Article Sidebar
Published:
Sep 10, 2016Keywords:
Article Details
License agreement and author copyright
AJESMS does not require authors to assign copyright of their published original research papers to the journal. Articles are published under a CC BY license(Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License). The CC BY license allows for maximum dissemination and re-use of open access materials and is preferred by many research funding bodies. Under this license users are free to share (copy, distribute and transmit) and remix (adapt) the contribution including for commercial purposes, providing they attribute the contribution in the manner specified by the author (read full legal code).
Availability of materials and data
An inherent principle of publication is that others should be able to replicate and build upon the authors' published claims. Therefore, a condition of publication in AJESMS is that authors are required to make materials, data and associated protocols promptly available to readers without undue qualifications in material transfer agreements. Any restrictions on the availability of materials or information must be disclosed to the publishing team at the time of submission. Supporting data must be made available to Editorial Board Members and reviewers at the time of submission for the purposes of evaluating the manuscript. Reviewers may be asked to comment on the terms of access to materials, methods and/or data sets; AJESMS reserves the right to refuse publication in cases where authors do not provide adequate assurances that they can comply with the publication's requirements for sharing materials.
After publication, readers who encounter refusal by the authors to comply with these policies should contact the AJESMS publishing team. In cases where we are unable to resolve a complaint, the matter may be referred to the authors' funding institution and/or a formal statement of correction may be published, attached online to the publication, stating that readers have been unable to obtain necessary materials to replicate the findings.
Sharing datasets
A condition of publication AJESMS is that authors make materials, data and associated protocols promptly available to others without preconditions.
Datasets must be made freely available to readers from the date of publication, and must be provided to Editorial Board Members and reviewers at submission, for the purposes of evaluating the manuscript.
Main Article Content
Students’ performance on the Ghanaian junior high school mathematics national minimum standards in the Efutu Municipality
Abstract
This study investigated Effutu Municipality Junior High School (JHS) 2 students’ performance on the National Minimum Standards (NMS) set by the 2012 JHS revised mathematics syllabus. It specifically sought to find out whether the JHS 2 students in the Municipality will attain the NMS set by the end of basic education. The population was JHS 2 students in the Central Region in the 2013/2014 academic year. Ten JHS were randomly selected in the Effutu Municipal to participate in the study. A total of 285 students (141 males and 144 females) responded to test items based on the NMS. The study employed survey as a strategy of enquiry using a test designed following rigorous standard-test design principles. The test comprised a 35 item multiple choice items taken in 120 minutes. For easy interpretation, the students obtaining a mean score below 55% were categorized as ‘performing below minimum standards’, those scoring between 55% and 65% were categorized as performing at ‘minimum competency’ and those scoring of 65 and above were categorized as performing at proficiency level. The study revealed that eight out of the nineteen content standards (i.e. 42%) were found to be difficult by the students. It was found that overall about 30% of the students achieved the proficiency mean score of at least 65% and only about 10% achieved below the minimum competency level, implying about half of the students are operating at minimum competency level. The results also revealed that in the Effutu Municipality, students in private JHS outperform their counterparts in the public JHS as the results indicated that the majority of private school students (77%) achieved proficiency as compared to only 28% from the public schools. Recommendations are made for improving the performance of the students, particularly in public schools, who are not reaching proficiency.
