The Effects of Realistic Mathematics Education (Rme) Based Activities to the Business Mathematics Performance of the Abm Students in Camp Vicente Lim National High School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

This study was primarily designed to determine the effects of RME based activities to the mathematics performance of the ABM grade 11 students of Camp Vicente Lim National High School (CVLNHS), school year 2016-2017. Specifically, the researcher determined first the post-test results of the control and experimental groups. On the other hand, significant differences of respondents' mathematics performance were tested based on the post-test results of the control and experimental groups. The end view of this research is to develop RME based activities to help improve more the senior high school students' performance in Mathematics.

METHODS

The researcher utilized a total of 10 students which were selected from two sections of ABM Track of the Senior High School Department considering the set criteria. These 10 students served as the respondents of the experimental group as well as the control group. The experimental method of research was employed so as to fulfill the objective of the study using the within subject experimental design in particular. A teacher made test and the RME based activities which gone thorough validation served as the main tool in data gathering. Statistical treatments applied to the gathered data included frequency and percentage, and t -Test.

RESULTS

The findings of this research divulged that the student -participants under controlled group obtained scattered level of performance ranging from satisfactory to outstanding in the post test after providing them lectures on overtime without giving them any RME treatment or intervention. In addition, the student -participants under experimental group achieved an outstanding performance when the treatments on RME based activities have been applied. Moreover, there was a significant difference found between the performances of the students under experimental condition than those who did not undergo intervention.

DISCUSSIONS

In the light of the findings, the researcher recommends that the school administrators may provide their teachers RME based activities in teaching business mathematics to improve more the performance of the students; the Mathematics Teachers may develop RME based activities and utilize it as one of their teaching strategies which will help enhance the performance of the grade 11 students in business mathematics; and lastly the future researchers may conduct further researches that could provide newer directions towards the improvement and teaching of the newly implemented SHS mathematics.