Levels of secondary school students’ attitudes and anxiety towards mathematics in Musanze district in Rwanda: An exploratory study

Pages: 952-955
Faustin Habineza (INES-Ruhengeri, P.O. Box 155 Ruhengeri, Rwanda)

Mathematics is still considered as a subject that causes fear to Students in Rwandan schools. This study aimed at exploring the levels of Mathematics attitudes and anxiety manifested by secondary students in urban and rural secondary schools in Musanze District. Tapia and Marsh’s (2004) instrument was used to collect data and descriptive statistics was used to analyse data. The study showed the students’ attitudes were mostly high and female students were less anxious than their counterpart males in urban and in rural secondary schools.