S-Quad Goals: Enhanced Performance Involving Conic Sections of Grade 11 Stem Students

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) students who are expected to enjoy learning Math, still show lack of appreciation on the subject as revealed in the general weighted average of STEM 1-11 last S.Y. 2017-2018 in the Math related subjects. Also with the results of 2016-2017 National Achievement Test for Grade 10, in the Division of Quirino, Mathematics ranked second least among five subjects. To address this situation, the researcher proposed an intervention named as SQUAD Goals. This research was conducted to test the effectiveness of SQUAD Goals in enhancing the performance of the STEM GRADE 11.

METHODS

The researcher purposively chose the two sections of STEM Grade 11 as the respondents, STEM 1(control group) and STEM 2 (experimental group). Pre-test and Post-test was conducted to the experimental and control group. However, the intervention was only implemented on the experimental group. The statistical used to analyze the data are Mean, Paired-Sample T-test, IndependentSample T-test and Eta Squared through the use of SPSS Version 2.1.

RESULTS

SQUAD Goals was done through a peer tutorial style. It was done 10 minutes after class and during their vacant periods. Their references in their discussions were from the book and a validated problem set given by the teacher. The squad that completed the sessions and with highest correct answers were given rewards and certificates of completion. Through this, the performance of the students on the said subject was enhanced. Statistically, there was a great difference on using the intervention to the experimental group compared to the non-implementation on the control group. The effect size of the use of SQUAD Goals was large. We can infer that the intervention SQUAD Goals significantly helps in enhancing the performance of the learners in Pre-calculus.

DISCUSSIONS

Learner's performance requires efficient interventions that will help students upgrade and improve to meet the set standards for 2first Century learners who are capable on Problem Solving, Critical Thinking and Literature Skills. Thus, the researcher propose the SQUAD Goals as an intervention to be utilized by the teachers teaching not just Math related subjects but is also applicable to other subjects.