A Study of Mathematics Achievement In Relation To Ability in Fundamental Operations

Abstract

Mathematics is an important subject in School Curriculum. If any subject area of study evokes wide emotional comment, it is mathematics. For the school going children there is a general opinion in our society that those students who score poor marks in mathematics are dull students, even if they score good marks in other subjects on the other hand, if a student scores good marks in mathematics and poor marks in other subjects, he is considered to be intelligent and bright. That is to say that at School level child's intelligence is judged on the basis of marks obtained in Mathematics. Is it really so? Do marks obtained in mathematics really judges about the intelligence of a Child? Keeping this aspect in view the researcher had taken a step to see the real understanding of students of various levels of achievement in mathematics. The topic chosen is an attempt to find out how ; 1\ much competent the high /scorers (in mathematics) are in comparison to average or low scorers in terms of understanding the concepts and in application of the concepts.