Students' Mastery of Mathematical Concepts Utilizing Spiral

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The Educational Curriculum Evolution in the country includes the Basic Education Curriculum, Understanding by Design, and the latest is the program called K-12 Program. The Philippines is now implementing the Enhanced Basic Education Curriculum from the traditional 10-year basic education style of the Filipino students. Unlike in the old curriculum where learning tended to be more focused on fragmented and disintegrated content, K-12 program fosters the development of the critical thinking, creative thinking, problem-solving, teamwork, and informational literacy. The K-12 curriculum follows the spiral approach. This study aims to assess the effects and influences of Spiral approach in Grade 10 students' mastery of mathematical concepts.

METHODS

The researchers used descriptive method to attain the aim of the study. The researchers utilized the Raosoft Formula to find the total number of the respondents. After using Raosoft Formula, the researchers used multi-stage sampling and stratified random sampling. The researcher-made-tool used for this study is survey. The researchers formulated a checklist-type of questionnaire.

RESULTS

The highest mean grade of the Grade 10 students in Mathematics is 82.51 percent with a standard deviation of 3.24 and is recorded duringthe second quarter of the School Year 2017-2018. This is verbally interpreted as satisfactory. Most of the students were able to formulate and solve accurately problems involving radicals. The lowest mean grade was recorded during the third quarter which is 81.42 percent with a standard deviation of 3.38 and is verbally interpreted as satisfactory.

DISCUSSIONS

Results of this study served as basis for proposing an intervention plan to help in improving and enhancing students' mathematical skills and competencies. The students were able to apply learning in making their outputs and performance tasks. Moreover, most of the competencies in Geometry like investigating, analyzing, and solving problems involving quadrilaterals and triangle similarity through appropriate and accurate representation were their common difficulties. The general recommendation to enhance the students' mastery of mathematical concepts is through a proposed intervention material. The recommended strategies to improve instruction included conduct review classes for mastery and retention, explicit instruction, and peer -assisted mathematics instruction.