Home-School Link Material (HSLM): Its Effectivity in Teaching Mathematics to Grade 9 Adonis in Pedro Guevara Memorial National High School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The researcher wants to find out the effectiveness of the Home-School Link Material (HSLM) in the performance of the students belonging to Grade 9 -Adonis who obtained the lowest MPS in Mathematics during the third quarter.

METHODS

This action research made use of two instruments. First was the test questionnaire which was used to gather information on the level of students' performance in pretest and posttest. Another important instrument was the prepared Home-School Link Materials. The 52 students from Grade-Adonis were divided into two groups, twenty-six (26) students in the control group (without the use of HSLM) and twenty-six (26) students in the experimental group (with the use of the HSLM).

RESULTS

The statistical treatment of data revealed the following findings: (1) Level of Students' Performance in the Pretest and Posttest without the use of the HSLM, the level of students' performance in the pretest was poor while the level of students' performance in the posttest was average. (2) Level of Students' Performance in the Pretest and Posttest with the use of the HSLM, the level of students' performance in the pretest was poor while the level of students' performance in the posttest was very satisfactory.

DISCUSSIONS

The results prove that the use of Home-School Link Material (HSLM) affects the students' performance in positive way. It is suggested that the Mathematics teachers should use the HSLM in teaching and learning Mathematics. Teachers are encouraging to develop more HSLM in different topics not only in Trigonometry but in other fields of Mathematics and other areas of learning.