Republic OF the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
CARAGA Administrative Region
Division of Surigao del Sur
JOSE SANVICTORES SR. NATIONAL SCHOOL
La Purisima, Cagwait, Surigao del Sur School ID 304925
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
Context and Rationale
Edmodo is an educational technology company offering a communication, collaboration,
and coaching platform to K-12 schools and teachers created by Nic Borg, Jeff O'Hara, Crystal
Hutter. The Edmodo network enables teachers to share content, distribute quizzes,
assignments, and manage communication with students, colleagues, and even parents. A form
of educational set-up where students learn new contents during out-of-class-time instead of the
traditional review exercise that are normally given.
This study was designed to find out whether students were able to decode Mathematical
problems especially on Grade Ten Mathematics.
The International Commission on Mathematical Instruction (ICMI, 2014) emphasized the
use of the investigations and new strategy to develop students’ Mathematical creativity. Edmodo
can serve to attract students who come to school with less motivation, and such students learn
from challenging instructional worksheets, video lessons and other related activities more than
they can learn from the mastery of routine methods. The issue of lower than expected
Mathematics achievement is a persistent worry to education leaders and policy makers at all
levels in Philippine Educational System. In Jose Sanvictores Sr. National School, the researcher
found out that the students experience difficulty in Mathematics subjects, particularly in grade
10 Mathematics, as usually reflected in their scores from their major examinations. With these,
the researcher wished to investigate if the use of Web-based instruction by Edmodo, enhanced
mean percentage scores of the students.
Republic OF the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
CARAGA Administrative Region
Division of Surigao del Sur
JOSE SANVICTORES SR. NATIONAL SCHOOL
La Purisima, Cagwait, Surigao del Sur School ID 304925
The results of this study were cascaded to the school administrators and curriculum
developers, as well as Math teacher’s evidences which they can make use of in planning
appropriate actions to help the students increase their abilities to solve Mathematical problems.
Thus, this study served as an avenue to better improve both the curriculum and the classroom
experience of the students given the various strategies such as Web-based instruction by
Edmodo that will be integrating by the teachers to improve their problem-solving skill.
Innovation, Intervention and strategy
It is not necessary to explain the statement that technology is ubiquitous, embracing
almost every part of our lives, our communities, and every single hour of our life. On the other
hand, the society and technology imbue each other, that they are in mutual dependence and
that they cannot survive one without the other today at the beginning of the 21st century (Sara
Daraei, Member, IACSIT).
So, in the field of education this has no exception. The number of students engaged in
the social media activities is rapidly increasing. Technology is one of the biggest factors to
consider for failing and low grades of students in Mathematics.
The influence of social media on learning and teaching environments is growing more
each year. Technology does have a secondary role in the process of knowledge, especially
because technology is becoming increasingly integrated into the lives of learners of all age
groups nowadays.
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Republic OF the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
CARAGA Administrative Region
Division of Surigao del Sur
JOSE SANVICTORES SR. NATIONAL SCHOOL
La Purisima, Cagwait, Surigao del Sur School ID 304925
Marzano, Pickering and Pollock (2011) noted that various aspects of instructions may
play a huge role in student’s achievement in conjunction with teaching methods
The goal of Mathematics teaching is to equip students with Mathematical skills that
enable them to solve problems as asserted by Pimta et al., (2011).
The purpose of this study was to determine the student preference towards the use of
information and communication technology in the form of the academic networking site-Edmodo
on student engagement and responsible learning. This paper seeks to evaluate whether
Edmodo is an authentic teaching strategy that should be employed by more teachers hoping to
encourage a student-centered technology driven learning environment where students are
actively engaged and practicing views of responsible learning.
The above concepts on Mathematical problem-solving difficulties among students have
provided baseline information to the researcher as to the various experiences that learners go
through as they encounter such type of activity. The schools need to provide learners with
opportunities to gain knowledge on how to deal with Mathematics problems solving in the
different fields of Mathematics. The curriculum needs to be introduced in a systematic and
interesting manner from the onset of formal education to create opportunities in enhancing
problem solving skills of students.
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Republic OF the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
CARAGA Administrative Region
Division of Surigao del Sur
JOSE SANVICTORES SR. NATIONAL SCHOOL
La Purisima, Cagwait, Surigao del Sur School ID 304925
Action Research Questions
This study aimed to compare the learning effectiveness of the two methods of teaching
sequences and polynomials in grade 10 Mathematics. Specifically, it sought to answer the
following questions:
1.) What is the pretest mean scores of the students in Grade 10 Mathematics before
using conventional and Web based Instruction (EDMODO) strategies?
2.) What is the posttest mean scores of the students in Grade 10 Mathematics after using
conventional and Web based Instruction (EDMODO) strategies?
3.) Is there a significant difference on the achievement of students in Grade 10
Mathematics using the two strategies?
