The Learning Competencies of Grade 9 Students in Mathematics of Selected Secondary Schools in the First Congressional District of Quezon

Abstract

Students’ progress by demonstrating their competence, which means they prove that they have mastered the knowledge and skills (competencies) required for a particular course, regardless of how long it takes. Mathematics from K-10 is a skills subject. By itself, it is all about quantities, shapes and figures, functions, logic, and reasoning. In the K to 12 BEC Guide (2012), Mathematics is also a tool of science and a language complete with its own notations and symbols and “grammar” rules, with which concepts and ideas are effectively expressed. The study assessed the learning competencies of grade 9 student in the mathematics of selected secondary schools in the FirstCongressional a District of Quezon. It appeared to employ a descriptive type of research where it describes the phenomena as they exist. It made use of statistical measures such as percentage and weighted mean to analyze the data gathered. The 13 municipalities of the first congressional district of Quezon have forty-three (43) public secondary schools with a total of seven thousand seventy-three (7,573) Grade 9 students. The researcher had taken a sample from the entire population. The respondents were chosen through stratified random sampling.1.The demographic profile was mostly females and Proficient (P) in Math 8. 2. The Students’ Knowledge of Content in Math 8 registered a fairly often response. These were affected by the top rater of demonstrating an understanding of key concepts of factors of polynomials while on the least was demonstrating an understanding of the axiomatic structure of geometry. 3. The students’ level of performance achieved in Math 8 denoted in terms of Real-Life Problems a Fairly Often response. These were affected by the ability to formulate and solve accurately real-life problems using a variety of strategies involving products and factors of polynomials. On the least was the ability to formulate and solve accurately real-life problems using variety of strategies involving systems of linear inequalities in two variables. 4. The students’ learning competencies in Math 8 reflected that most were Approaching Proficiency (AP). While the least of them were Advanced (A) in the subject.1.Upgrade the instructional materials used in teaching Math 8 as aligned with the K to 12 curriculum. 2. Hold more workshops/seminars for the teachers for continuous professional development. 3. Conduct a parallel study with larger and different scope and area of sustained interest.