Effectiveness of Teaching Support Materials to Students' Mathematics Performance

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The DepEd Surigao del Sur Division Memo. No.23, s. 2016, known as the Enhancement Training on Contextualization ofSecondary Learning Materials, mandates math teachers to create local-based activity sheets based on the least-learned competencies of the students every quarter. The training aims to empower teachers to contextualize learning materials to alleviate low achievement. This conceptualization and localization of teaching materials are based on the alarming rate of the MPS which is 28.26% accompanied by the ML of56.52% in math for the SY 2016-2017. The teacher must seek quick and efficient solutions to alleviate the present condition by crafting a supplementary material for teaching that aims to improve respective subject MPS.

METHODS

The study utilized a pre-test-post-test experimental research design. The test questionnaires used in the conduct of quizzes in the standardized test were based on the K-12 Curriculum Content and Standards of the 2nd quarter. The test questionnaires were validated and checked according to the contents of the curriculum standards. Using the simple random sampling, the experiment had 30 respondents and in the control with30 respondents. Data were tallied and subjected to statistical analysis such as Weighted Mean, ANCOVA, and ANOVA.

RESULTS

It can be depicted that students under the experimental group using the supplementary teaching materials have low mean scores on the pretest and increased on the conducted post-test. It emphasized that the utilization ofTSM among experimental group contributed to the increase in the students' scores. The mean gained scores of the students from the 2 teaching methods significantly differ with an F-value of6.976 and a p-value of0.011(p-value< 0.05). This means that the null hypothesis that was earlier stated is rejected. The f-value of6.326 and a p= 0.017(p<0.05), means that there was an interaction effect between the achievement of students when exposed using the 2 methods and when grouped according to their pretest scores.

DISCUSSIONS

Teaching methods have something to do with the performance of the students when those students will be grouped either in the upper group or lower group. The retention scores of the students are not dependent on the type of teaching methods used in the study. The use of teaching support materials can help improve students' achievement in math 8, thus it is recommended that math teachers integrate the use of the teaching support materials as tools in honing students to perform better in the subject.