Assessment of Learning Competencies in Mathematics: Basis for Contextualized Instructional Material Development
Journal Title: Psychology and Education: A Multidisciplinary Journal - Year 2022, Vol 4, Issue 7
Abstract
This developmental research aimed to assess the learning competencies in mathematics as basis for contextualized instructional material development. The respondents of the study were the 250 Grade VI learners in the District of Lemery, Lemery, Iloilo, who were chosen using the stratified random sampling. The researcher-made instrument was used to gather data. The instrument is a 45-item multiple choice test which was validated and reliability tested. This study employed mean and percentage in data analysis. The results of the study revealed that topics under whole numbers was in ;approaching to mastery level, number relations was in ;developing level, fractions was in ;frustration level, decimals was in ;developing level, ratio, proportion, and percent was in ;approaching to mastery level, geometry was in ;developing level, patterns and algebra was in ;developing level, topics related to measurement was in ;frustration level, statistics and probability was in ;developing level. It was further found out that the least mastered competency was in the topic related to fraction. It was concluded that learners performed best in the topics related to whole numbers and underperformed in the topics related to fractions and measurement. Contextualized instructional material was developed to improve the performance of the learners on the topics which they found difficult. The evaluation of developed instructional material revealed ;exemplary in terms of content, quality, usability, instructional design, and in over-all. It was further recommended that learners, teachers and school administrator should collaborate with each other to address the problem in mastering the learning competencies in mathematics.
Authors and Affiliations
Junie Biason
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