taught with how students perform on exams.One strategy was taught using a more classic approach of direct lecture, while the other executed a more interactive approach to teaching mathematics.

Human Subjects

yes

IRB Approval

no

Faculty Mentor Name

Jodi Dunham

Faculty Mentor Title

Dr. Jodi Dunham

Faculty Mentor Academic Department

School of Education

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Why Do Students Hate Math?: A Comparison of Instructional Strategies

In the realm of education, there is much evidence to show students’ discomfort with mathematics. Students can find math to be boring and difficult. Because of this, many educators struggle with teaching the subject to their students and connecting them to the content. Research was conducted in a rural high school in Southern Ohio to identify if there is a more superior way to teach the topic of mathematics. This study compared two instructional strategies to analyze whether there is a relationship between how the information is taught with how students perform on exams.One strategy was taught using a more classic approach of direct lecture, while the other executed a more interactive approach to teaching mathematics.