Project TIMES: To Improve Academic Performance in Mathematics of Aguadorian Pupils

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

This study aimed to improve the academic performance in Mathematics of Aguado pupils. Teachers conducted the Mathematics assessment drill, and they found out that among the 358 pupils in grade 3, 80 of them fell under poor category of the test, which means these pupils need help to improve their mathematical skills because there's a big chance that they will fail in mathematics at the end of the school year.

METHODS

This study employed a descriptive type of research, a survey questionnaire was distributed to the participants and the unstructured interview was also conducted. The data was interpreted by Pearson correlation of coefficient, weighted mean, and percentage.

RESULTS

The result of the data revealed the program project TIMES was effective to help improve the academic performance of Aguadorian pupils. The performance of these 80 pupils from grade was recorded and studied by the teachers until they reached the grade 5 level. After the study of their academic performance from grades 3-5, a t-test was employed by the teachers to determine if the intervention is effective or not, and luckily, in grade 3 they obtained a mean increase of 1.00 before and after the intervention and a standard deviation of 1.53. In grade 4, they got a mean difference of 2.83 and a standard deviation of 2.01. And in grade 5 they got a standard deviation of 2.35 with a mean difference of 2.84.

DISCUSSIONS

Lastly, since the program was found effective among Aguadorian pupils the researchers, school administration, and the mathematics teacher recommended that the program can be adopted by other schools in the District or the Department of Education Cavite to help the Kabataang Caviteno to improve their academic performance in mathematics.