Bridging the Needs in Mathematical Skills of Selected Non-Numerate and Low Numerate Grade 7 Students through Basic Skill Worksheets

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

SinceDepartment of Education mandates that students’ needs must be prioritized and should be put into action, proper intervention materials must be invented to equip the students with knowledge that can be used in honing their abilities. Interventions could be in the form of learning materials, instructional materials, equipment, facilities, strategies in teaching, modality in teaching, program, etc. Though a worksheet has already been proven many times to be effective in different schools and in different areas, Southville 1 INHS students have not yet been exposed to this kind of learning strategy even during their elementary grades. Worksheets also address different problems. In this study, it may address the lack of mastery on the four basic operations in Mathematics of grade 7 students.

METHODS

The study will use Pre-Experimental Design. Pre-experimental designs follow basic experimental steps but fail to include a control group. The study utilized 1 group of respondents. This group comprises 72 non-numerate and 32 low numerate grade 7 students coming from 5 heterogeneous sections of Southville 1 Integrated National High School. The respondents of this study were selected based on the numeracy level test given to them at the beginning of the school year. Mean will be used to describe the pre-test, formative, a summative and post-test score of the respondents. Mean difference will be used to determine if there is a difference between the mean of the pre-test and post-test. Paired T-test will be used to determine if there exists a significant difference between the pre-test and post-test of the respondents.

RESULTS

After the pre-test, formative test, summative test, and post-test were given to the non-numerate and low numerate grade 7 students, there were still non-numerate and low numerate grade 7 students. From the 104 students, there are still 22 students who are non-numerate and 17 students are still low numerate.

DISCUSSIONS

Based on the result of the study, the researcher bridged the non-numerate and low numerate students through basic skill worksheets to aid their needs. The result says that there is a need for the student to have a mastery of the basic skills in mathematics and a worksheet made by the researcher helped to address their needs.