The Impact of Mathematics Word Clues on Vocabulary Development of Grade V-Taurus Pupils in Solving Word Problems

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Mathematics as one of the major learning areas in school also stands as one of the major lore where one has to deal with all throughout one's life. Word problems in mathematics often pose a challenge because they require that pupils read and comprehend the text of the problem, identify the question that needs to be answered, and finally create and solve a numerical equation. Many of our pupils may have difficulty reading and understanding the written content in a word problem. If a pupil is learning English as a second language, he might not yet know key terminology needed to solve the equation. This is for the reason that Mathematics is but a natural part of our daily lives. In view of this, the researcher gathered information on the pupils themselves to figure out why they performed least in Mathematics even in a simple Mathematical word problem. It cannot be denied that problem solving is an important part of Mathematics education. Mathematics, in general, is an important subject because of its practical role to a person and the society as a whole. However, before a student can successfully solve a problem, he has to possess good reading comprehension, analytic and computational skills.

METHODS

The group of 35 Grade V-Taurus pupils at Bagumbayan Elementary School was given a 50-item test that includes with almost word clues in mathematics. The test paper was designed to determine the vocabulary skills of the pupils regarding the mathematics subject. A pre-test was administered and the result was taken. They were then given treatment through the use of different interventions. This included the following:*Recognizing theword clues in each item of the test.*Defining each term.*Grouping the words as to the four basic operations.*Spelling Drills on the given words.*Giving word problems using the set of words within varied word problems.*Formulating their own problems using such word clues.

RESULTS

The use of vocabulary enrichment focusing on the word clues frequently used in mathematics positively helps in how a certain child will answer a certain mathematical word problem Mathematics is not just about computational skills but what leads to that understands the language where it was relayed.

DISCUSSIONS

Mathematics word clues helped pupils in discriminating among the many information given in the mathematics word problem and eliminating the data that are not necessary for obtaining the solution to the problem.