Adopt a Friend Program (AFP): An Intervention for the Least Mastered Competencies in General Mathematics of Selected Grade Eleven Students
Keywords:
Adopt a Friend Program(AFP), Intervention, Least Mastered Competencies (LCM's)Abstract
INTRODUCTION
No man is an island, no man stands alone. It is a famous line that was coined by John Donne in his poem. All people are part of an island. Friends are vital to a school-age student's healthy development. Having friends even affects school performance.
The result of least mastered competencies (LMC) in General Mathematics was identified after the first quarter examination scheduled last August 10 -11 during the school year 2016-2017. This study aimed to conduct an intervention program called Adopt a Friend Program for addressing the need for reinforcement for the competencies.
METHODS
A quasi-experimental design was used, the Two Group Pre-test Post Test Design. One of the group gets the intervention, the treatment group, and the other will not get the intervention, the control group. To show the difference in the pretest and posttest of the two groups, the researcher used the following statistical treatments: Mean, Standard Deviation and T-Test.
The proposed intervention is called Adopt a Friend Program, a type of peer tutoring that consists of student partnerships, linking a high achieving student with a lower-achieving student or those with comparable achievement, for math study sessions on the least mastered competencies in the first quarter and second quarter. The intervention can be classified under the collaborative approach in the 2C -2I-IR PEDAGOGICAL APPROACHES.
RESULTS
The test difference between the control and treatment group before applying the intervention was obtained with the value of t as 0.89 and the p-value as 0.3895. It indicates that the result is not significant at p of 0.05. This means that there is no significant difference between the pre-test of the control and treatment group. This implies that participants from both groups had the same level understanding of the lesson before it was applied.
The test difference between the control group and the treatment group after conducting the intervention obtained the value of t as 14.96 and the p-value of 5.26. It indicates that the result is significant at p 0.05. This means that there is a significant difference between the post-test of the control group and treatment group. This implies that the treatment group with the intervention has better retention of facts and concepts and were superior in applying this knowledge in the given series of tutoring compared to the control group.
DISCUSSIONS
Based on the results, it was concluded that the Adopt a Friend Program was effective as an intervention of the LCM's. The proponent recommends that mathematics teachers use said intervention. To further investigate the use of the intervention, the other teachers may conduct this program to find if it is effective in other learning areas as an intervention for the least mastered competencies after each quarter.