Scope and Limitation
This study focused on determining and analyzing the difficulties on Mathematical
problems in Grade 10 Mathematics. The subjects of this study were the grade 10 high school
students of Jose Sanvictores Sr. National School for the first grading period of Academic Year
2019-2020 who enrolled in Grade 10 Mathematics. The learning areas were the topics in Grade
Ten Mathematics such as; Arithmetic Sequences, Geometric and other sequences, Polynomials
and Polynomial Equations for the first grading period. This study was experimental in design.
The researcher was made use of two methods in the teaching of Grade 10 Mathematics which
included the conventional and Web based Instruction (EDMODO). The variables which were
included in this study encompassed the teaching methods mentioned above, and the preposttest score
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Republic OF the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
CARAGA Administrative Region
Division of Surigao del Sur
JOSE SANVICTORES SR. NATIONAL SCHOOL
La Purisima, Cagwait, Surigao del Sur School ID 304925
Chapter 2
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
A. Research Design
This study employed quasi-experimental design. It aims to differentiate the effectiveness
of the two methods of teaching sequences and polynomials of grade 10 Mathematics at Jose
Sanvictores Sr. National School. This design is the same as the typical controlled experimental
design
Subjects to conventional method of teaching were the control group while the
experimental group underwent the integration of Web-based instruction through EDMODO of
grade 10 Mathematics in Jose Sanvictores Sr. National School. Before the treatment, the two
groups were given pretest and the same test was administered after the treatment as posttest.
B. Sampling
Grade 10 students were subjected to the conduct of this research. They were about ages
between 15 - 17 years old and were active in different media. Two sections were created for the
experiment. Thirty students were placed in the conventional group while another thirty was
placed for the integration of Web-based instruction (EDMODO) having a total of sixty subjects.
Simple random sampling, was used in getting the number of respondents, with no
distinguishing features for the reason that there were only two sections of Grade 10 in the school.
The two sections were automatically grouped as conventional group and integration of Webbased instruction (EDMODO) group respectively.
The conventional group and Web-based instruction (EDMODO) group conducted
classes every day at 10:00-11:00 am and 11:00-12:00 pm respectively.
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Republic OF the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
CARAGA Administrative Region
Division of Surigao del Sur
JOSE SANVICTORES SR. NATIONAL SCHOOL
La Purisima, Cagwait, Surigao del Sur School ID 304925
C. Data Collection
After the orientation for the first day of classes, the researcher administered to both
experimental and controlled groups the Grade 10 Mathematics Achievement Test as pretest.
The students were oriented on how the class is conducted so that they can be responsive on
whatever activities that might transpire inside the classroom.
In Web based instruction (EDMODO), the students were given different activities related
to Web based instruction strategy. Each student was provided with instructional materials that
directed them on how to do the given activities. The instructional activities contained detail
explanation on how to undergo the given task. They were also given problem exercises which
were included in the instructional sheets to measure how far they have learned out from the
activity that they performed. They were allowed to ask questions to the researcher if ever they
wanted to be clarified on something.
In the Conventional Method, the researcher employed lecture method or simply “chalktalk” instruction. Every meeting, the lessons started with terminologies, concepts; formula were
given to them followed by an example. Quizzes were given to both experimental and control
groups as formative test but this were not included in the analysis.
After the post-test was conducted, data were tallied and were subjected to statistical
analysis. After which, inferences were made. It was followed by the recommendations of the
researcher to better improve the performance of the students in solving Mathematical problem
in Grade 10 Mathematics.
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Republic OF the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
CARAGA Administrative Region
Division of Surigao del Sur
JOSE SANVICTORES SR. NATIONAL SCHOOL
La Purisima, Cagwait, Surigao del Sur School ID 304925
D. Ethical Issues
Prior to the conduct of this study the researcher crafted a letter of permission to the
school head that the study will be conducted in the school. Likewise, the teacher-researcher also
informed the parents of the respondents through HRPTA Meeting. The parents were assured of
the benefits of the study and to improve the performance of their students in the specific
competencies mentioned.
The researcher oriented the students regarding the importance of the Web-based
instruction and the flow of the activity before the implementation of the study.
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Republic OF the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
CARAGA Administrative Region
Division of Surigao del Sur
JOSE SANVICTORES SR. NATIONAL SCHOOL
La Purisima, Cagwait, Surigao del Sur School ID 304925
CHAPTER 3
RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
This chapter reveals the presentation, analysis and interpretation of data gathered in the
study. The sequence of the discussion was based on how problems are stated in chapter one.
Pretest and Posttest Mean Scores of the Students in Grade 10 Mathematics using
Conventional and Web based instruction
Table 1
Type of
Group
Pretest
Posttest
N
Mean
s.d.
N
Mean
s.d
Web based
instruction
30
16
2
30
29
7
Controlled
Group
30
13
3
30
17
4
Achievement of students in the pretest and posttest is presented in table 1. The table
shows that the experimental group obtained slightly higher mean of 16 than that of the control
group in the pretest with a mean of 30. This result indicates that both groups have acquired the
pre-requisite skills of the lesson before the conduct of the study. Furthermore, it obviously
illustrates that the experimental group obtained high scores in the posttest with an average mean
value of 29 compared to the control group having a lower average mean value of 17.
