Project MCDO (Multimedia Conquers Different Operations)

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Education encounters, in the modern times, challenges in all aspects of social' economic and cultural life; the most important of which are over-population, over-knowledge, education philosophy development and the change of teacher's role, the spread of illiteracy, lack of technological development and mass media (Aloraini,2005, pp.30-32). This drove the Develop Innovations from the Group of Innovative Teachers Team (D.I.G.I.T.) to use the modern teaching technologies through Multimedia Conquers Different Operations (Project MCDO) to face some of the main problems that education encounters, by increasing the learning level which may be achieved through providing equivalent opportunities for all students, while taking into account the individual differences between learners (Wilkinson, 1986,p. 13 & Abd El-Halim Said, 1997, p. 19).

METHODS

The study used the descriptive-qualitative research design since the study aims to measure the ability of pupils in the four fundamental operations in Mathematics with the use of multimedia during the implementation of Project MCDO (Multimedia Conquers Different Operations) and compared the previous test results with the 4th Quarterly Test given to the pupils before the project was implemented. The researchers opted to use purpose homogeneous sampling techniques since the whole class of Grade II-Section 3 implemented Project MCDO.

RESULTS

During the pilot implementation, it was observed that teaching fundamental operations using power point presentations, modules, games, film viewing and worksheets obtained good results. The number of pupils considered to be low in proficiency decreased from 23 to 7 or 64% to 19%.

DISCUSSIONS

Learning the four fundamental operations through multimedia with the help of modules, games and worksheets deepened pupils' understanding about their lessons. This innovation motivated pupils to listen attentively, give focus to the topics with enjoyment while learning.

Through this research, feed backs from the teachers, parents and learners inspired the researchers to continue the implementation of Project MCDO. In fact, other schools from the District of Calauan have already adopted this project. The lesson in life that the researchers would want to emphasize is to subtract fear, add courage, multiply knowledge and divide/share learning in Mathematics.