CHAPTER III

Methodology

Validation of the Questionnaire

To ensure the validity and reability of the instrument, the questionnaire was

validated to Grade 10 students in Eulogio Rodriguez Integrated School. The purpose

of this was to improve the instrument and its contents.

The improved instrument was submitted to the adviser for comments and

suggestions.

Instrument for Data Collection

The instrument used for data collection is an interview. The interview for the

students consists of 8 questions about their comprehension on Algebra, affected by

themselves, their teacher and the common practices that they do.

1. On a scale of 1-10, how difficult for you is Algebra?

2. Do you have difficulty learning or practicing Algebra? What certain topics or

lessons about Algebra that you don’t understand or having a hard time learning

it?

3. How does these difficulties in Algebra affect your studies, grades and academic

performance?

4. Do you learn Algebra easily by the way your teacher taught you?

5. How does your teacher help you in order to learn Algebra effectively? What

teaching methods did he/she use in order for you to understand Algebra better?
6. How does it affect your learning comprehension about Algebra? What if the

teacher is good? Bad?

7. What are the practices that you do for you to understand Algebra better?

8. How does this practices help you to understand Algebra better?

On the other hand, there will also be a set of questions for the teachers. The

interview consists of 5 questions about the students’ comprehension about Algebra

1. What are the reactions/observations that you see about the students when it comes

to Algebra?

2. What strategies do you use to teach Algebra to your students? Do you think that

your strategies and methods make them understand Algebra better? In what way?

3. What adjustments do you do when your students haven’t understand Algebra?

How does it affect them?

4. As a teacher, how can you motivate your students to study and learn Algebra

better?

5.

Method of Data Collection

The instrument that the researchers will use to gather much needed data will be in

the form of Question and Answer (one-on-one) interview.

The Data Collection Procedure will be conducted on the third week of February

2018. After the interview, the researchers will look at the answers in the interview to

look for information and data.

Method of Data Analysis

After conducting the interview and the collection of data, the researchers will

code the answers of the respondents. It will be analyzed with the use of Recursive

Abstraction, which summarizes the response of the respondents to extract their exact

point of view or answers. Answers that are obtained may compare to the other

answers to look for patterns and similarities to organize the data collected. After

looking for patterns, it will be analyzed with qualitative content analysis.