During the conduct of the study, it was observed that students who were taught using the
Web-based instruction showed positive response upon receiving the new teaching strategy
since they were excited to be taught using a Web-based instruction. Moreover, the students in
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Republic OF the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
CARAGA Administrative Region
Division of Surigao del Sur
JOSE SANVICTORES SR. NATIONAL SCHOOL
La Purisima, Cagwait, Surigao del Sur School ID 304925
experimental group can study the lessons in various manners repeatedly and made them obtain
a significant increase in their mean score.
On the other hand, the students in the control group have a direct input from the teacher
in the discussion of lesson in Mathematics 10 through traditional lecture way of teaching. The
in-depth discussion given by the researcher led the group to obtain a significant increase of their
mean score, thus students were still able to understand the lessons given by the researcher.
Moreover, the higher value of the standard deviation of the students under experimental
group shows that the scores of these students were scattered and close to the mean compared
with the scores of those students in the control group. This implies that some students who were
taught using different instructional materials really understand the concepts well. This resulted
to their high mean score in the posttest.
The control group further obtained a low standard deviation. It explains that the test
scores of the students in this group are not closed compared to the experimental group. This
finding revealed that most of the students did not really understand for some reasons the
selected lesson in Mathematics 10 which was properly discussed by the researcher.
To test if there is a significant difference in teaching approach used by the teacher
between the experimental and the control group, the One-Way Analysis of Covariance
(ANCOVA) was used. Table 2 presents the summary of the results.
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Republic OF the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
CARAGA Administrative Region
Division of Surigao del Sur
JOSE SANVICTORES SR. NATIONAL SCHOOL
La Purisima, Cagwait, Surigao del Sur School ID 304925
Significant Difference on the Achievement of Students in Grade 10 Mathematics using
the Two Strategies
Table 2
Summary of One –Way ANCOVA on the Students’ Achievement in Mathematics 10
Using Two Strategies
Source of
Variation
Between
Groups
SS
df
4358
MS
F-value
3 1452.667 70.64788
Within Groups
2385.2
116 20.56207
Total
6743.2
119
P-value
0.000
F crit
2.682809
It can be gleaned from Table 2 that the computed F-value is 70.64788 at p-value = 0.000,
which is less than the set level of significance at α = 0.05. This implies that there is a significant
difference on the academic achievement of students in Mathematics 10 when taught using Webbased instruction and lecture method.
The study concluded that the Web-based instruction was effective to be used in teaching
Mathematics 10. Moreover, study found out that the innovative instructional strategies were
helpful in increasing student performance in Logic. The students taught using the Web-based
instruction performed better than students taught using the lecture (tradition) method.
Furthermore, students were more satisfied with the worktext compared to lecture-discussion and
teachers were most satisfied with the usability of the worktext.
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Republic OF the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
CARAGA Administrative Region
Division of Surigao del Sur
JOSE SANVICTORES SR. NATIONAL SCHOOL
La Purisima, Cagwait, Surigao del Sur School ID 304925
CHAPTER 4
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
Conclusion
Based on the following findings, it could be asserted that:
1. Lecture method could be an effective teaching approach and could enhance students’
capabilities in understanding lesson in Mathematics 10.
2. Lecture method and the Web-based instruction as a teaching approach were both
effective for the different Mathematical levels.
3. Web-based instruction attracted the students under experimental to perform more
better than of the students under control group
Recommendations
In the light of the findings and conclusions, this study recommended the following:
1. Training on the use of Web-based instruction should be encouraged to teachers to give
them the proper knowledge to use the teaching method effectively in the classroom to
facilitate a meaningful learning experience among students.
2. Studies on the integration of Web-based instruction should be conducted as an
approach in teaching other subject areas to see if the students perform similarly.
3. More sections should be included in the choice of subjects for future researchers who
wish to have another experimental study on the integration of Web-based instruction.
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Republic OF the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
CARAGA Administrative Region
Division of Surigao del Sur
JOSE SANVICTORES SR. NATIONAL SCHOOL
La Purisima, Cagwait, Surigao del Sur School ID 304925
4. The strategy is helpful for students but should be closely guided by the parents
specially when using gadgets.
5. A study may be conducted to find out the factors that influence the learning style and
achievement.
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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
CARAGA Administrative Region
Division of Surigao del Sur
JOSE SANVICTORES SR. NATIONAL SCHOOL
La Purisima, Cagwait, Surigao del Sur School ID 304925
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Republic OF the Philippines
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
CARAGA Administrative Region
Division of Surigao del Sur
JOSE SANVICTORES SR. NATIONAL SCHOOL
La Purisima, Cagwait, Surigao del Sur School ID 304925
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