MATH SATURDAY CLASSES: ITS EFFECT TO THE MATH PERFORMANCE OF ELEMENTARY GRADE 6 DIVISION OF BATANES

VIOLETA H. BINALON

Education Program Supervisor

This research evaluated the effectiveness of Math Saturday program in improving the performance in Mathematics Grade. It sought to answer the following questions: What are the best practices, issues and concerns in the conduct of Saturday math program in the Division of Batanes; Is there any significant difference in the Math Grades of Grade 6 before and after the conduct of math Saturday class program; What is the effect size of Math Saturday classes in improving the Math performance of Grade 6 in the Division of Batanes. The researcher made use of quantitative-qualitative method. Data was collected from 15 schools using survey questionnaires. She made used of Grade 6 Math grades of those who attended the program before and after the implementation of the program. She solicited some issues and concerns and challenges encountered in the implementation of the program and their best practices as contributory factor to the success of the program. Findings showed that doing advocacy campaign and partnership to stakeholders on the implementation of Math Saturday Classes revealed to be the best practices in the elementary Schools Division of Batanes. The most challenging concerns of the implementers of the Saturday math program met was the intervening activities conducted simultaneously during the conduct of math Saturday classes. Poor attendance of pupils during Saturday math classes on some schools and inadequate math teacher to teach during the Saturday classes were also encountered. 2 It also revealed that there is no significant difference on math grades before and after the implementation of the program. However, there are three schools namely Basco Central School, Diptan Elementary School and Itbayat Elementary School performed significantly. Effect size of the Math Saturday program to the performance of Grade 6 in Mathematics although small in size effect, findings showed a majority increased of Math grades of the pupils in the second grading period after the program was implemented compared to their first grading grades was evident. This suggest that the Math Intervention program is an effective avenue for the development and improvement of the performance in Mathematics. With these findings, the researcher recommends the enhancement of the program to be conducted this coming school year to all grade levels in all schools in the Schools Division of Batanes and adapting the best practices of the 3 performing schools as contributory factors to the success of the program.

Keywords: mathematics, performance, Saturday class, Batanes, basic research