<p><em><strong>Abstract</strong></em></p><p> </p><p>The main aim for this research is to come to an understanding for why young people choose to apply for the machine program when the time comes for the students to make their choice of upper secondary school program. The second aim for this research is to try and come to an understanding on how to make the machine program more interesting for future students to apply to. </p><p> </p><p>The method of this research is quality method with the usage of interviews. With a total of six students in the first grade going on a school in the middle part of the country I tried to get answers to my questions. There are many things that affect students when they are facing what gymnasium program to choose and a very common answer by students in this study is that friends and work after school are some of the reasons for why students choose, for example, the machine program. The study also shows that parents has less influence of the students choice of gymnasium program and in fact, all students in this study made the choice to pick the machine program as their gymnasium program, but not always the machine program as their first choice.</p><p> </p><p>With the comparison of similar studies with my study the results are often in line with what other scientist have come up with. Work after school and friends or family are often decisive when students are choosing a gymnasium program.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Keywords: </strong>Machine program, student, apply for gymnasium program, affects of applying.</p>

Abstract   The main aim for this research is to come to an understanding for why young people choose to apply for the machine program when the time comes for the students to make their choice of upper secondary school program. The second aim for this research is to try and come to an understanding on how to make the machine program more interesting for future students to apply to.    The method of this research is quality method with the usage of interviews. With a total of six students in the first grade going on a school in the middle part of the country I tried to get answers to my questions. There are many things that affect students when they are facing what gymnasium program to choose and a very common answer by students in this study is that friends and work after school are some of the reasons for why students choose, for example, the machine program. The study also shows that parents has less influence of the students choice of gymnasium program and in fact, all students in this study made the choice to pick the machine program as their gymnasium program, but not always the machine program as their first choice.   With the comparison of similar studies with my study the results are often in line with what other scientist have come up with. Work after school and friends or family are often decisive when students are choosing a gymnasium program.   Keywords: Machine program, student, apply for gymnasium program, affects of applying.

Nationella utvärderingar visar att resultaten i matematik har fått en positiv utveckling och att svenska högstadieelevernas resultat i matematik inte dalar länge. Syftet med detta arbete är att undersöka vilka uppfattningar elever i årskurs 9 har om skolämnet matematik samt hur dessa uppfattningar påverkar deras val av gymnasieprogram. Arbetets målgrupp är elever med utländsk bakgrund som går i en mångkulturell skola som ligger i ett socialt utsatt område. För att besvara dessa frågor har jag gjort en enkätundersökning med 30 elever från årskurs 9. Skolan där eleverna i undersökningen går är en kommunal skola i en stor stad. Den är placerad i ett mångkulturellt område med låg socioekonomisk status. Skolan är en F-9-skola med cirka 580 elever, varav majoriteten med utländsk bakgrund. I enkätresultatet framkommer att de flesta av eleverna kan få hjälp med matematikläxorna av sina föräldrar. Undersökningsresultaten visar att många elever uppfattar ämnet matematik som användbart i vardag och viktigt i deras framtida studier. Vidare visar resultaten att en stor andel av eleverna ser fram emot matematiklektionerna och att de tycker om ämnet matematik. Därutöver visas i enkätresultaten att vissa elever med låga kunskaper i matematik väljer gymnasieprogram såsom natur- och ekonomiprogrammet där goda matematikkunskaper krävs. Trots att undersökningen är för liten för att man ska kunna dra en generell slutsats visar resultaten att eleverna anser att ämnet matematik är viktigt för deras framtid.