Abstract
The research sought to find out the perception of students towards Mathematics and how it affects their academic attainment in a ijebu-ode municipality of Ogun State. Descriptive survey design was used for the study. The main instrument used for the study was questionnaire. The sample size for the study comprised of students selected from the three schools in ijebu-ode municipality of Ogun State using purposive sampling approach. The sample size for the students consisted of 120 students selected by stratified sampling of which 80 were males and 40 were females. The students have positive perception towards mathematics though they see it to be difficult in a sense that it is important as it is used in their daily lives. The relationship between perception and students Mathematics performance in the study was very weak and negatively related.
From the study it can be concluded that students’ perception towards mathematics has no influence or effect on their academic performance in ijebu-ode municipality of Ogun State. It is recommended that students’ positive perception towards Mathematics must be sustained and improved by teachers and headmasters.
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