STUDENT’S ATTITUDE TOWARDS HOMEWORK

Abstract

Homework is a beauty of learning mathematics. It is a process of practicing the same skills or same concept over the same time. As homework is important aspect of learning process, many researches were conducted to find the attitude of the students, teachers and parents. In the same ground this study was carried to find out the attitude of the students at secondary level of Siraha district. Also there are several factors influencing the students’ attitude towards homework. To find the effects of these variables this study was carried out. For the first objective of this study 150 students of the public and private schools were selected as sample by simple random sampling. To find out the attitude of the students the opinionnaire was implemented. Similarly to achieve the second objective of this study two students were selected to examine the impacts of the variables like home environment, school environment, peer influence and the internal factor. To validate the data two teachers and the parents of the selected students were selected.

The result of this study indicates that there is positive attitude of the students towards homework. There are many factors influencing the attitude of students towards homework. These factors are home environment, school environment, peers influence and the self-related factors. Teachers as well as parents were also accepted that these factors are responsible for influencing students’ interest towards homework. There is significance in similarity towards the impact of the variables related to the homework. It was found that there is positive impact of the home environment, peers influence, school environment and internal factor.