CURRENT ISSUES & TRENDS IN

MATHEMATICS EDUCATION

RICA A. PEREZ
Education Program Supervisor
Session Objectives:
At the end of the session, the teacher-
participants are expected to:

1. explain the current data on performance

of Filipino learners in the Local, National
and International Assessments
2. identify current issues and trends in
teaching mathematics in the Philippines
Session Objectives:
3. reflect on the current practices in
teaching mathematics
ACTIVITY
1. Divide the participants into 7 groups
2. Every group select a leader, secretary, and
presenter
3. Each members will share currents issues
in the international, national, regional, and
school in mathematics education they
know
4. Share the consolidated answers of
members by the assigned presenters
ANALYSIS
• How did you find the activity?
• What are the common issues shared by
each group?
• What are your solutions to these
issues/challenges?
PISA 2018 RESULT
• Participating in the Programme for
International Student Assessment (PISA)
for the first time in 2018, the Philippines
ranked second to the last among 79
participating countries and economies in
mathematics
MEAN SCORE OF ASEAN COUNTRIES
MEAN SCORE BY REGION
PROFICIENCY LEVEL BY REGION
CURRENT ISSUES
• Mathematics is designed as formal
teaching, centered on learning techniques
and memorizing rules whose rationale is
not evident to the learners.
• Learners do not know which needs are met
by the mathematics topics introduced or
how they are linked to known concepts.
CURRENT ISSUES
• A deep understanding of mathematics
content is solely lacking among
mathematics teachers
• Teachers’ poor preparation in identifying
effective pedagogies for teaching specific
content material to particular group of
learners
CURRENT ISSUES
• Mathematics teachers find it daunting to
implement some general learning
strategies such as the use of cooperative
learning and also to manage their learners
that are engaged in such learning
activities.
 CURRENT ISSUES
• Links to the real world are weak, generally too
artificial to be convincing and applications are
stereotypical.
• There are few experimental practices and
modeling activities.
• Technology is quite rarely used in a relevant
manner
• Learners have little autonomy in their
mathematical work and often merely reproduce
activities
• TRENDS
• Before discussing formulas, it is better to
let the learners discover certain patterns
by some examples with the use of
computing devices
• Formulation of proofs is better when
learners are able to “interact” with the
figures
• TRENDS
Microsoft Excel can be used to:
• develop pattern recognition
• discuss relationships between quantities,
what changes and what are constant
• Generate histograms, graphs, and in the
interpretation of statistical data
• Model solving simple word problems
• TRENDS
The use of other softwares:
• Microsoft Math
• Derived Algebra Software
• Cabri Geometry Software
• Geogebra
• Desmos
• TRENDS
The use of instructional videos:
• Readily available in the internet
• Teacher-made
• Provides an alternative to classroom
learning
• Interactive and creative in presenting
subject matters
APPLICATION
Reflect on this
THANK YOU!