Publication Date: 2020/12/15
Abstract: - Disciplined class and good teacher’s skills are not negotiable in teaching and learning of mathematics. This paper investigates the impact of mathematics teachers’ coping strategies on misbehaviours of secondary schools’ students in mathematics class. Senior secondary schools mathematics teachers in Ikorodu Local Government Educational Area of Lagos State Nigeria were the subjects of this study. Twenty senior secondary schools were randomly sampled from the educational area: ten public secondary schools and ten private secondary schools. Three mathematics teachers were randomly selected from each school. Two hypotheses guided the study, and Mathematics Teachers Coping Strategies Questionnaire was used to get necessary information from the subjects. Data obtained were analyzed with multiple regression analysis and chisquare statistics. The result shows that some teachers coping strategies have effect on students’ misbehaviour in mathematics class. Necessary recommendations were given for future improvement.
Keywords: Coping Strategies, Disciplined Class, Students’ Misbehaviour, Teachers’ Skills.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10049911
PDF: https://ijirst.demo4.arinfotech.co/assets/upload/files/IJISRT20DEC072.pdf
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