Inang-Wika Sa Matematika 3: An Enhanced Contextualized Material in Mother tongue Mathematics

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The localization and contextualization thrusts of the Enhanced Basic Education Curriculum direct all schools and learning programs to relate curriculum content and competencies to the social and educational context of communities being served. The researcher enhanced contextualized learning materials in Mother Tongue Mathematics to make them more responsive to the learning needs of Grade III pupils and she came up with "Inang-Wika sa Matematika 3". This study determined its effectiveness on the unlearned competencies in Mathematics 3.

METHODS

The participants of the study were select Grade III pupils of Jose Rizal Memorial School. They are composed of 30 pupils who failed the pre-test assessment. The pre-test and post-test assessment tools came from the least learned skills after the periodical test. Their recommendations were carefully integrated after the researcher analyzed each item of what should be retained, revised and rejected. The items were validated and administered.

RESULTS

The pre-test scores of the pupils are all lower than the mid-score of 25 points with Mean Percentage Score of 27.75, indicating low performance. Meanwhile, the post-test scores showed that majority of the pupils scored between 23 to 36 points with MPS of 76.25, which indicates a great leap from low to high performance. This shows that pupils manifested extreme improvement in the given assessments as seen also by the highest score of 19 points in the pre-test and 36 points in the post-test. The result implies that the enhancement of the contextualized material like Enhanced Contextualized Material contributed to increasing the performance of the pupils in Mathematics.

DISCUSSIONS

The study provided a research-based evidence of the effectiveness of an enhanced contextualized learning material in filling the learning gaps of this subject. It employed the "One-Group Pre-test-Post-test Design", a type of quasi-experimental research. The findings of the study conclude that a significant increase and large effect on the performance of the pupils in Mother Tongue Mathematics is achieved through enhancement of contextualized learning material. It is recommended to update the content of all contextualized learning materials and to act on program sustainability.