The Effectiveness of Manihandskip on the Mastery Content of Four

Abstract

Four fundamental operations are very important in Mathematics because of their practical role to a person and society as a whole. Students who do not have a solid grasp of those skills may find all learning areas hard to understand, making it difficult for a child to keep up with the class. This can cause them to fail and fall behind. In Caloocan North Elementary School, the performance of pupils in MAFFO is declining based on the data gathered. Out of 1,029 pupils, only 21.38% were with mastery, 24.30% were near mastery, and 54.32% were non-mastery. One of the main reasons revealed by the Master Teachers assigned in mathematics were the strategies used by the teacher. Hence, the researcher would like to explore the effectiveness of Manihandskip on the Mastery Content of Four Fundamental Operations. Manihandskip (MANIpulative materials, HAND technique, and SKIP counting) is a strategy for enhancing the operational skills of the pupils. The sampling method was applied to select the respondents. 25 pupils come from the different sections in Grade V pupils with 18 boys and 7 girls. They all got 1 and 0 in the pre-test of MAFFO. To analyze and interpret the data, the percentage and t-test were used. The null hypothesis that there is no significant effect of using Manihandskip in the level of performance of the pupils in the content mastery of four fundamental operations is rejected. Based on the results, all the respondents have shown improvement through the use of Manihandskip. Rebalde (2010) said that the use of games and manipulative objects is very important so that the pupils can understand the concept and the process of operating numbers.