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LEAD PROPONENT DAMPOG, MERCEDITA, P.
MEMBER BALADAD, NELIA, DL.
MEMBER QUIZA, LEIZEL, S.
TITLE OF RESEARCH PROJECT SPIKE OF INTERVENTION PROGRAM
ADMINISTRATION (SIPA) TOWARDS THE IMPROVEMENT OF
THE PUPIL’S NUMERACY SKILLS
DIVISION RIZAL

Context and Rationale

Mathematics subject are often said to be the difficult subject. Teachers most of
the times heard conversations between learners that they really find difficult
times towards the subject. Seldom of those learners saying they enjoyed doing
activities during classes’ time. In this situation, it seems like Mathematics subject
made their student’s life restricted. According to Tambychik et al., (2010), learners
can be seen struggling especially when numbers are being shuffled with different
steps. Thus, Mathematics is not a topic but a process.
In that, there are plenty to consider towards reaching the total mastery of
the learners towards the subject. As facilitators of learning, teachers must take step
by step process in order that learners may not feel uncertainty but instead learning
while enjoying.
Learning is best conceived as a process, not in terms of outcomes. To improve
learning in higher education, the primary focus should be on engaging students in a
process that best enhances their learning- a process that includes feedback on
the effectiveness of their learning effort (Kolb, A. Y., and Kolb, D. A. (2009).

Learners feel confidence to do things mostly if there are someone who

cares and believe in their own capabilities. Being a teacher is not only mean for
feeding

DATA PRIVACY NOTICE: Data and information in this form are intended exclusively for the purpose of this activity. This will be kept by
the process owner for the purpose of verifying and authenticating identity of the participants. Serving other purposes not intended by
the process owner is a violation of Data Privacy Act of 2012. Data subjects voluntarily provided these data and information explicitly
consenting the process owner to serve its purpose.
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them knowledge. The teacher inner passion in which seen by them plays a lot.
And that is a big factor of gaining confidence and trust to what they could do.
Giving them chance to experience doing thing in their own idea mean a lot in
everybody’s growth. Moreover, providing constant feedback to them help them lead
on building step by step process of growing to improve their skills and capabilities
in their own means. In that, slowly, you are building a self-reliant learner.

On other point of view, according to Tam, M. (2000), Distance learning provides

a unique context in which to infuse constructivist principles where learners are
expected to function as self-motivated, self-directed, interactive, collaborative
participants in their
learning experiences by virtue of their physical location.
Distance learning could be very beneficial mostly to those learners who take
education for granted in the sense that they did not take it seriously. This new style
of learning wherein there is no teacher facing the learners teaches them to learn. All
the teachers can best do is to spend time to communicate them to assist them in
some way
or another to poster care to them during this time of new normal.
Furthermore, the first institution of a child where he learns is his home. A child
passes most of his time with his parents and learns from his parents and the
environment provided to him by his parents in home. Parents play a vital role in the
education of their child, whatever child’s age is, (either he read in college or in
school). If parents pay attention to their children; they make more
scholastic achievements than those who are ignored. If parents take care of
following things, they can improve the education of their children. Parental
involvement in children’s learning is a key factor in improving children’s academic
attainment and achievements, as well as their overall behavior and attendance
(Carbonel, 2013).

Parent’s role in the entire journey of their child’s education is one biggest
attribute and contributory factors in their success. Good quality home learning
contributes more to children’s intellectual and social development than parental
occupation, education, or income. A parent’s attitudes, aspirations and behavior are
all important, as is their ability to understand their child’s day-to-day progress,
undertake family learning together, and talk regularly with their child about their
learning. It is very important that all parents know their role in the learning process
of the learners in order that continuity of learner are secured in whatever situation
may arises.
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Lastly, according to Santiago (2010), one of the primary tasks of a teacher is to
determine how best to approach and reach class members and make appeals
that
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will be lasting. From this it can be drawn that teaching must always be integrating
for children. The teacher must ensure that every child would not want to miss
his/her class and he/she becomes very eager to attend school because of the
learning experiences he/she will gain. Likewise, each lesson must be clear to
help the child understand the concept and principles presented.

The said approaches mentioned must be given more emphasis by the educators
to ensure the use of effective methods of teaching that will help a lot in
achieving retention of learning. Teaching with variety suggests presenting the
lessons or topics in different ways. Teachers should avoid monotonous patterns of
presenting the same kind of lesson a day after day.

