Research Math
Research Math
Research Math
TITLE
A Research
Presented to the Faculty of the
College of Education, Arts and Sciences
Gordon College
Olongapo City
NAME OF RESEARCHER
DATE
APPROVAL SHEET
PANEL OF EXAMINERS
Approved by the Committee on Oral Examination with a grade of ____.
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Chairman
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Member Member
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Member
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Title : Strategic Intervention Materials in Teaching Mathematics
for First Year Students
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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TITLE PAGE i
APPROVAL SHEET ii
ABSTRACT iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iv
DEDICATION vi
Introduction 1
Conceptual Framework 3
Hypothesis 8
Definition of Terms 10
Research Design 13
Respondents 15
Research Instrument 15
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Data Gathering Procedure 17
Findings 31
Conclusions 32
Recommendations 33
BIBLIOGRAPHY 35
APPENDICES
CURRICULUM VITAE
Chapter 1
Introduction
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Considering that most learners find Mathematics as one of the most difficult
subjects specially in the tertiary level. National Center for Education Statistics revealed
that in Mathematics, only minority of students reached the proficient level and at least
one third of students did not reach the basic level in each grade level. Concerns on the
Mathematics performance were intensified due the recently “gone-viral” results of the
2018 PISA reflected the Philippines as 78th place in Mathematics among the seventy-nine
countries who participated. Nevertheless, its results will help educational reforms that
will point to the improvement of the current curriculum implementation. With this in
mind, recent education reforms have sought to boost enrollment levels, graduation rates
and mean years of schooling in elementary and secondary education, and to improve the
Stimulating and maintaining the interest of today’s learners are two of the most
challenging tasks of being a teacher, considering the difficulty of teaching and learning
Nevertheless, teachers tend to innovate instructional materials that will capture the
interests and engage the students (Mercado and Tandog, 2016). Instructional materials
are learning tools that helps the learners to learn faster and better. Barlis (2015) added
achievement.
Selecting the most appropriate and effective instructional material is very critical
in preparing the lesson considering that it plays a vital role in the teaching-learning
process. Mercado and Tandog (2016) cited the study of Adebanjo in 2007 which
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Mathematics helps students to learn more and retain better what they have been taught
and that it also promotes and sustains students’ interest. It also allows the learners to
discover themselves and their abilities. Every educator believes that availability and
adequacy of a wide diversity of instructional resources will help stimulate the interest and
mathematics will be highlighted. Strategic intervention material (SIM) has been known
to enhance the performance level of students in various schools and learning areas.
Gultiano (2012) iterated that the SIM is effective in helping learners to master the
learning of concepts among students. Gatdula (2015) developed and validated a SIM on
rational algebraic expressions. Her study attested that the SIM is effective in improving
the performance of students at Castillejos National High School, San Roque Castillejos
Zambales. A study revealed that when students are exposed to Tri-in-1 SIM, their
Mathematics achievements are better and higher (Diaz and Dio, 2016).
Hererra and Soriano’s (2016) study revealed that the utilization of the SIMs were
evidenced by its significant increase in their posttest scores. Bunagan (2012) referred to
Strategic Intervention Material (SIM) as a means to reteach the concepts and least
skills which they were not able to develop during a regular classroom teaching. It consists
of both learning strategies (for students) and content enhancement (for educators) and is
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considered as multifaceted approach to help students to become independent and
The use of SIM in this study aims to investigate how it will aide students in
learning mathematical concepts and skills in higher math or math subjects offered in
Grade ___. Hence it is offered to ensure that by the time the students enroll into college
they will be ready. The fact that there are very many theories and models developed
from psychologists and education researches to describe the mechanisms of learning, the
procedural knowledge but are weak in process skills and without sufficient conceptual
understanding.
