Strategic Intervention Using "Broken Line Method" in Teaching Mathematics among Grade Six Pupils: A Case of Selected Elementary Schools in Bato East and West Districts

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The study investigated strategic intervention using "broken line method" in teaching mathematics among grade six pupils: a case of selected elementary schools in Bato East and West Districts. It determined the difference in academic performance in Mathematics after being exposed to traditional and strategic methods.

METHODS

The study employed the descriptive comparative method of research and utilized teacher-made a questionnaire in data collection. It covered four (4) schools headed by Elementary School Head Teachers in Bato East and West Districts with the grade six pupils as the subject of the study. It involved forty-one (41) pupils.

RESULTS

For the results of the study, grade six pupils after using the traditional method in solving inverse proportion got a mean score of 3.24 equivalent to "did not meet the expectation” while after using strategic intervention method in solving inverse proportion they got a mean score of 8.88 equivalent to “satisfactory.”There is a big number of grade six pupils who got a low score in solving word problems with hidden questions both in the traditional and strategic method of solving an inverse proportion. On the other hand, there were 12 pupils who got an average score equivalent to satisfactory after using the strategic method. There is a significant difference in the academic performance of grade six pupils according to the method of solving an inverse proportion. For the conclusion: The academic performance of grade six pupils in 4 schools, headed by head teachers in Bato East and West district is on the did not meet the expectation level if they were using traditional method while in the satisfactory level if they were using strategic intervention method.

DISCUSSIONS

The gathered data further unveiled the weaknesses of the grade six pupils in problems with hidden questions both in Traditional Teaching Method and Strategic Intervention Method. Therefore, this researcher recommends further attention to address the said weaknesses of the grade six pupils by designing another method that may intensify the analytical skills of the grade six pupils and solve various mathematical types of word problems.