Paper Key : IRJ************451
Author: Rod Ceasar B. Catuday
Date Published: 10 Jul 2024
Abstract
The study was designed to investigate the efficacy of utilizing the trading board to the numeracy skills among junior high school students in Oras National Agro-Industrial School. It also aimed to compare and determine if there is significant difference between the pre-test and posttest numeracy mean scores and numeracy proficiency levels of the students. The subjects of the study were 22 identified non-numerate students in Oras National Agro-Industrial School. The 22 identified non-numerate students were taught the concepts of the four basic operations in mathematics with the use of the trading board over a period of three weeks. Quasi-experimental research design was utilized in this study. The instrument used for data collection was adopted from the Department of Education (DepEd) numeracy test in key stage 3 (grade 7 to 10). Students achievements on the pretest and posttest were analyzed using percentages, mean, standard deviation and the dependent t-test. The findings of the study were that, those who were taught through extensive use of trading board performed significantly better. Thus, the use of the trading board proved very effective and promising approach to teaching and learning the concepts of the four basic operations in mathematics, and that the board also improved students thinking process as they solved problems of the four fundamental operations in mathematics. On the basis of these findings, it is recommended that trading board should be used as a tool to introducing non-numerate students to the concepts of the four basic operations in mathematics.
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