Timed Practice Drill as a Means of Improving the Learners’ Mastery Level of the Operations of Integers in Sagpat High School
Donnalyn A. Ronquillo
Teacher II, Department of Education, Sagpat High School, Zambales, Philippines
Katherine B. Parangat
Associate Professor, President Ramon Magsaysay State University, Iba, Zambales, Philippines
Abstract:
This study aimed to determine the effect of the timed practice drill in teaching integer operations to the learners from grades 7 through 10 at Sagpat High School. The study utilized the one-group pretest-posttest design, a type of quasi-experiment under experimental research design. The one hundred nineteen junior high school learners of Sagpat High School served as the study’s subjects. The study revealed that, when assessed before the implementation of the timed practice drill, the learners in grades 7 through 10 did not achieve minimum proficiency level, or MPL, in integer operations. But when assessed after the implementation of the timed practice drill, the learners in grades 7 through 10 achieved or exceeded the minimum proficiency level, or MPL, in the areas of addition, multiplication, and division, moving from “Did not achieve minimum proficiency level” to “Exceeded the minimum proficiency level. In integer subtraction, learners in grade 9 didn’t meet the standard of achieving or exceeding the minimum proficiency level. In terms of mean score, the performance of learners in grades 7, 8, 9, and 10 has improved. The test scores of Grades 7–10 learners in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of integers differ significantly before and after the implementation of the timed practice drill. To attain a proficiency rate of at least 60 percent in the subtraction of integers, a mathematics program was proposed based on the findings of the study. Based on the summary and conclusions arrived at, the researcher recommended the use of timed practice drill in classroom mathematics teaching across all grade levels for improved academic achievement.
Published in: International Journal of Recent Advances in Multidisciplinary Topics (Volume 5, Issue 10, October 2024)
Page(s): 1-6
Date of Publication: 04/10/2024
Publisher: IJRAMT
Cite as:
Donnalyn A. Ronquillo, Katherine B. Parangat, “Timed Practice Drill as a Means of Improving the Learners’ Mastery Level of the Operations of Integers in Sagpat High School,” in International Journal of Recent Advances in Multidisciplinary Topics, vol. 5, no. 10, pp. 1-6, October 2024.