Improving Least Mastered Competencies in Grade 7 TLE through Project-WELLCAM (Win Every Learner to Love Calculation and Mensuration)

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The fundamental operations and fractions are important in carrying out the basic principle of measuring and calculating. If these skills are not learned by the students, other competencies will be affected because miscalculation or wrong measurement will lead to poor outputs. It becomes a challenge to all TLE teachers since teaching students to apply basic mathematical operations is another mountain to climb. Hence, as classroom teachers are innovative and natural strategists, various approaches to improving students' performance are explored. In this inquiry, TLE teachers of Palo Alto Integrated School will utilize the contextualized remediation materials through Peer-Assisted Learning Strategies (PALS) to improve the mensuration and calculation skills of the grade 7 students.

METHODS

A quasi-experimental design was used to determine if Project WELLCAM is effective in improving the academic performance of the Grade 7 students during the first grading period in Grade 7 TLE. Descriptive and quantitative analysis were used in the study, which primarily focused on identifying the scores of students. The significant difference between these scores during the pre-post-test in the first grading period was identified.

RESULTS

The students in both control and experimental groups have the same performance in their pre-test. Students in the experimental group performed better than the students in the control group based on their post-test results. Students under Project-WELLCAM performed significantly better and had higher scores in the post-test compared to those not under the project.

DISCUSSIONS

The result of the study helped teachers to craft instructional material and utilized teaching strategies that were contextualized in nature to address the least mastered competencies of students in TLE 7. It was proven effective that with the help of the contextualized supplementary materials and the use of Paired-Assisted Learning Strategy, students were able to compute the basic fundamental operations.