Abstract:
The
research
was
a
survey
designed
to
investigate
the
effect
of
sex
and
environment
on
mathematics
achievement
of
senior
secondary
school
students
in
Katsina
state.
Two
research
objectives
and
six-research
hypotheses
were
formulated.
Stratified
random
samplinq
technique
was
employed
in
which
four
hundred
and
twenty
(420)
students
were
sampled.
The
instrument
of
the
study
was
mathematics
achievement
test
and
the
reliability
coefficient
found
was
0.68,
0.82
and
0.61
respectively.
A
t-test
statistic
was
used.
Results
showed
that
there
was
no
significant
difference
in
the
students'
performance
on
rural-urban
factor
and
boys
performed
better
than
girls
in
mathematics.
It is
recommended
among
other
things
that
girls
snould
be
encouraged
right
from
childhood
to
see
mathematics
as
very
simple.
