The Difficulties of Theoretical and Applied Learning for Mathematics Subject in Primary Schools

Year 2019, Volume: 3 Issue: 6, 141 - 149, 17.08.2019

Shwan H. H. Alshatrı Karzan Wakıl Ribwar Bakhtyar

https://doi.org/10.31458/iejes.591997

Cited By: 3

Abstract

Mathematics one
of the important subject in primary schools, it is the best criteria for
evaluating the ability of students level for learning and understanding. The
problem is the students felt weakness and anxious in mathematics subject especially
those students in the grade one to three, moreover, sometimes they fail in
mathematics become to a factor to fail other scientific subjects, for these
reasons the teachers should be teaching mathematics carefully and use modern
methodologies for teaching mathematics. This study aims to find the factor of
difficulties of teaching mathematics in the primary classes as well as the
complexities in the mathematics curriculum in these classes. For addressing
this issue, we use a sampling method for collecting data and analyzing method
for analyzing data collected. For collecting real data, ten relative questions
proposed then answered by one hundred teachers through their experience and
their knowledge. The result of the study shows that the mathematics subject
needs to improve through teachers’ experience and to improve the mathematics
curriculum. Moreover, this results leads for the teachers to solve general
issues of mathematics in the primary school, especially among grade one to
grade three.

Keywords

Teaching mathematics, difficulties in mathematics, difficulties in learning

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