Poor Academic Performance in Mathematics 1V in the Fourth Year Section Paderanga: Math Enrichment and Math Trail Activity Approaches for School Year 2012 - 2013
Poor Academic Performance in Mathematics 1V in the Fourth Year Section Paderanga: Math Enrichment and Math Trail Activity Approaches for School Year 2012 - 2013
AN ACTION RESEARCH Of
GINGOOG CITY COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
GINGOOG CITY
Abstract
The study sought to determine the effects of Math Enrichment Approach and Math Trail Activity Approach as interventions to solve the respondents’ poor academic performance in Mathematics IV as a result of the following causes: negative attitudes towards mathematics, parents’ socio-economic status and difficulty of the subject. The study further sought to compare the respondents’ pre-test as affected by their negative attitudes towards mathematics and post-test as influenced by the interventions. The study adapted the studies of Beaton & Dwyer (2002), Kellaghan&Madaus (2002) on the causes of poor academic performance in mathematics. The instruments used were the teacher-made pre-test and post-test, Aiken (1994) Mathematics Attitudes, Survey Questionnaire for the Respondents and the Socio-Economic Status Indicators by Liberatos et. al. (1998) & Simich & Dugeon & Weinstein-shr (2005). This action research has a statistical treatment of mean, standard deviation and T – Test for the significant difference. Results revealed that the major cause of the respondents’ poor academic performance in Mathematics 1V was their negative attitudes towards mathematics. This was confirmed by Broussard & Garrison (2004) on his study. Math enrichment and Math trail approaches were effective interventions to poor academic performance in Mathematics IV.
Introduction Mathematics is a changing body of knowledge rather than a set of rules to be learned and practice. Learning mathematics is an active process where a student’s gathers, discovers or creates knowledge through a purposeful activity. An integral part of this learning process is the use of concrete
AN ACTION RESEARCH Of
GINGOOG CITY COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
GINGOOG CITY
Abstract
The study sought to determine the effects of Math Enrichment Approach and Math Trail Activity Approach as interventions to solve the respondents’ poor academic performance in Mathematics IV as a result of the following causes: negative attitudes towards mathematics, parents’ socio-economic status and difficulty of the subject. The study further sought to compare the respondents’ pre-test as affected by their negative attitudes towards mathematics and post-test as influenced by the interventions. The study adapted the studies of Beaton & Dwyer (2002), Kellaghan&Madaus (2002) on the causes of poor academic performance in mathematics. The instruments used were the teacher-made pre-test and post-test, Aiken (1994) Mathematics Attitudes, Survey Questionnaire for the Respondents and the Socio-Economic Status Indicators by Liberatos et. al. (1998) & Simich & Dugeon & Weinstein-shr (2005). This action research has a statistical treatment of mean, standard deviation and T – Test for the significant difference. Results revealed that the major cause of the respondents’ poor academic performance in Mathematics 1V was their negative attitudes towards mathematics. This was confirmed by Broussard & Garrison (2004) on his study. Math enrichment and Math trail approaches were effective interventions to poor academic performance in Mathematics IV.
Introduction Mathematics is a changing body of knowledge rather than a set of rules to be learned and practice. Learning mathematics is an active process where a student’s gathers, discovers or creates knowledge through a purposeful activity. An integral part of this learning process is the use of concrete