Mathtulungan Para Mathuto and the Performance of Grade 11 Students in General Mathematics

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

General Mathematics is one of the core subjects given to senior high school students in the K-12 Basic Education Curriculum, which contains Functions and Their Graphs, Basic Business Mathematics and Logic. Some of the topics included in the subject are new to students and they lack the prior knowledge to gain mastery of the competencies included, hence, students encounter difficulties in studying the subject thus, affecting their mathematical performance. This study investigated the implication of Mathtulungan para Mathtuto in the performance of Grade 11 students in General Mathematics.

METHODS

The experimental method of research was used in this study wherein two groups from Grade 11 students of Castanas National High School enrolled in General Mathematics were pre-tested through a validated teacher made test. Then, one of these groups received an intervention which is Mathtulungan para Mathtuto. After the intervention, the groups were post-tested. Statistical tools such as simple mean, dependent t-test and independent t-test were utilized to analyze and interpret the result of the study.

RESULTS

The findings revealed that the performance level of Grade 11 students yielded a Mean of 22. 8 for the sole group and 31. 9 for buddy group in the post-test. The study also showed that the t-stat value is higher than t-critical value which means there is a significant difference between the mean of the post-test of the sole group and the buddy group.

DISCUSSIONS

Since the mean of the buddy group is higher, the use of Mathtulungan para Mathtuto can definitely improve the performance of Grade 11 students in General Mathematics. This action research paved the way to the use of Mathtulungan para Mathtuto as an intervention to address the difficulties of Grade 11 students in GeneralMathematics.