Project Aims: An Intervention for Basic Numeracy Skills of the Grade Vi Pupils of Osorio Elementary School for the School Year 2017-2018

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Mathematics is considered one of the difficult subjects and it generates negative standpoints among students. Considering the Average MPS result of 50.75 of the Grade Five pupils for the S.Y. 2016-2017 wherein they fell on Rank 8 out of 12 schools in the District of Trece Martires City, thus Osorio Elementary School was challenged to raise the Achievement rate by at least 2% for the incoming periodical test result using project AIMS as an intervention to increase the numeracy skills of the Grade VI pupils starting September to December 2017.

METHODS

The study made use of the quantitative-descriptive method. Purposive sampling was used to determine the 30 participants of the study who earned the scores of 40 and below out of the 100 items numeracy skills pre-test. Project AIMS (Aid Instruction for Mathematics Skills) was used as an intervention for the pupils who have a problem in the four basic Mathematical operations. Explicit teaching was used to address the lack of mastery in the basic numeracy skills of the participants. Mean Percentage and T-test were applied in the data analysis. The questionnaire was also used to gather the data.

RESULTS

The comparison of test results from pre-test to post-test of 30 participants from Grade Six pupils. The mean increased from 6.17 to 58.77, likewise with the standard deviation from 3.46 to 16.27. The MPS also shows a large increase from 6.17 to 58.77 indicating the progress of the numeracy skills of the participants. The findings showed that there was a significant difference between the pre-test and post-test using t-test as the statistical treatment. The t-test computed value of 17.03 is more than the critical value of 0.05 level of significance with 58 degrees of freedom. A very satisfactory rating of 2.83 was also given by the stakeholders upon assessing its effectiveness. Generally, the result showed a great improvement on their numeracy skills. These results simply proved the effectiveness of the project AIMS as an intervention among Grade six pupils.

DISCUSSIONS

The results simply proved the effectiveness of the Project AIMS as an intervention among the Grade six pupils in developing their basic mathematical skills. In teaching the basic skills in Mathematics the teacher should start where the learners are and should provide a variety of learning materials that would suit the needs of the learners. The basic numeracy skills program should be extended at home. Likewise, the school should continue to use the program and enhance the areas that need improvements in Mathematics. The output of this action research will be the instrument to further address the numeracy problem not only of the pupils of Osorio Elementary Schools but also the pupils in the other district of Division of Cavite.