LEARNING ENVIRONMENT: A SINE QUA NON TO LEARNING MATHEMATICS

Environmental influence is a strong determinant of students' performance in school Mathematics being a subject that dread so many students, is supposed to be learnt in a conducive environment where everything needed for its effective teaching is adequately provided for to ensure its effective impartation. In Nigeria, environment has been a major problem to the achievement of the goals and objectives of education. In this paper, the various environmental factors that can greatly influence students' performance in mathematics were considered. It was therefore recommended that government should provide learning environment that supports values, and affirms the diverse needs of all learners and also to design and equip classrooms that encourage active learning and use of technology.