Differential Students’ Academic Performance In The Senior Secondary School Mathematics Three Content Areas On Gender And School Factor

ABSTRACT As mathematics is the foundation of all sciences, a compulsory subject in all Nigerian schools, and followed by the worrisome trend in poor performance especially in the subject in public examinations, this study sought to examine the extent of difference in academic performance in three mathematics content areas of algebra, trigonometry and statistics, of mixed-sex senior secondary III students under varying school conditions (day or boarding, public or private owned). The multi-pronged study, seeking performance by gender and school type used a validated Mathematics Assessment Test…