Development of Mathematical Skills in Algebra among Taal National High School Learners

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The development of mathematical reasoning is the goal of K -12 Education in the US and other countries for it is an important skill for employment, the performance of schools in all levels, the kind of teacher quality and its knowing output became a national priority in addressing the quality of education learners receive. Low achievements in many areas are now a concern for all academic and government institutions. Therefore, revisiting how the way students learned and the way students' achievement was performed is an effort worthwhile to consider. It is in this situation that the researcher decided to conduct a study to determine the development of mathematical skills of junior high school learners at Taal National High School for the school year 2017 -2018. The researcher is also convinced that once the research is conducted to this effect, its result would bring about fresh knowledge and new theories that may enhance teachers' competence in teaching Mathematics and improve students' performance.

METHODS

The researcher employed the descriptive method of research in this study. The respondents of the study were 50 junior high school learners and 13 teachers from Taal National High School, Junior High School Department. The statistical tools applied in the treatment of the data were percentage, ranking, weighted mean, and correlation.

RESULTS

Significant Effect of the Mathematical Skills Development among Learners to Their Academic Performance in AlgebraThe learners' academic performance in Algebra was not significantly affected by the extent of Mathematical skills development among them as evidenced by the computed correlation (Cr) of 0.747 which did not exceed the tabular value of 0.798 at the 0.05 level of significance using 4 degrees of freedom, hence, the posited null hypothesis on the areas of relationship was accepted.

DISCUSSIONS

1. The teachers should be encouraged to focus more on improving mathematical skills development through the enhancement of their teaching methods. The teachers should provide varied activities that will enhance the learners' mathematical skills. The teachers and school heads should join hands in developing more effective teaching methods and strategies that would be helpful in improving learners' performance. A similar study is recommended to be conducted with considerations of teachers' teaching performance in Mathematics as additional variables.