Utilization of Mathematical Concepts of Grade 11 ABM Students of Colegio de San Juan de Letran-Bataan

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

In the world of students today, Mathematics is considered as one of the most tiring, most difficult to understand, and straight-up boring subject. One main reason for this is because students fail to utilize mathematics; they tend to oversee its use and its importance because they do not realize that they are already utilizing the subject in the simple tasks they do. Students tend to question the "x and y's" which is why they ask "how?" and "why?" to themselves. Due to this, the researchers aimed to see how students utilize mathematical concepts to find out if students actually use these concepts and if they are aware of the act of utilizing mathematical concepts.

METHODS

The research design used by the researchers was Descriptive-Status and Survey. The research questions were answered when ten (10) selected students from Grade 11 Accountancy, Business and Management (ABM) strand were given an in-depth interview with more questions relating to the topic and their answers were gathered with a voice recorder. Once the data were gathered, they transcribed the raw data gathered from the interview and analyzed it thoroughly to provide the necessary data needed to answer the questions lingering to the problem.

RESULTS

The result of the interview provided the researchers the necessary data in order to answer the research questions. Based on the answers given by the respondents, students see and use mathematics in real-life situations, such as simply telling the time from their wrist watches to using complicated math in computing sales and even simple math. Math has a lot of positive effects and close to no negative effects when used in a day-to-day basis to which one of the positive effects is that it enhances critical thinking and Math can be very stressful if not done correctly. When asked if math was hard and why, half of the respondents answered with it being hard, and the other half answered with it neither being easy nor hard depending on the situation and the lesson.

DISCUSSIONS

The researchers have then concluded that students do utilize mathematical concepts in their day-to-day lives such as telling the time to making complex measurements in drafting. They also concluded that math does have its positive and negative effects but students must also consider the benefits and use it as inspiration in utilizing mathematical concepts in their everyday lives.