Arellano University

Jose Rizal Campus

Governor Pascual Ave., Malabon City
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School Year : 2019 – 2020

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ENCOURAGING THE

STUDENTS’ IMPROVEMENT TO BECOME A
MATHEMATICAL PROFICIENT

In partial fulfillment of the subject requirement in

Purposive Communication

Carl John M. Nazareth

Student Name

1st Year BSBA – Financial Management

Year and Course
 THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ENCOURAGING THE
STUDENTS’ IMPROVEMENT TO BECOME A
MATHEMATICAL PROFICIENT

INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Proficiency is much more likely to develop when a mathematics classroom is a community of
learners rather than a collection of isolated individuals. In such a classroom, students are encouraged to
generate and share solution methods, mistakes are valued as opportunities for everyone to learn, and
correctness is determined by the logic and structure of the problem, rather than by the teacher.
Questioning and discussion that elicit students’ thinking and solution strategies and build on those
strategies lead to greater clarity and precision. A significant amount of class time is spent developing
mathematical ideas, not just practicing skills.

According to Patel (2016) emphasizes that Mathematics is a subject which is commonly found to
be hard for many people. He was also weak in the Mathematics in past but gradually with the help of his
teachers that will develop himself. Right now, he is not the scorer in Mathematics but he can say that this
subject is a good comfortable for him.

In addition to working as members of the classroom community, students also need to become
independent learners, both inside and outside the classroom. Students should have opportunities to work
independently of the teacher, individually and in pairs or groups. When homework is assigned for the
purpose of developing skills, students should be sufficiently familiar with the skills so that they do not
practice incorrect procedures. Only by becoming independent learners can students come to see
mathematics as doable and useful.

One of the strongest findings from research is that time and opportunity to learn are essential for
successful learning. For all students to develop mathematical proficiency, schools should devote a
substantial and regular amount of time to mathematics instruction. As an overall guideline, an hour each
school day should be devoted to mathematics instruction from kindergarten through high school grade
levels. This time should be apportioned so that all the strands of mathematical proficiency receive
adequate attention.
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
To achieve the goal of mathematical proficiency for all, many components of school mathematics
must be changed. In particular, instruction, instructional materials, assessments, teacher education and
professional development, and the broader educational system must work together to ensure that all
students become engaged with mathematics throughout their all levels of school years.

A . Instructional Materials need to Integrate the Strands of

Mathematical Proficiency
Textbooks should move on to new, more advanced topics and should develop those in depth
rather than repeating many topics every year. Instructional materials need to have teacher notes that
support teachers’ understanding of mathematical concepts, student thinking and student errors, and
effective pedagogical supports and techniques. Instructional materials should incorporate activities and
strategies that assist teachers in helping all students become proficient in mathematics, including
students low in socioeconomic status, English-language learners, special education students, and
students with special interests or talents in mathematics.

B . Assessments need to Contribute to the Goal of Mathematical

Proficiency
In recent years, many states and districts have mandated a variety of assessments to measure
the mathematics performance of students. Some of these assessments have serious consequences for
students, teachers, and schools, such as determining whether a student will graduate or whether a school
will avoid state sanctions. In some cases, the assessment aims at what students have mastered, and all
students should be able to demonstrate mastery. In many other cases, however, the assessment ranks
students, schools, or districts; this means that half of those being assessed are necessarily below. Such
assessments typically do not provide information that can be used to improve instruction. The goal of
mathematical proficiency for all requires as one of its first tasks a rethinking of what assessments are
measuring.

C . Teachers need support that will enable them to teach all students
to be Mathematically Proficient
Like any complex task, effective mathematics teaching must be learned. Teachers need a special
kind of knowledge. To teach mathematics well, they must themselves be proficient in mathematics, at a
much deeper level than their students. They also must understand how students develop mathematical
proficiency, and they must have a repertoire of teaching practices that can promote proficiency.
Unfortunately, very few teachers have the specialized knowledge needed to teach mathematics in the
ways envisioned in this report. The view of mathematical proficiency presented here requires that
teachers act in new ways and have knowledge and understanding they once were not expected to have.

Like learning in any profession, learning to teach for mathematical proficiency is a career-long
challenge. Acquiring this knowledge and learning how to use it effectively in the classroom will take not
only time but resources. Professional development must become a continuing part of
the teacher’s workweek rather than taking the form of an occasional workshop. Teachers need extensive
opportunities to learn, to observe models of effective practice, and to have access to expertise in
mathematics teaching. It is not reasonable in the short term to expect all teachers to acquire the
knowledge they need to teach for mathematical proficiency. To further promote effective teaching and
learning, mathematics specialists, the teachers who have special training and interest in mathematics.

D . Efforts to Achieve Mathematical Proficiency must be coordinated,

comprehensive, and informed by Scientific Evidence
Many people have worked very hard in recent years to change the ways in which mathematics is
taught and learned. However, the problem requires greater and different efforts than those made so far.
Complex systems like school mathematics are what social scientists call overdetermined. A large number
of pressures exert forces on these systems, making them remarkably stable and resistant to change.
Altering such a system requires the coordinated efforts of everyone involved.