The use of Strategic Intervention Plan started as stipulated in DepEd Order No. 9,
s. 2005 (see Appendix __, p. __) which is used to improve learners’ performance. The
ultimate posits of the Problem-solving is to equip learners with skills in pointing out daily
life challenges they face, planning on how to solve them, and making intelligent
decisions that will make their lives easier. Wilson et. al (2011), emphasized the
Marcuse and others developed their philosophy on the Critical theory drawing on the
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ideas of Marx and Freud, based on a commitment to egalitarian social justice values
(Ernest, 2010). Through its attack on instrumental reason, critical theory Ernest argued
further a strong critique of the way mathematics is used in society, and this critique can
be taken so far as to question the basic assumptions upon which mathematics education
rests (Ernest, 2010). The most pressing issue for mathematics education is to contribute
to the improvement of the human condition through addressing the universal problem
facing humankind, namely “survival with dignity” (D’Ambrosio, 2003, p. 235). The
posits mentioned were the same reasons why MMW is taught to freshmen college.
(SIM) to enhance the performance of the 49 students in Bachelor of Culture and Arts
Education and Bachelor of Physical Education and the difficulties they encounter in
Conceptual Framework
curriculum of the country’s basic education, CHED proposed the new General Education
Curriculum through CMO No. 20, s. 2013 (see appendix __ on page__) ensuring on
DEPED’s mission and objectives. CMO No. 2, s. 2013 iterates that in pursuit of the
ongoing educational reforms that include the enhanced basic education curriculum
integrated GE courses of higher education programs in the senior high school core
courses thus, has created a window for the revision of the current GE curriculum.
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It has been very evident that there are students who find certain topics and skills
quite difficult to learn and master. And these concepts and skills are prerequisites to
higher Math.
In this light, the researcher would like to investigate deeply the least learned
concepts and skills regarding the topic on Mathematics in the Modern World during the
midterm period of second semester to address the difficulties a SIM will be utilized.
Figure 1 is the paradigm showing the conceptual framework of the study. The
this design is one of the simplest, a group of participants will be chosen, in this research
purposive sampling will be employed because the participants will be chosen according
to their performance. The selected group will take a pretest regarding the proposed
Strategic Intervention Material (SIM) before they are going to use the SIM. The SIM is
intended to be used within a span of three to four weeks. After using the SIM, a posttest
will be administered. The results of the posttest will be the determinant if the SIM is
effective or not.
Theoretical Background
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Although theories help us to analyze, or explain they do not provide recipes for
action; rarely do they provide direct guidance for practice (Voskoglou, 2010). Let us
look into the varied theories respectively. One of the most significant topics today in the
field of educational research specifically in the basic education is the learning approach
adopted by the students in learning a particular task. For educators, this approach should
be considered and applied most of the time in teaching (Lublin, 2010). One of the major
concepts that emerged from this research was the idea that students can take different
approaches to learning.
Among the theories responsible for the teaching and learning is the Inquiry-based
pervade school and classroom life (Natural Curiosity, p. 7, 2011), and can be seen across
a variety of contexts, according to the article in the Capacity Building Series (2013) an
inquiry stance does not stand in the way of other forms of effective teaching and learning.
Inquiry-based learning concerns itself with the creative approach of combining the best
Walking through the theories only proves that the main goal of DepEd is to
produced not only life-long learners but also prolific citizens who will contribute to
building the nation through their knowledge and skills in Mathematical applications.
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This study aims to explore the student’s capability to learn concepts and problem
solving using Strategic Intervention Materials (SIM) in teaching mathematics among
students of Gordon College 1st semester A.Y 2020-2021.
Hypothesis
Modern World.
The study will focus on crafting a SIM as intervention program after finding out
the difficulties of the learners in their Math subjects through the results of the Midterm
Exams. After this, a Strategic Intervention Material will be developed by the researcher.
Pretest will be given to the selected learners who have difficulties in the identified topics.
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Then, the SIMs will be given to them, a posttest will follow to find out whether the SIM
was effective.
The Learners. The result of the study would help struggling learners in Mathematics to
cope up with the knowledge and skills they find difficult in Mathematics 1.
The Teachers. The findings of this study will equip the teachers with the knowledge and
skills with varied strategies in teaching through the use of Strategic Intervention materials
or SIM.
