An investigation into factors that influence teachers' content coverage in primary mathematics

Abstract

This paper reports a survey that investigated the influence of teacher characteristics and organisational factors on teachers' coverage of the content of primary school mathematics. A questionnaire was administered to measure teachers' knowledge of mathematics and other characteristics. The chi-square (x 2 ) test conducted on the data obtained from 137 primary school teachers in the Winneba district who participated in the survey, showed a significant difference (with x 2 = 4.238, p African Journal of Educational Studies in Mathematics and Sciences Vol. 1, 2001: 53-72