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Impact of MTAP-DEPED Saturday Mathematics Program in the Academic Achievement Of selected Grade Four Pupils of Bagong Pook Elementary School for the School Year 2016-2017

RESEARCH TEAM CAROLYN JOY S. TARUC JHOY D. DIOLOLA JOHN PAULO PONCE BASILISA R. DIGMA [email protected]

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

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Foremost, we want to offer this endeavor to our GOD Almighty for the wisdom, strength and good health he bestowed upon us to finish this action research.

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Many thanks and appreciations also to our colleagues and people who have willingly shared their abilities.

CURRICULUM VITAE

CAROLYN JOY S. TARUC Teacher III Birthday: March 18, 1972 Address: Blk. 56 Lot 24 Sampaguita Village, Inocencio Trece Martires City, Cavite Philippines,4109 Email: [email protected] JHOY D. DIOLOLA Teacher I Birthday: September 13, 1990 Address: Indang, Cavite Philippines,4109 Email: [email protected]

JOHN PAULO B. PONCE Teacher I Birthday: July 15, 1992 Address: Trece Martires City, Cavite Philippines,4109 Email: [email protected]

BASILISA R. DIGMA, Ed. D. Principal II Birthday: April 16, 1968 Address: Bancod, Indang Email:[email protected]

Impact of MTAP-DEPED Saturday Mathematics Program in the Academic Achievement of Selected Grade Four Pupils of Bagong Pook Elementary School for the School Year 2016 – 2017

ABSTRACT Department of Education made a class program for Mathematics subject (MTAPDEPED Saturday Mathematics Program) so that the 21st century learners’ may acquire additional knowledge and improve their talents and skills as well as their grades. Bagong Pook Elementary School embraced MTAP-DEPED Saturday Mathematics Program that helps student acquire knowledge in Mathematics subject and improve their grades. This study aims to determine whether the pupils who involved/joined the Mathematics class program improve their grade and skills and to know the impact of learning to the students who involved/joined the Mathematics class program. Different statistical treatment was used such as getting the mean and its mean percentage score and the likert scale to compare the First Grading achievement of the pupils to the Second Grading Achievement of pupils in Mathematics subject. It

measures the difference of the scores before and after the implementation of the MTAPDEPED Saturday Mathematics Program. The results of the study implies a high impact of MTAP-DEPED Saturday Mathematics Program in their academic performance with forty-seven (47) out of fiftyseven (57) selected Grade 4 pupils (82%). Nine (9) of them (16%) had a very high impact while one (1) of the selected Grade 4 pupils (2%) had moderate impact of Saturday Mathematics Program in academic performance. It also shows in figure 3 that there are no selected Grade 4 pupils had a low and very low impact in MTAP-DEPED Saturday Mathematics Program in academic performance. Therefore, the over-all impact of MTAP-DEPED Saturday Mathematics Program in academic performance of selected Grade 4 pupils was high or it can be interpreted as good academic performance. Though it is recommended to continue the MTAP-DEPED Saturday Mathematics Program. This program motivates the pupil’s interest in Mathematics subjects as reflected in their academic achievements.

Impact of MTAP-DEPED Saturday Mathematics Program in the Academic Achievement of Selected Grade Four Pupils of Bagong Pook Elementary School for the School Year 2016 – 2017 I.

CONTEXT Mathematics is one of the elementary subjects that pupils are very hard to

understand and apply in real-life situation. Nowadays, teachers vary their own strategies, methodologies, instructional materials, etc. to make the pupils understand the lesson and content in Mathematics. In 21st century subjects, Department of Education made a class program for Mathematics subject (MTAP class) so that the 21st century learners’ may acquire additional knowledge and improve their talents and skills as well as their grades. MTAP-DEPED Saturday Mathematics Program in every school intends to provide students the opportunity to do mathematics with some open-problem solving without threat of tests. It also gives students an intensive review of the material they covered in the previous year/grade level up to the present school year. Besides, students cope readily with the present and future lessons in Mathematics. MTAP-DEPED Saturday Mathematics Program also aims to prepare Graduating students/pupils for the entrance exams in their next level of studies and prepare them for Math competitions.

RATIONALE The purpose of this studies are a) to determine whether the pupils who involved/joined the Mathematics class program improve their grade and skills. b) to know the impact of learning to the students who involved/joined the Mathematics class program

II.

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

Mathematics (from Greek μάθημα máthēma, “knowledge, study, learning”) is the

study

space,

of

topics

such

as quantity (numbers),

structure,

and change. There is a range of views among mathematicians and

philosophers as to the exact scope and definition of mathematics. The Mathematics Teachers Association of the Philippines, Inc. (MTAP), was organized to serve as an appropriate venue where mathematics teachers can come together, interact with one another and share each other's expertise in the pursuit of excellence in mathematics education. The incorporation papers were filed on June 9, 1962 and approved on September 27, 1962.

