An evaluation of the effectiveness of the Mindanao State University high school bound program

• Main Author: Macaraya, Maunara O.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1986
• Subjects: Mathematics > Remedial teaching; Mathematics > Study and teaching; Mindanao State University (Marawi City, Lanao del Sur); Mathematics
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_doctoral/618
• Institution: De La Salle University

This study evaluates the effect of a 6-week summer remedial training in mathematics for high-school-bound students who are planning to enroll in the external high schools of the Mindanao State University in Marawi City. For the purpose, evaluations were conducted in 2 phases: Phase I, at the end of the summer training and Phase II, 8 months after holding the summer training. Phase I focused on the effect of the summer training on the mathematics ability of the participants as well as on their attitude towards mathematics. It also focused on the relationship between gain score in mathematics and some selected teacher variables as well as student variables. Phase II focused on the effect of the summer training on the mathematics performance of the participants during the regular school year following the summer training. A total of 75 students who have participated in the summer training and another total of 49 students who have not participated were selected at random from five randomly selected high schools which were previously designated training centers. These students were administered the Mathematics Achievement Test based on their lessons. The IOWA Test of Basic Skills (Level 9) and the Mathematics Attitude Inventory were also administered to check on their comparability with respect to their basic skills in English and in mathematics as well as their attitude towards mathematics.The results of the investigation revealed that the summer training have improved the mathematics ability of the participants as well as their attitude towards mathematics at the end of the summer training. Units earned in mathematics, summer institutes in mathematics attended and the efficiency rating of the trainor were found significantly related to gain score in mathematics. Among the student variables, only student's attitude toward mathematics was found significantly related to gain score in mathematics at the end of the summer training. On the basis of the findings, the investigator concluded that the summer training held in 1985 have significantly improved the mathematics performance of the participants as well as their attitude toward mathematics.