Factor Analysis in Modeling Low Achievement of Mathematics Among 2nd Year Secondary School Students in Khartoum State

Abstract

This work studied the low achievement of mathematics among second year secondary school students in Khartoum state. The central question addressed in the study was: what is the common factors cause low achievement of mathematics in second year secondary schools in Khartoum state? The study used factor analysis procedure to build statistical model for low achievement of mathematics.The results of this study found that number of factors were extracted, which explained 79% of the total variance. School environment is the first factor, which represents 13% of the total variance explained, the second factor is mathematics achievement, which represents 10.7% of the total variance explained, and the third factor is the education of parents, which represents 5.39% of the total variance.