The researchers aim high to promote equality on teaching and learning of

the school even facing the present condition due to pandemic. The project
implementation wherein this research anchored mainly focus on tutorial programs in
order to reach-out those learners who has no capability of coping-up and has no one
to hold on during this situation of education system. All teachers of the school acted
as the tutors for their own advisory class that is in need help to cope up with others.
In that constant monitoring on the target respondents are hereby monitored
until the end of the conduct of this project. This just show that the heart of all
teachers aspire high in promoting high quality education in the school towards
attaining the set goals and that is ensuring that no learners will be left behind in
receiving equal and quality education that the Department of Education
mandated.

Action Research Questions

This study aims to determine the effect of the Project SIPA that focus on
mobile tutorials to the learners that are lag behind of Baras Pinugay Elementary
School toward the improvement of performance, School Year 2020-2021.
Specifically, the study aims to answer the following questions:
1. What is the level of performance of the pupils that are lag behind per grade
level in terms of:
1.1. numeracy skills; and
1.2. comprehension skills?
2. What is the level of performance of the pupils that are lag behind per grade
level after Project SIPAG implementation in terms of:
2.1. numeracy skills; and
2.2. comprehension skills?
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3. Is there a significant difference on the level of performance of the pupils
that are lag behind per grade level as compared to after Project
SIPAG implementation?

Proposed Innovation, Intervention and Strategy

Baras Pinugay Elementary School aims high on promoting and helping

those learners who feels bad times towards learning Mathematics mostly during this
time of pandemic. The school continues find any means exerting too many efforts
to reach out those individuals in need to ensure that the learners may take place in
some way or another.

Common problems and issues of the school even before the pandemic are
the low performances of the pupils in some major areas mostly mathematics. During
this new normal, the concern arises having the fact that only parents and elders are
now the acting teachers to them. The concerns on finding solutions to the low
performing pupils are seems more complicated to address due to the situations.

With that, the Project SIPA which means Spike of Intervention

Program Administration, which is a mobile community tutorial that aim to uplift
Mathematics competencies among learners of the school was established. This
project was proposed by the Mathematics team of the school since December
2020 to poster academic ease among learners who are facing the new normal of
education set-up of today’s situation. This is a tutorial-based program wherein all
the respective advisers are the tutors to the identified learners who fall short
towards the mastery of the lessons, who did not able or late to submit their outputs
weekly or as determined by teachers.

The tutorial session offers are categorize according to the extent of the needed
assistance by every learners such as:

Category for Tutorial Strategies Utilize

1. Numeracy Skills  Systematic and explicit instruction

 Visual representation of functions
and relationships, such as
manipulative, pictures and graphs
 Peer-assisted instruction
 Ongoing, formative assessment

2. Comprehension Skills  Improving Problem Solving by

(Problem Solving related activities) Improving Reading Skills
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To ensure the smooth and continues flow of the entire project, step by step
process are being considered like the following:

1. The school mathematics team headed by the school math coordinator

conducted series of meeting physically following the health protocols
and even virtually or in chat group massaging.
2. Presentation of project proposal, Gantt Chart of Activities to the School
Principal by the school coordinators.
3. Determination of identified respondents by all advisers after a week
answering the activities given. Constant communication with them or even
parents were all undertaken.
4. Home visitation of target client/s by every adviser in order that the project
will be explained properly to the parents for the important role they must
portray in the entire project implementation. Parents and School
Agreement were also presented and signed by them as proof that they
understand the entire process and that they are willing to help for the
benefits of their children.
5. Conduct of the mobile or community learning center tutorial.
6. Regular feedbacking and “Kamustahan” with parents of the respondents.

The team headed by the school Principal also seek help to the Barangay officials
to help us find any volunteer that will help us extend the tutorial to the community
that is beyond the limited time of the teachers.

Ensuring the safety of all the people involve on the project processes, the
researchers made sure to strict follow the safety standard and proper protocol amidst
COVID-19 pandemic for proper mitigation and prevention control.

Action Research Methods

A. Participants and/or other Sources of Data and Information

The participants of this study are the selected participants of this study are the

211 pupils who are considered lag behind in Mathematics subject of Baras

Pinugay Elementary School-Main for the School Year 2020-2021.They are the

learners that needs assistance in order to cope up with the lessons in which they fall

short to follow and understand as base on the assessment of teachers to the

performances of learners during the first quarter period. The study utilized

purposive sampling since the

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participants are selected in non-random manner and identified by the researcher

base on the level of capabilities. The respondents are identified upon the assessment

of the teachers based on their responses of the first grading period that are

considered as lag behind in mathematics subject. The participants are subject to

involve in project SIPA in the prescribe time in order to uplift their level of

performance as aimed in this project.