SCOPE AND DELIMITATION OF THE STUDY

The main focus of the study is all about the monitoring the students from Arellano University –
Jose Rizal Campus about their skills in improving them to develop their mathematical proficiency. This is
where the students if there is someone can understand and some others are cannot understand the
lesson on that subject. So that many teachers and professors will always help for their students to
understand carefully.

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

The main goal of this study is to answer the following:

A . Teachers and Professors

The role of teachers and professors in Mathematics for their students is to guide and teach them
carefully. This is where the students can listen and understand properly. Also the teachers will know the
levels of thinking skills from their students, so that they will not teach faster to avoid the confusion from
them.

B . Students
This study is very important for the students about the strategies and techniques on how to
understand carefully the mathematical equations in any topics. They are also to be a responsible to be
participative and cooperative way to have not only for enjoyment, but also to enhance their knowledge.

C . Universities / Schools
This study involves in public and private universities and schools. All the teachers and other staffs
in every schools can create a program such as seminars and other events for month of mathematics
subject that can help for the students to learn more and to improve their mathematical proficiency.
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
The purpose of this study aims to have a better performance due to the mathematical skills for
the students from Arellano University - Jose Rizal Campus.

1 . What is the demographic profile of respondents in terms of:

1.1 Age

1.2 Gender

1.3 Course

2 . How does the students really enjoy the Mathematics subject?

3 . Why students should require a new types of tests for their math proficiency?
THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK

The Five (5) Strands of Mathematical Proficiency

CONCEPTUAL PRODUCTIVE DISPOSITION

UNDERSTANDING
The tendency to see sense in
STRATEGIC CONPETENCE Integrated and functional mathematics, to perceive it as
grasp of mathematical both useful and worthwhile, to
The ability to formulate ideas. believe that steady learning in
mathematical problems, effort mathematics pays off, and
represent items, and solve to see oneself as an effective
them. learner and doer of
mathematics.

ADAPTIVE REASONING PROCEDURAL FLUENCY

The capacity to think logically Knowledge of procedures,
about the relationships among knowledge of when and how to
concepts and situations, use them appropriately, and
including the ability to justify skill in performing them flexibly,
one's reasoning both formally accurately and efficiently.
and informally.

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
This study shows the solution of the problem to make students to have a successful of improving their
Mathematical performances.

OUTPUT
PROCESS
-Achievements for
INPUT
-Basic math learning their
-Training activities teaching mathematics.
in Mathematics for strategies.
-Students are having
the students.
-Student their guidelines in
performance. solving the mathematical
problems.
 METHODOLOGY

This chapter represented research method used, description of the respondents’ profile, data
gathering procedure and statistical treatment of data.

The purpose of this study is to understand an experience from the respondents’ point of view.
The focus is on the respondents’ perception of the event or situation and the study should answer the
question of the experiences.

Research Design
This study uses a survey method to access a demographic profile of the respondents in terms
of their age, gender, and course. Therefore, this design deeply interacted in monitoring the respondents
in form of quantitative approaches. This will analyze as well because, the quantitative research has more
objectives in measuring the data as comprehensive way in forms of statistical methods.

Population and Sampling

The type of research that researcher conducts is a Quantitative Research. The research
sample is composed of 20 college students as a respondents from Arellano University - Jose Rizal
Campus located at Governor Pascual Avenue Malabon City.

This research sampling that researcher used is a convenience sampling in which an equal
representation for grade level among the respondents was applied.

Description of Respondents
The respondents are described in terms of the following variables such as Age, Gender, and
Course.

Data Gathering Instrument

To gather all the necessary information, this study used of the researcher made survey
questionnaires as a tool in order to know the people’s perception about on how this academic subject
makes them more valuable and interest.

Data Collection
The researcher managed all the survey questionnaires and guided the respondents in
answering the said questions and collected the survey form.

Statement of the Hypothesis

This research is all about myself and I believe that this will be a successful and I will also
recommend it to the schools and universities in public and private. My goal is for the students to know
about the importance of a Mathematics in their lives. Because, the Mathematics is everything in this
world. It can be used for an economy including for accounting, converting and measuring of something
and so on.

Statistical Treatment
This study responses to the questionnaire by the 1st year of BSBA college students were
statistically analyzed with the data requirements of the study and also the college students were
statistically analyzed with the data instruments of the study. The descriptive statistics such as frequency
count or the number of respondents, average, rounded off from average and ranking description. The
researcher uses the weighted mean of data strategy to measure the average of a rank from every
question or statement.

