Mother Tongue-Based Teaching of Mathematics in District II-B, Division of Antipolo City: A Basis for a 3-Year Strategic Plan

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

In learning Mathematics, children do not progress at the same rate. Children who are intelligent in numbers are sometimes those who came from a family who are inclined in Mathematics and English as their first language at home, but how can we make children attain progress and be motivated to love Mathematics at the same time? The challenge is to put teachers who are teaching Mathematics at the primary level, they are considered as they are in authority to transfer learning to pupils.

METHODS

This study made use of the descriptive-survey and design method using questionnaire-checklist. The descriptive-survey method utilized to describe the status of mother tongue teaching Mathematics in terms of teacher, facilities, instructional materials, learners and administrations.RESULTSData revealed that the respondents perceive the Teacher aspect to be the excellent in terms of the status of Mother Tongue in Teaching Mathematics in District II-B in the Division of Antipolo City. However, Facilities and Administration are very good status in terms of Mother Tongue-Based in Teaching Mathematics. It was also found that the level of Performance of Learners Exposed to MotherTongue-Based Teaching Mathematics to be satisfactory as revealed by their average grades in MathematicsNo significant difference was proven in the variables on the status of Mother Tongue Teaching of Mathematics in District II-B that predicts the performance with respect to grading period such as first grading and second grading period with the aspect of teacher, instructional materials, learners and administration found to be not significant thus the null hypothesis is failed to reject while the constant which refer to other variables that affect the performance of learners are significant thus the null hypothesis is rejected.

DISCUSSIONS

A strategic plan is needed for the input to increase the MPS on Mathematics, this is also an aid to every teacher especially those who are teaching in primary grades that the medium of instruction in teaching Mathematics is Mother Tongue, in the case in the Southern Tagalog it is Tagalog based. Thus, this strategic plan is needed to comply not only for the output of the study but also for continuous development. Since the school is trying the best to increase the MPS in Mathematics.