B. Data Gathering Methods

This study will utilize the descriptive comparative design. Descriptive design is

used to collect information about variables without changing the environment.

According to Gray et al., (2013), descriptive designs may be used to identify

problems in current practice, make judgments, or even develop theories. Since

the study compared variables from the performances from the previous activities

and the current performances without manipulating the independent variable,

the researchers adopted the comparative design within descriptive research.

In gathering the data, the researcher utilizes a pretest and posttest self-made

questionnaires that will be answered by the respondents before and after the tutorial

activities catered. After the data has been gathered, tabulation and analyses are

applied using the determined data analyzing tool to determine the outcomes of

the study.

C. Data Analysis Plan

The performance level of the respondents that are lag behind in terms of

numeracy and comprehension skills is identified through computing the use of

frequency, percentage distributions and rank. On the other hand, to compute the

significant difference on the level of performance of the pupils that are lag

behind per grade level as compared to after Project SIPA implementation as base

on the test
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result of the self-made test utilize during pre-test and posttest, the statistical test

that the study utilize is a two-sample t-test since the data are obtained within two

groups with different sample sizes. A two-sample t-test is applicable in the

comparison of two

(2) mean or percentages of two (2) samples when the standard deviation is already

given. Furthermore, it is commonly used to test if a new process or treatment is

superior to a current process or treatment (Snedecor and Cochran, 1989) which is

suitable in this study.

The study started in December 2020 and ended in May 2021, covering the

second and third quarters.

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Action Research Work Plan and Timelines

Dec Jan Feb Mar April May

Activities
2020 2021 2021 2021 2021 2021
1. Research Team Planning of research
proposal
2. Drafting part I-Introduction to
Research Methodology of
the research study
3.Drafting of Pre-test, Post Test and
Questionnaire Checklist
4. Preparation and Validation of
Questionnaire-Checklist
5. Administration of Pre-test to the
selected respondents
6. Presentation of research proposal
7. Administration of the mobile math
tutorial to help improved pupils’
performance who are lag behind
8. Administration of Post-test and the
questionnaire-checklist to the
respondents (Grade V-Section Jupiter)
9. Retrieval of test questionnaire and
Questionnaire-Checklist
10. Data analysis, calculation and
tabulation of results
-Discussion of Results based on
tabulation
11. Completion of research output
12. Final revision of output
13. Presentation of results of the
conducted research
Note: All the process undertakes mostly in times that needs a face-to-face
interactions to anyone involve in the entire process of the program are strictly
adhering the safety and health protocols as mandated by school policy on DRRM
Health and Policy Guidelines that is anchored to the IETF health and safety
standards amidst the Pandemic COVID 19.
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Plans for Dissemination and Utilization

June, August, Sep, October, Nov, Dec,

2021 2021 2021 2021 2021 2021
DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES

1. Research Proposal to School

Head for school
implementation of the
research output
2. School implementation of the
output of the research study

3. Post Evaluation of the research

study Implementation

4. Results of Post evaluation after

school implementation, gone
through series of revisions and
planning for proposal to the
district level for adoption of the
study

5. Community proposal through

the Barangay Officials for the
possible extension of the
implementation of the project
for wider spread of its conduct

6. Meeting with possible

community tutors( Barangay
Citizen as volunteer
teachers/tutors) with the
cooperation of the Barangay
Officials

7. District proposal of Outputs

for possible adoption

8. District implementation of the

output of the research study

9. Results of Post evaluation after

district implementation, gone
through series of revisions and
planning for proposal to the
district level for adoption of the
study

10. Division proposal of Outputs

for possible adoption
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approach to management learning, education and development. The

SAGE handbook of management learning, education and

development, 42, 68.

Santiago, Everlina G. (June 2010). The Modern Teacher “On Selecting and

Preparing Variety of Teaching Methods.”

Snedecor, George W. and Cochran, William G. (1989). Statistical Methods, Eighth

Edition, Lowa State University Press.

Tam, M. (2000). Constructivism, instructional design, and technology: Implications for

transforming distance learning. Journal of Educational Technology &

Society, 3(2), 50-60.

Tambychik, T., Meerah, T. S., & Aziz, Z. (2010). Mathematics Skills Difficulties: A

Mixture of Intricacies. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 7, 171-

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Please acknowledge all the references used in the research…..

MERCEDITA P. DAMPOG
SUBMITTED BY:
(Signature over
NELIA DL. BALADAD
printed name)
LEIZEL S. QUIZA

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