The formula in getting the weighted mean of data:

WM = ∑ 𝒇𝒙
n
where : ∑ = summation
f = frequency
x = rank equivalent
n = total number of respondents
 RESULT

The result of the study is stated in this part of the following:

I . Student Profile
A . Gender

B . Age
C . Course

II. Questions
Statement # 1 Statement # 2

Statement # 3 Statement # 4
Statement # 5 Statement # 6

Statement # 7 Statement # 8

Statement # 9 Statement # 10
 THE SUMMARY OF THE WEIGHTED MEAN OF DATA

STATEMENT STRONGLY STRONGLY AVERAGE

AGREE DISAGREE RANKING
NUMBER AGREE DISAGREE AVERAGE ROUNDING
(3) (2) DESCRIPTION
(#) (4) (1) OFF
#1 2 13 4 1 2.8 3 Agree
#2 2 15 3 0 2.95 3 Agree
#3 3 9 8 0 2.75 3 Agree
#4 2 7 9 2 2.45 2 Disagree
#5 0 17 2 1 2.8 3 Agree
#6 1 9 8 2 2.45 2 Disagree
#7 3 11 4 2 2.75 3 Agree
#8 2 5 12 1 2.4 2 Disagree
#9 4 10 5 1 2.85 3 Agree
# 10 6 14 0 0 3.3 3 Agree
 DISCUSSION

The goal of the study is to monitor the students through their performance in Mathematics and
on how to enjoy this academic subject.

The study is all about the strategies and techniques on how to make students to be a
Mathematical proficiency. This is where to measure the college students on what is the benefits of a
mathematics and what makes valuable for them. It includes of the five (5) strands of Mathematical
Proficiency and the step-by-step processes on teaching strategies on how to make students will
mastering this part of academic challenges that they want to cope and which shows the better
understanding and the importance for the betterment of an academic subject through their proper
behavior.

The study has a content of student profile such as gender, age and course about themselves.
The researcher makes a type of research which is called Quantitative Research and he use the strategy
of convenience sampling which means, he conducts a survey questionnaires through his favorite
respondents to choose and also to give them based on their experiences of challenging the Mathematics
subject.

The respondents are composed of 20 college students from Arellano University – Jose Rizal
Campus and it was divided into three (3) courses from BSBA. These are BSBA – Financial Management,
BSBA – Marketing Management and BSBA – Human Resource Development Management.
 CONCLUSION

The outcome of the study from the students that conduct a survey questionnaires is most of
them are getting an interest in Mathematics, and also they are not surrender even if the lectures have a
complex situations such as formulas and other kind of computations have much difficulties to them.

 There are 20 respondents from Arellano University – Jose Rizal Campus that their course are all
1st year BSBA college students.
 The performance of the respondents in an academic subject of Mathematics are always very well.
 The college students are most of the time are doing positively whenever the task is very hard
from them.
 The college students are always trying to give their best for the challenges in Mathematics during
their many activities, exercises and so on and so forth. Whether it is very hard for them or some
others are not, they are pursuing or to continue the challenges to solve the problems against
struggles.
 The college students are showing their unity, participative and cooperative way to learn with an
excitement in performing their specific tasks. Also they are keep practicing by the means of
studying on how to get the answer from the mathematical problems. This will show the levels of
their skills and better performance to mastering the lessons as well.
 The final verdict of this study is to ensure the college students to improve their mathematical
proficiency through enhancement.
 Therefore the researcher will conclude that Mathematics is the most crucial that can be use for
their future someday and to keep their knowledge with some of the moral lessons from it.
 RECOMMENDATION

The researcher recommend that all the students must overcome their work and efforts in
Mathematics for being sustainable academic standards. These are the following solutions for the students
that will engage as math proficient.

 The student must play some mathematical games. This will improve their numerical intelligence,
logical and certain patterns.
 The teachers must to teach carefully, not literally to much slow. This is where the students can
easily to understand the lessons in Mathematics.
 The students should start from the basic topics or lessons to avoid confusion.
 The teachers should repeat some previous lessons for the students that teach every last year.
 If the students are not get the solutions from the topic, they must to go to their math teachers or
people that are professional in Mathematics to teach them at all times for better understanding
properly.
 The students should always listen in Mathematics class on every topic that your teachers or
professors are teaching on that time.
 The students should focus on every topic to learn easily.
 Practice is the most important technique not only for Mathematics, but also in other subjects. In
mathematics, this can be used for training on how to get the solution from the mathematical
problems given in a situation.
 DEFINITION OF TERMS

* Adaptive - characterized by or given to adaptation.

* Adequate - satisfactory or acceptable in quality or quantity.

* Apportioned - divide and allocate.

* Clarity - the quality of being coherent and intelligible.

* Devoted - given over to the display, study, or discussion of.

* Elicit - evoke or draw out (a response, answer, or fact) from someone in reaction to one's own actions
or questions.

* Ensure - make certain that (something) shall occur or be the case.

* Findings - a conclusion reached as a result of an inquiry, investigation, or trial.

* Fluency - is often described as the ability to produce language on demand and be understood.

* Formulate - create or devise methodically (a strategy or a proposal).

* Grasp - a person's understanding.

* Integrated - combine (one thing) with another so that they become a whole.

* Pedagogical - relating to teaching.

* Perceive - interpret or look on (someone or something) in a particular way; regard as.

* Precision - the quality, condition, or fact of being exact and accurate.

* Proficiency - a high degree of competence or skill or expertise.

* Substantial - considerable importance, size, or worth.

* Workweek - the total number of hours or days worked in a week.

* Worthwhile - worth the time, money, or effort spent of value or importance.

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https://www.nap.edu/read/10434/chapter/5

https://www.quora.com/How-can-I-teach-maths-to-weak-students