The study attempted to ascertain the correlation between achievement and attitude of the first year criminology students towards college algebra with plane trigonometry. The researcher made used of the descriptive correlational method of research. The questionnaire and the semi-final grades were the primary tools in obtaining the information and data. This was adopted from Dr. Milagros Ibe of UP-Diliman, Quezon City. The statistical tools that were used in the study were the mathematical attitude score, the item mean, the t-test, the Pearson Product Moment Correlation(r) and the t for r. There were 251 freshmen criminology students involved in the study. The level of performance in Math 123 was mainly fair due to the fact that mathematics is not the concentration of their course. On the attitude towards their subject, findings revealed that the respondents have generally had a positive attitude towards mathematics. The two groups, the male and female criminology students has a mean difference of 2.39, but when the score were subjected to t-test, it was found out that a significant difference does not exist between the attitude of the female and male respondents towards their subject at 0.05 level of significance. In ascertain if there is a correlation between the achievement and attitude of the respondents towards their subject Math 123, the study revealed and indicates a strong significant relationship between achievement and attitude.
Math 123, Achievement, Mathematical Attitude, Semi-final grades, Attitude Scale and Correlation
