Journal of Taibah University the first issue

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أسامة بن إسماعيل عبدالعزيز
The Obstacles Encountered In Teaching Mathematics For Boys
And Girles At Second Grade Elementary School
Osama E. Abdulaziz
Faculty of Education, Tiabah University,
Al-Madinah Al-Monawwarah, Saudi Arabia
ABSTRACT: The purpose of the study was to determine the critical
obstacles that hinder mathematics teaching for boys and girls at
elementary school, which are related to three factors, student's and
girl's textbook; male and female teacher's book; and mathematics
instruction.
The results reveled that there was a number of hindrance
related to the three factors. The sample of the study consisted of (29)
male and (33) female middle school mathematics teachers. Results
also showed that there exist significant difference at the (0.05) level
between the perception of the male and female teachers concerning
the obstacles related to the boy's and girl's student's textbook. The
results have also reveled that there were no significant differences at
the (0.05) level between the perception of the male and female
teachers concerning the obstacles related to the techer's book and
mathematics instruction.
The results showed that there were no significant differences at
the (0.05) level between the perception of the male and female
teachers concerning the obstacles, related to the three factors,
according to the number of years of teaching experience, and
according to the type of school building (governmental, rental).21
Results also showed that there were no significant differences at the
(0.05) level between the perception of the male and female teachers
concerning the obstacles related to the three factors according, to the
number of years of teaching experience.