e-Service Mathematics Teachers Learning of real analysis: Implication for societies’ welfare

Abstract

This research was designed to showcase the likely impact of learning of real analysis on the general well-being of the society and the  problems encountered with the course that geared up the fear in learning this aspect of Mathematics. The inadequacies observed in students’ competence in real analysis geared the interest of the researchers to this study. One hundred and ten pre-service Mathematics  teachers randomly selected from 100 – 400 levels of Mathematics education and Mathematics science students from one university  constitute the sample. The instrument used to collect data was a questionnaire on Constraints, Solution, and Benefits of Real analysis  (CSBRA) developed by the researcher.The reliability of the instrument used was 0.87 using ron ach lpha. he collected data were analyzed  with mean standard deviation independent samples t-test and one-way . lot of constraints were identified on the learning of real analysis with an average mean x̄ =3.19, solutions were identified with mean average (x̄ =3.30) . and the enefits of the course with x̄ =3.07. Gender has no significant  influence on students x̄ strive on real analysis t(108) =1.29, p>005 but the mean score of male (x̄)48.64). was slightly higher than the female (x̄) = 47.05). The level of  education has a significant difference in students strive on real analysis F _{(3, 106)} = 2.95, p = 0.04. Due to the importance of this aspect of  Mathematics to real-life applications, ways of teaching this course to reduce the strive level should be considered