Abstract:
This study was designed to identify and classify the process errors senior secondary class three students commit while solving mathematical tasks on bearing. To carry out the study four research questions and three hypotheses were formulated, all derived from the literature review. The sample of 560 SS3 students were used. The data for the analysis of the research questions and testing hypotheses were collected by stratified and simple random sampling of fourteen secondary schools. These are four single sex, five urban Co-educational and five rural co-educational schools. In each of these schools 40 SS3 students were tested. The data obtained were analysed using percentages and Chi-square statistics. The study among other things revealed that all the five process errors identified were committed by senior secondary class three students.n. The percentage of the students that committed errors are 78.4 for drawing error, 81.8 for replicating error, 89.3 for application error, 91.7 for computational error and 87.4 for logical error. Also computational error was committed by most students The study also revealed that gender and school location have influence on the amount of error committed by SS3 students while solving problems involving bearing, Also this study showed :hat school type factor has no influence on the amount of error committed by SS3 students while solving mathematics tasks on bearing. Recommendations were made based on the findings of the study.
