New Strategies in Teaching Mathematics Employed by the Public Elementary School Teachers and the Problems they Encounter: A Basis for Intervention Program
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INTRODUCTION
The teachers are the ones held accountable for the mathematics education of other pupils. They must have the assurance that the basic concepts of mathematics, as well as fundamental skills, are developed. The researcher comes up with this study that intends to find new strategies in teaching mathematics employed by the public elementary school teachers and the problems they encounter as well as the basis for an intervention program.
METHODS
This research used the descriptive-survey method. It was utilized because the researcher made objective descriptions of data as they were gathered. The questionnaire was the instrument utilized in the study. It was used because the teacher-respondents were highly competent to discriminate any item in the research instrument.
RESULTS
Based from the findings of the study, the following are the problems encountered by the public elementary teachers in teaching Mathematics: 1) difficulty to motivate pupils, 2) inadequate and complicated exercises in the textbooks, 3) lack of pupils' knowledge of essential facts, rules and formulas, and 4) school heads should give incentives to teachers who are proficient in teaching the subject.
DISCUSSIONS
Here are the possible solution offered to improve teaching mathematics in terms of: 1) methods of teaching-massive implementation of what is taken up during seminars and in-service, 2) instructional facilities-teachers should always check the content of the books so that they can simplify the content for the pupils, 3) attitude and behavior-teachers should always evaluate the achievement of their pupils and monitor the slow and fast learner, and 4) supervisory-school head should give incentives to teachers who are proficient in teaching the subject. The proposed intervention program is providing extensive training, seminars, and workshops opportunities for all elementary mathematics teachers.
