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
bagongpookes@gmil.com
 ACKNOWLEDGMENT

This action research becomes a reality with the kind support and help of many

individuals. We would like to extend our sincere gratitude to all of them.

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.

We would like to express our gratefulness to our mentors for their infinite support

and for their full cooperation to make this action research possible.

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: carolynjoyt@yahoo.com

JHOY D. DIOLOLA
Teacher I
Birthday: September 13, 1990
Address: Indang, Cavite
Philippines,4109
Email: tadoydoy_07@yahoo.com.ph

JOHN PAULO B. PONCE

Teacher I
Birthday: July 15, 1992
Address: Trece Martires City, Cavite
Philippines,4109
Email: johnpaulo_ponce@yahoo.com

BASILISA R. DIGMA, Ed. D.

Principal II
Birthday: April 16, 1968
Address: Bancod, Indang
Email:liza_15@ymail.com
 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 (MTAP-

DEPED 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 MTAP-

DEPED 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 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, 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 of topics such as quantity (numbers), structure,

space, 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

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Pupil 31

Pupil 37

Pupil 43

Pupil 49

Pupil 55
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 33
Pupil 35

Pupil 39
Pupil 41

Pupil 45
Pupil 47

Pupil 51
Pupil 53

Pupil 57
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.

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Grades in 2nd Quarter

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Pupil 1
Pupil 4
Pupil 7
Pupil 10
Pupil 13
Pupil 16
Pupil 19
Pupil 22
Pupil 25
Pupil 28
Pupil 31
Pupil 34
Pupil 37
Pupil 40
Pupil 43
Pupil 46
Pupil 49
Pupil 52
Pupil 55

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.
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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
In cre as e i n Grade from 1s t Q u arte r to
S e l e cte d Grade 4 Pu pi l s De s cri pti on
2n d Q u arte r

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 High impact

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 High impact

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 High impact

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 High impact

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

+2.32 *Hi gh i mpact
4 Pupi l s

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 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.
 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.

IX. COST ESTIMATES

Item/ Activity Amount No. of Items/ Quantity Cost

Paper used 50 centavos 48 24

Printing 120 1 120
TOTAL P 144.00

X. REFERENCES