To ensure a better quality of Mathematics Education, the MTAP aims to:

1. Awaken greater interest in and appreciation of the beauty and value of mathematics among teachers and students, 2. Provide opportunities for the professional growth of teachers, 3. Identify and recognize exemplary teachers,

4. Encourage involvement in the development of Mathematics Education in the Philippines, 5. Identify and motivate mathematically-gifted students, as well as regular students, towards the full development of their potentials, 6. Identify and train resource people who can devote themselves in the teaching of mathematics and do research work on learning and teaching. On the whole MTAP is indeed a potent tool in improving not only the teachers’ professional competencies but students’ performance as well. With the collaboration of many other colleagues from different parts of the country, especially the Division Supervisors who are concerned about the performance of their teachers and students, the MTAP is confident that the country will manage to upgrade the quality of its mathematics education.

III.

RESEARCH QUESTIONS This study aimed to determine the impact of MTAP-DEPED Saturday

Mathematics Program

in the academic achievement of the selected grade four

pupils of Bagong Pook Elementary School for the school year 2016-2017 Specifically, the study focuses to answer the following questions: 1. What is the academic achievement of selected grade four pupils in First Grading Mathematics subject for the school year 2016-2017? 2. What is the academic achievement of selected grade four pupils in Mathematics subject after they attended the MTAP-DEPED Saturday Mathematics Program?

3. Is there any significant effect of MTAP-DEPED Saturday Mathematics Program and the academic achievement of selected grade four pupils of Bagong Pook Elementary School? 4. What action may be proposed to increase the pupil’s academic achievement in Mathematics?

IV.

SCOPE AND LIMITATION This research work dealt with the impact of MTAP-DEPED Saturday Mathematics Program in the academic achievement of selected grade four pupils of Bagong Pook Elementary School of the school year 2016-2017. The study involved sixty (57) pupils who joined in the MTAP-DEPED Saturday Mathematics Program out of 200 grade four enrollees of Bagong Pook Elementary School who joined in the MTAP-DEPED Saturday Mathematics Program for the school year 2016-2017. This research attempt to measure the level of academic achievement of selected grade four pupils using the first quarter and second quarter grades in Mathematics as the assessment tool.

V.

METHODOLOGY This study used the following methods of statistical treatment such as getting the mean and its mean percentage score and the likert scale to compare the First Grading achievement of the pupils to the Second Grading Achievement of pupils in Mathematics subject. It measures the difference of the scores before and after the implementation of the MTAP-DEPED Saturday Mathematics Program.

A. Sampling Respondent of the study are the 57 grade four pupils who attended the MTAP-DEPED Saturday Mathematics Program during the year 2016-2017.

B. Data Collection The study made use of the First Quarter Mathematics grades of the pupils and the Second Quarter grades of the pupils as an instrument in gathering the data.

VI.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS

100 90 80

2 3 3 2 11 3 1 1 1 3 3 4 1 1 32 3424 31 4 2 6 1 22 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 1 4 1 3 1 1 3 3 3 2 3 11 5 0 4 4

70

GRADES

60 50 92 90 90 9087 88 86 87 85 85 8888 85 85 84 84 84 84 84 84 8485 85 85 83 83 83 83 83 83 82 80 8281 8180 80808280 82 808279 80 40 81828182 808082778180 77 76 30 20 10

Pupil 1 Pupil 3 Pupil 5 Pupil 7 Pupil 9 Pupil 11 Pupil 13 Pupil 15 Pupil 17 Pupil 19 Pupil 21 Pupil 23 Pupil 25 Pupil 27 Pupil 29 Pupil 31 Pupil 33 Pupil 35 Pupil 37 Pupil 39 Pupil 41 Pupil 43 Pupil 45 Pupil 47 Pupil 49 Pupil 51 Pupil 53 Pupil 55 Pupil 57

0

No. of Pupils 1st Quarter Grade

Increase in 2nd Quarter

Figure 1. Number of Increase in terms of Grade in Math in 2nd Quarter of the Selected Grade 4 Pupils Figure 1 shows that none of them (0) out of fifty-seven (57) selected Grade 4 Pupils had decrease in their grades in Math for the 2nd quarter after they attended the six (6) session of “MTAP-DEPED Saturday Mathematics Program”. One (1) of the selected Grade 4 pupils (Pupil 26), maintain his grade in Math in 2nd quarter; while fifty-six (56) out of fifty-seven (57) selected Grade 4 pupils had positive increase in Math subject in 2nd quarter.

100 90 80 70

Grades

60 50 Grades in 1st Quarter 40

Grades in 2nd Quarter

30 20

10

Pupil 52 Pupil 55

Pupil 49

Pupil 46

Pupil 40 Pupil 43

Pupil 37

Pupil 31 Pupil 34

Pupil 28

Pupil 25

Pupil 19 Pupil 22

Pupil 16

Pupil 13

Pupil 7 Pupil 10

Pupil 4

Pupil 1

0

No. of Pupils

Figure 2. Distribution of 1st and 2nd Quarter Grades in Math of the Selected Grade 4 Pupils

Figure 2 presented the difference of the grades in 1st quarter to 2nd quarter of the selected Grade 4 pupils after they attended the MTAP-DEPED Saturday Mathematics Program. It can be seen from figure 2 that Pupil 20 had a highest increase grade in Math from 1st quarter to 2nd quarter with positive 6, while the other pupils increase by 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.

