Geometry Concepts in Mathematics Perceived Difficult To Learn By Senior Secondary School Students in Ekiti State, Nigeria

The study focused on geometry concepts in mathematics perceived difficult to learn by senior secondary school students in Ekiti State, Nigeria. 500 senior secondary school two (SS2) students made up of 228 males and 272 females from thirty (30) co-educational schools in Ekiti State, Nigeria constituted the sample for the study using proportionate and random sampling techniques respectively. A 23-item Questionnaire on Geometry Concepts in Mathematics Perceived Difficult was used as instrument for the study. Three research questions were answered using frequency counts and percentages while the only formulated hypothesis was tested using chi-square statistics. The findings revealed that, out of 23 concepts, eight concepts were perceived difficult to learn by students which includes: Construction, coordinate geometry, circle theorem and so on and reasons given for perceiving geometry concepts difficult includes: Unavailability of instructional materials, teachers' method of instruction and so on. Also, students' gender had a great influence on the learning of concepts in geometry at 0.05 level of significant in favour of female students. It is therefore recommended that the identified difficult geometry concepts in mathematics should be taught by using appropriate teachers' method of instruction and instructional materials.