Abstract:
The purposes of this study were 1) to compare the complexity and difficulty of mathematics homework and learning achievement tests and 2) to compare the mathematics achievement and attitude of the student groups classified according to the differential complexity and difficulty of mathematics homework and learning achievement tests. The sample consisted of 774 students in Mathayom Suksa 4-6 under the control of the office of the Basic Education commission, Bangkok. The data were collected by 1) field note forms in order to analyze the complexity and difficulty of mathematics homework and learning achievement tests and 2) a mathematics attitude scale. The data were analyzed in terms of frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test and one-way ANOVA. The research findings could be summarized as follows: 1. The mathematics learning achievement tests of M.4-6 students were more complex and difficult than their homework. 2. The student group with much less complex mathematics learning achievement tests (Group 1) had the highest mathematics achievement, when compared with the groups of the moderately less complex mathematics learning achievement tests (Group 2), the moderately less complex homework (Group 3) and the much less complex homework (Group 4). 3. The students in Group 1 had a higher mathematics attitude than those in Group 2 and 4 4. The student group with much easier mathematics learning achievement tests (Group 1) had higher mathematics achievement than those with the moderately easier homework (Group 3) and the much easier homework (Group 4). 5. The students with moderately easier mathematics learning achievement tests (Group 2) had the highest mathematics achievement, when compared with the groups 1,3 and 4. 6. The students in Group 2 had a higher mathematics attitude than those in Groups 3 and 4.