Project IMath: Performance Improvement in Mathematicss through Additional Tutorial Handouts

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

One of the current problems of the Mathematics teachers in Kapalaran Elementary School is on how to improve the numeracy rates of the pupils especially their basic skills in four fundamental operations of fractions which serve as the basic requirement in discussing the ratio and proportion, statistics and probability, algebra, etc. Therefore, the researcher finds a way on how to improve the performance of the pupils, this is through the Project πMATH: Performance Improvement in Mathematics through Additional Tutorial Handouts that will surely help in improving the performance of grade six pupils in Mathematics.

The use of instructional materials specifically the additional tutorial handouts in Mathematics is one of the objectives of the researcher to improve the performance of the grade six pupils in Mathematics. This is the reason why the researcher prompted to conduct the study on the Project IMATH: Performance Improvement in Mathematics through Additional Tutorial Handouts

METHODS

The data for this research were collected using pretest and posttest. Each topic in Fraction has ten (10) questions for pretest and posttest. The different topics in Fraction were Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division of Fractions. The purpose of the tests was to determine whether the pupils had an improvement in their performance in mathematics through Project πMath. Furthermore, for the effectiveness of Project IMATH which based on the obtained mean gain of each aspect, the following verbal interpretation was Very Much Effective, Much Effective, Moderately Effective, and Not Effective.

RESULTS

The study found out that there is an increase in the posttest means a score of the grade six pupils at risk after being exposed to Project IMath which means that the respondents gained more knowledge and their performance in Mathematics were improved.

DISCUSSIONS

The researcher used the Project IMATH for the remediation program of grade six pupils at risk. The developed Tutorial handouts were made as a means to improve the level of performance of the pupils in Mathematics subject. The handouts were based on the Least Mastered skills in Mathematics for the first quarter which is a fraction. The researcher focused on the four fundamental operations of fraction namely: Addition of Fraction, Subtraction of Fraction, Multiplication of Fraction, and Division of Fraction. Each topic has the same items which were distributed in the pretest and posttest.