Teaching Styles of Teachers and Learning Styles of Pupils in Mathematics Ii; their Relationship with Pupil's Achievement

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Mathematics is one of the indispensable tools in the development of academic, intellectual, technical and manipulative skills of pupils. It is for this reason that it became one of the basic subjects in the curriculum in all levels of education.

As such, the main objective of this study was to determine the teaching styles of teachers and learning styles of pupils in Mathematics II; their relationship with pupil's achievement.

1. What is the performance level of students in Mathematics II based on their average in the second quarter?

2. To what extent are the demonstrated styles utilized by teachers in teaching Mathematics II as perceived by school heads and by themselves characterized in terms of:

1.1 Formal Authority

1.2 Demonstrator

1.3 Facilitator

1.4 Delegator

3. What are the different learning styles manifested by the pupils as learners which are described in terms of:

3.1 Auditory

3.2 Visual

3.3 Kinesthetic or tactile

4. Is there any significant difference in the manifested learning styles of pupils based on the components mentioned in question no. 3?

5. Is there a significant relationship that exists:5.1between the teachers teaching styles and student performance,5.2between the students learning styles and their performance in Math II.

METHODS

Downloaded questionnaires from the internet were distributed to 35 Grade Two teacher respondents and 162 Grade Two pupil respondents from thirteen schools in Lipa City North District. Pupils' second-quarter grades were used in this study to determine whether the teaching styles of teachers affect their academic performance. The research design that was used in this study was the descriptive method. The
different statistical treatments used in this study were: percentage, ranking, weighted mean, ANOVA, Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient, and Correlated T-Test.

RESULTS

Further perusal of the findings disclosed that almost half of them act as the facilitator of learning. It could be inferred from the results that urge students to perform physically. It could be deduced from the findings that pupils were more interested to do activities which required challenge on them. The best of which was when the teachers act as Facilitators of learning wherein the focus was more on guiding and directing pupils.

DISCUSSIONS

That the performance in Mathematics II of pupils under study is still in the developing stage. That majority of the teachers teaching Mathematics II perform the role of being the facilitators of learning.