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Title:
LEVELS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS' ATTITUDES AND ANXIETY TOWARDS MATHEMATICS IN MUSANZE DISTRICT IN RWANDA: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY

Authors:
Faustin HABINEZA

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Faustin HABINEZA
INES-Ruhengeri, P.O.Box 155 RUHENGERI

MLA 8
HABINEZA, Faustin. "LEVELS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS' ATTITUDES AND ANXIETY TOWARDS MATHEMATICS IN MUSANZE DISTRICT IN RWANDA: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 3, no. 11, Nov. 2018, pp. 6426-6434, ijsser.org/more2018.php?id=450. Accessed Nov. 2018.
APA
HABINEZA, F. (2018, November). LEVELS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS' ATTITUDES AND ANXIETY TOWARDS MATHEMATICS IN MUSANZE DISTRICT IN RWANDA: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 3(11), 6426-6434. Retrieved from ijsser.org/more2018.php?id=450
Chicago
HABINEZA, Faustin. "LEVELS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS' ATTITUDES AND ANXIETY TOWARDS MATHEMATICS IN MUSANZE DISTRICT IN RWANDA: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 3, no. 11 (November 2018), 6426-6434. Accessed November, 2018. ijsser.org/more2018.php?id=450.

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Abstract:
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 & 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.

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