Effects of the Strategic Intervention Materials (SIM) of Academic Achievement in Mathematics of Grade 6 Pupils in Bagumbayan Elementary School

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The K-12 basic education aims to erase the poor academic achievement of students in the different subject areas. However, different assessments, especially in Math, still show poor performance among pupils. This implies that there is a missing ingredient in teaching and handling Math lessons. The low performance was due to the ineffectiveness and incongruity of teaching strategies and instructional materials employed in teaching the lesson. Several teaching strategies and instructional materials were utilized to meet the learning style and needs of the students. The researcher introduced Strategic Intervention Materials (SIM) as strategy in teaching Math lessons. Strategic Intervention Materials are instructional materials meant to teach concepts and skills. Materials are given to students to help them master a competency-based skill which they were not able to develop during regular classroom instruction.

METHODS

The study made use of quasi-experimental design which is a non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest design. Non-equivalent design is a good design when you have access to one experimental group (Vockel 2014). This design was used by the researcher because the subjects of the students were an intact group of Grade Six Math class pupils in Bagumbayan Elementary School. The study confirms the effectiveness of using Strategic Intervention Materials in Math and inspiring educators to promote utilization of Strategic Intervention Materials in teaching.

RESULTS

Competency level of pupils in pre-test showed significant difference after using Strategic Intervention Materials-based strategies in teaching. Researcher identified the least-mastered skill in Math 6 is Subtraction of Simple Fractions and Mixed Numbers with Regrouping. Proposed action plan presented the objectives to be achieved with various activities that could enhance the performance of Grade Six pupils in Math.

DISCUSSIONS

The result demonstrates the use of pre-test and post-test in assessing the performance of the pupils. The better performance is attributed to the utilization ofSIM that made students gain significantly learning and improving their performance.