Comparison of the Views of School Administrators and Teachers Regarding Mathematics Lessons and Exams

Abstract

Exams are a part of an important system which shows teachers and students the level of how much the topics have been covered. However, the level of suitability of using the same assessment tool for every subject is quite important when preparing these exams. Therefore, the importance of mathematics examinations has been addressed in this study. In this context, the difficulties encountered by teachers while preparing mathematics examinations and the issues regarding this were intended to be identified. A qualitative research method has been used in the research. The data has been collected by the interviews conducted with the school administrators and by the interview forms filled in by teachers. In consequence, it has been revealed that the schools and teachers have not been inspected for years and the basic deficiencies due to the primary education lead to problems in the mathematics exams performed associated with the secondary education with the arrangement of the regulation on passing exams every year.