An Enhanced Remedial Mathematics Class for Grade 9 Students
Keywords:
Enhanced remedial mathematics class,quadratic equations, factoring, completing the square, quadratic formula.Abstract
INTRODUCTION
The performance levels of today's' learners are deteriorating. Student difficulties and poor teaching usually come to light with the poor performance of the students. Thus, every concerned educator should find ways to address this problem of poor performance in mathematics. This study determined the proficiency level of grade 9 students in solving quadratic equations in the remedial classes of Celestino G. Tabuena National High School as the basis for an enhanced remedial mathematics class.
METHODS
The quasi-experimental design was employed using the pre-and post-test comparison design. The mean was used for getting the level of proficiency of the respondents in the pre and post-test. The t-test for the correlated samples was used to test the significant difference. The respondents are 44 grade 9 students from the remedial mathematics class.
RESULTS
The findings showed that the proficiency level of the remedial class students in solving quadratic equations is 41.56 percent for factoring which was interpreted as average near mastery, 22.08 for completing the square which meant low mastery and 36. 36 for a quadratic formula which translated to average near mastery. The proficiency level of the respondents in the post-test is 68.83 (moving towards mastery) for factoring; 49.68 (average near mastery) for completing the square; and 60. 39 (average near mastery) for quadratic formula. The study revealed that the computed t-value in factoring is 9.916, 8.819 for completing the square, and 6.064 for quadratic formula. There is a significant difference in the level of proficiency in the pre-test and post-test.
DISCUSSIONS
The study concluded that the students have shown low proficiency in the pre-test in all identified topics and that the proficiency level of the students has increased after the interventions. An enhanced remedial program in mathematics 9 using an effective intervention is designed as a reference for teachers of the remedial class.
