Oplan Math Focus: An Intervention Program Improving Mathematics Basic Skills through Intervention and Remediation for Selected G-8 Students

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Schools need to assure the attainment of student achievement and measure student growth in any available and useful means. Intervention programs and activities are included in them. Maragondon National High School faces a big challenge as a learning institution. The school contends with the students' lackadaisical manner and attitude towards their learning especially in the Mathematics subject resulting in low numeracy level. It is quite a task for all Mathematics teachers to get to the core of this situation and to understand the reasons behind the low performance in class and in examinations administered to students like the daily, weekly, and quarterly tests.

METHODS

This study used the descriptive method. The participants were the forty-five Grade 8 students of MNHS. Modular instructions focusing on students' proficiency in operations on whole numbers, decimals, fractions, and integers were utilized for the intervention program by the Grade 8 Mathematics teachers in the given school year, specifically the fourth grading period. Weekly quizzes were administered to determine the increase in the level of the numeracy skills of the students, scores were taken and coded, tallied and were statistically treated using the mean, MPS, standard deviation and the percentage increase.

RESULTS

The results indicate that the achievement test results are remarkably better compared to the diagnostic test results except for the SD results where the variance of the achievement test result compared with the diagnostic test result is smaller which suggests that the scores are more scattered in the achievement test result.

The results are very significant because it clearly shows that OPLAN Math Focus is helpful in improving the numeracy level of the students. Clearly, there is a significant difference between the pre-tests and post-tests scores as evidenced by the increase in the Mean, MPS and SD results in the post-test compared with the pre-test.

The results are very significant and show the effectiveness of the intervention program utilized to improve the numeracy level of the forty-five Grade 8 students.

DISCUSSIONS

Based on the findings, the following are the conclusions:

1. The pre-test and post-tests scores differ significantly.

2. Diagnostic and achievement results differ significantly.

3. There is an improvement in the numeracy level of the forty-five Grade 8 students.

4. OPLAN Math Focus is an effective intervention/remediation measure that will improve the numeracy level of students.