18

17 16

16

14 14

No. of Puils

12 10

8

7

6 4

2

1 0

0

0

0

0

0

-6

-5

-4

-3

-2

-1

1

1

+5

+6

0 0

+1

+2

+3

+4

Level of Impact of "Saturday Mathematics Program" in Academic Performance

Scale: +4 to +6 (Very high impact); +1 to +3 (High impact); 0 (moderate impact); -3 to -1 (Low impact); -6 to -4 (Very low impact)

Figure 3. Level of Impact of MTAP-DEPED Saturday Mathematics Program in Academic Performance of Selected Grade 4 Pupils

It can be seen from figure 3 that most of the selected Grade 4 pupils had a high impact of MTAP-DEPED Saturday Mathematics Program in their academic performance with forty-seven (47) out of fifty-seven (57) selected Grade 4 pupils (82%). Nine (9) of them (16%) had a very high impact while one (1) of the selected Grade 4 pupils (2%) had moderate impact of Saturday Mathematics Program in academic performance. It also shows in figure 3 that there are no selected Grade 4 pupils had a low and very low impact in MTAP-DEPED Saturday Mathematics Program in academic performance.

Table 1. Over-all Impact of Saturday Mathematics Program in Academic Performance of Selected Grade 4 Pupils S e l e cte d Grade 4 Pu pi l s

In cre as e i n Grade from 1s t Q u arte r to 2n d Q u arte r

De s cri pti on

P upil 1

+3

High impact

P upil 2

+2

High impact

P upil 3

+2

High impact

P upil 4

+2

High impact

P upil 5

+4

Very high impact

P upil 6

+1

High impact

P upil 7

+1

P upil 8

+2

High impact

P upil 9

+5

Very high impact

P upil 10

+1

High impact

P upil 11

+3

High impact

P upil 12

+1

High impact

P upil 13

+3

High impact

P upil 14

+1

P upil 15

+2

High impact

P upil 16

+4

Very high impact

P upil 17

+3

High impact

P upil 18

+2

High impact

P upil 19

+1

High impact

P upil 20

+6

Very high impact

P upil 21

+1

High impact

P upil 22

+4

Very high impact

P upil 23

+1

High impact

P upil 24

+2

High impact

P upil 25

+1

High impact

P upil 26

0

Moderat e impact

P upil 27

+1

High impact

P upil 28

+1

High impact

P upil 29

+1

High impact

P upil 30

+1

High impact

P upil 31

+3

High impact

P upil 32

+1

High impact

P upil 33

+3

High impact

P upil 34

+2

High impact

P upil 35

+3

High impact

P upil 36

+3

High impact

P upil 37

+2

High impact

P upil 38

+4

Very high impact

P upil 39

+3

High impact

P upil 40

+2

High impact

P upil 41

+2

P upil 42

+3

High impact

P upil 43

+4

Very high impact

P upil 44

+2

High impact

P upil 45

+4

Very high impact

P upil 46

+3

High impact

P upil 47

+3

High impact

P upil 48

+2

High impact

P upil 49

+3

High impact

P upil 50

+1

High impact

P upil 51

+2

High impact

P upil 52

+2

High impact

P upil 53

+2

High impact

P upil 54

+1

P upil 55

+1

High impact

P upil 56

+4

Very high impact

P upil 57

+3

High impact

O ve r-al l Impact of S e l e cte d Grade 4 Pupi l s

+2.32

*Hi gh i mpact

High impact

High impact

High impact

High impact

Scale: +4 to +6 (Very high impact); +1 to +3 (High impact); 0 (moderate impact); -3 to -1 (Low impact); -6 to -4 (Very low impact)

Table 1 summarizes the over-all impact of MTAP-DEPED Saturday Mathematics Program in academic performance of selected Grade 4 pupils. The overall impact of MTAP-DEPED Saturday Mathematics Program in academic performance of selected Grade 4 pupils was high or it can be interpreted as good academic performance.

VII.

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Based on the results, most of the selected Grade 4 pupils had a high impact of MTAP-DEPED Saturday Mathematics Program in their academic performance with forty-seven (47) out of fifty-seven (57) selected Grade 4 pupils (82%). Nine (9) of them (16%) had a very high impact while one (1) of the selected Grade 4 pupils (2%) had moderate impact of Saturday Mathematics Program in academic performance. It also shows in figure 3 that there are no selected Grade 4 pupils had a low and very low impact in MTAP-DEPED Saturday Mathematics Program in academic performance. Therefore, it is recommended to continue the MTAP-DEPED Saturday Mathematics Program in every school. This program motivates the pupil’s interest in Mathematics subjects as reflected in their academic achievements.

VIII.

ETHICAL ISSUES This research maintains the confidentiality and anonymity of the pupils grades

for the genuine results of the study.

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