The relevancy of the competence based lower secondary school curriculum in shaping students’ attitude in mathematics in Entebbe city in Uganda.

Abstract

The general objective of the study was to investigate the goal of the new lower secondary school curriculum in shaping students attitude towards mathematics performance and specific objectives were to identify the best instructional method ,to identify the best instructional and teaching methodology that can intrinsically motivate students towards mathematics ,to establish the impact of new lower secondary school curriculum on students’ self-confidence towards mathematics, establish the advantages of the mode of assessment of the new lower secondary school curriculum in terms of the usefulness of mathematics. From the findings 52.8% of the respondents agreed that the new lower secondary school curriculum is helping in shaping students’ attitude towards mathematics in Entebbe city and the study also revealed that 38.5% of the respondents disagreed that the new lower secondary school curriculum does not help in shaping students attitude towards mathematics and 8.7% of the respondents did not know whether the new lower secondary curriculum is helping in shaping students attitude towards mathematics or not. The study recommends that under this new curriculum, mathematics concepts must be directed towards solving real life problems such that students realize the usefulness of mathematics in their lives. The study also recommends that mathematics teachers should be audible enough, friendly, approachable and give students time.