A proposed program for the mathematically gifted high school students of Lourdes School of Mandaluyong

• Main Author: Negru, Edna H.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1995
• Subjects: Mathematical ability > Testing; High school students; Talented students; Educational program; Catholic high schools; Lourdes School (Mandaluyong); xx3 Gifted children; Education; Mathematics
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_masteral/1706
• Institution: De La Salle University

The descriptive-developmental method is used to develop a program for the mathematically gifted high school students of the Lourdes School of Mandaluyong. Forty mathematically gifted first year high school students during the school year 1994-1995 were considered as subjects. They were identified using the Otis-Lennon School Ability Test, grades in both Math and English, and scores in a diagnostic test in Math. The pretest-posttest research design was employed. Two equivalent groups, the experimental and the control groups, were formed with equal number of students. The experimental group was handled by the researcher and the control group was handled by an equally-qualified teacher. A validated and researcher made test was given as pretest and posttest. The t-test and the analysis of covariance were used to analyze the data. The pretest scores served as the covariates. Prior to using ANCOVA, normal distribution was assured by getting the skewness and kurtosis. The study showed that there was no significant difference in the achievement of the students who were exposed to the program and those who were exposed to the Secondary Education Development Program (SEDP). However, there were indications that an improved program could yield significant difference. There was a significant difference in the achievement of the experimental group before and after undergoing the proposed program. A significant difference was also created in the achievement of the control group before and after undergoing the SEDP. The one-way ANCOva revealed that there was no significant difference in the achievement of the students who were exposed to the special program and those who were exposed to the SEDP. Nevertheless, it was noted that after disregarding the pretest results, the adjusted mean of the experimental group increased while that of the control group decreased. The proposed program with a differentiated curriculum was instructionally effective. The Secondary Education Development Program (SEDP) was also effective because there was learning after the students were exposed to it. Either the Proposed Program for the Mathematically Gifted or the SEDP may be used because no significant difference was created on the achievement of the mathematically gifted students. The Proposed Program can still serve its purpose as an educational provision for the mathematically gifted students of Lourdes School of Mandaluyong.