The Effect of Class Size, Teachers' Workload and Parental Involvement on Students' Performance in Mathematics at Senior Secondary School Level

This study was designed to examine Mathematics teachers' workload vis-a-vis class- size and parental involvement as a correlation of senior secondary school students' performance in Mathematics. As a descriptive study, it consisted of three research questions. The study sample comprised of twenty public secondary schools from which thirty- two Mathematics teachers and one thousand, two hundred SS2 students were purposively selected for the study. Three instruments, a Mathematics Performance Test (MPT; r = 0. 78), Mathematics Teachers' Workload Questionnaire (MTWQ,· r = 0.83) and Parental Involvement Questionnaire (PIQ; r = 0. 68) were used for the study. Data were analyzed using Descriptive Statistics, Pearson Product Moment correlation Coefficient (PPMC), t-test and one way ANOVA at 0. 05 level of significance. Findings revealed that there was a significant relationship between class size and students performance in Mathematics (F- cal < F-ratio, df= {4, 11943;p>0.05}. !twas alsofound out that there was a significant relationship between Mathematics teachers' workload, parental involvement in students activities and student performance in Mathematics (F- cal > F- ratio, df= {1198,· p 0.05) . The implication of the findings was discussed and it was suggested that Mathematics teachers should be made to teach Mathematics only. They should be excused from teaching additional subject(s), as this would give room for concentration of achievement of stated objectives.