ANALYSIS OF GRADE 4 STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN MATHEMATICS

Abstract

The aim of the study was to investigate the analysis of grade 4th students’ performance in Mathematics at 33 government schools of Punjab Province. The study was descriptive to find out the weaknesses and strengths of 4th grade students studying mathematics. A test was developed from a book published by Punjab textbook board. This test comprised of questions on seven basic concepts of Mathematics i.e. Numbers, Algebraic Operation on Natural Numbers, Measurement, Time, Money, Geometry and Information Handling. Population of this study comprised of male and female students of grade 4th of government schools. A sample of 798 students was randomly selected from 33 government schools. Data were collected from the related students. Data was analyzed by using mean and standard deviation. A large number of students were not able to do well with mathematics. It was also observed that students had less conceptual knowledge and they did not know about the mathematical terminologies properly.