The Department Head. The findings of this study will furnish relevant information and
knowledge on the various challenges’ learners face with regards to the course
mathematics, this will enable him/her to make conversant decisions regarding the
modern world, the findings of this study will provide additional knowledge and concepts
Definition of Terms
The operational definitions of the following terms were given to enable the
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Intervention, in the field of education, is a process to which a certain strategy is
to help struggling learners cope up with the lessons in their own phase.
scientific research.
Chapter 2
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research Method
In this study, will make use of the Quasi-experimental design, which is similar to
experimental research according to Abraham and MacDonald (2011) in such that there is
research because either there is no control group, no random selection, and/or no active
classroom students are in or the teacher they have. Various applied studies that examine
realistic behaviors make use of the quasi-experiment due to the difficulty of random
Specifically, this study will employ the pretest-posttest design, the dependent
variable will be measured once before the treatment is implemented and once after it is
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implemented. The control group will be subjected to the same pretest and posttest but
This study will be conducted at Gordon College, Olongapo City Sports Complex,
Donor St., Olongapo City. The institution was founded in 1999, by virtue of Honorable
Mayor Kate Gordon. The college started offering Senior High School with the following
tracks in STEM, ABM, GAS, HUMMS, and TVL. It is CHED recognized and also
Participants
The respondents of this study will be 49 first year learners from BPED and
Research Instrument
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The instrument that will be used in this study is a pretest and posttest on the SIM
designed by the researchers (See appendix __ pp.__). The pretest and posttest are parallel
exams that will be subjected to validity and reliability testing. Cronbach Alpha will be
used to measure the reliability test of the pretest and posttest. While the validity of the
In preparation for this study, as a standard procedure, the researcher will request
the permission of the College President for the conduct of the study. Once the permission
is granted, the researcher will write a consent letter to the parents of the learner
-participant and the teachers of the class that will be used for this study.
Once the parents conformed, the participants will be given the pretest on Problem
solving. After the administration of the questionnaire the experimental group will be
using m-learning as intervention in their instruction. While the control group will be
taught as is. Administration of the questionnaire will then follow. Both groups will be
given posttest and their achievement will be compared. This will determine whether m-
The data that will be gathered will be tabulated, analyzed and interpreted by
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Frequency Distribution is a list which displays the frequency of varying outcomes
containing the count of the rates of values in a particular group. In this study frequency
will be used to tally the number of responses regarding the participant demographics.
Mean is the average calculated by taking into account not only the frequencies of
the values of a variable but also some other factors such as their variance. In this study
T-test is used to answer whether there is significant difference the pretest and
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Bluman, A. (2014). Elementary Statistics a Step-by-Step Approach 9th Edition. McGraw-
Bunagan F. (2012), Strategic intervention learning and teaching guide deep and surface
Commission on Higher Education. (2016, October 3). Sample or suggested syllabi for the
new general education (GEC) core courses. Retrieved March 31, 2017, from
March 8, 2020.
Matters for Schools and Colleges, pp. 235-238. Princeton, NJ: National Council
March 7, 2020.
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Diaz, E. D. and Dio, R. V. (2017). ―Effectiveness of TriIn-1 Strategic Intervention
Pacific Journal of Education, Arts and Sciences, Vol. 4 No. 1. Retrieved from
Ernest, P. (2010) The scope and limits of critical mathematics education. In Alrø, H.,
Ravn, O. & Valero, P. (Eds.) Critical Mathematics Education: Past, Present and
Future, pp. 65-88. Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers. Retrieved from
28, 2020.
Journal on Efficiency and Responsibility in Education and Science, Vol. 11, No.
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Herrera, F. and Soriano, A. (2016). The efficacy of the strategic intervention materials
https://explorable.com/pretest-posttest-desig.
The Capacity Building Series (2013). Inquiry-based learning. Secretariat Edition #32 s.
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Wilson, r. (1998). Introduction to the Graph theory 4th Edition. Addison Wesley
APPENDIX A
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