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Chapter 1
problem solving. The said subject also shapes the mind and prepares the
learners for pure and social sciences and is considered as one of the
important subjects.
not only in learning its content but also in understanding the factors
much of the problem starts when the learners were required to spend so
jurisdictions.
The STE junior high school learners of Our Lady of Fatima Academy
spends two (2) hours in their math subject, algebra and statistics are some
of the subjects they deal with. Spending a lot of time with this subject
demands that the attention of the learners should not change. Doing
unnecessary things while the discussion is going on would lead them not to
learn with the lessons presented to them. The participation of the learners is
study for the reason that many learners sees mathematics as a difficult one
and it is one of the major subjects, wherein the STE learners are required to
have at least an average not less than 85. Therefore, the learners should
strive hard and must focus well in studying the said subject in order for them
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dominant among all the problems that they are facing in math. In
determining those problems, this study would greatly help the learners by
important, for through it, the learners may learn well and the teacher may
Theoretical Framework
people. Children and adults develop strategies to cope with this anxiety,
rare few, and inaccessible to the general public. Yet we all need
mathematics, not just for school, but for everyday life, work, and
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concepts and skills in the process of problem solving. The lack of five types
skill, language skill, and visual special skill caused the learners to have
Conceptual framework
Mathematics Mathematics
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Mathematics.
2. What are the top five (5) most dominant problem encountered
towards Mathematics?
Definition of Terms
In this study, Dominant refers to the main problem that the learners
encounter in mathematics.
In this study, Encounter refers to what the STE junior high school learners
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In this study, Grade was used to determine the grade level of the
In this study, Problem refers to the difficulty of the STE learners toward
Mathematics.
In this study, learners are the selected STE Junior high school learners
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Teachers. The result of the study would help the teachers in knowing
they would be able to help their learners in dealing with the said subject.
The teachers might also apply different teaching strategies to address the
Mathematics.
Parents. The result of the study would help the parents to be aware of
by STE Junior High school learners of Our Lady of Fatima Academy towards
Mathematics and to identify the most dominant problem that they faced
in the said subject. The things needed in conducting the study were
prepared at Our Lady of Fatima Academy. This study was conducted from
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towards Mathematics.
school year 2017-2018. The respondents of this study covered the One
hundred two (102) STE Junior High school learners of Our Lady of Fatima
The study is only limited in identifying the common and the most
Chapter 2
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and lack of clarity about different rules that are often conflicting can lead
interventions.
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direction learning, and recalling facts, sequence of past and future events,
and giving and receiving change. They also fail to use rules and procedures
to build on known facts. For instance, they may know that 3+5= 8, but would
fail to deduce that 5+3=8. Such children are generally said to have
Bush & Karp (2013) mentioned that solving word problem is among
the main difficulties in algebra for many secondary school learners all over
the world.
mathematics.
them are poor arithmetic skills, difficulty with the abstract content
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Assessment Survey Report (2012), the government has put in efforts aimed
core difficulty areas where learners’ performance has always been low.
Bantiding, Herminia A. (2009) said that Math Anxiety is real and can
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Gloria, Charina C. (2015) stated that learners usually get low grades
most of all the love of mathematics, and this may create difficulty and
learners experienced and also to identify the most dominant problem they
faced in Mathematics.
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Chapter 3
This chapter is divided into three parts: (1) Purpose of the Study and
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Research Design, (2) Methods, and (3) Statistical Data Analysis Procedure.
The First Part, Purpose of the Study and Research Design, restates the
knowing what a big number of people think and feel about some
research is a very old research technique that began in the period of the
ancient Egyptian rulers, many still consider this as a very popular means of
social inquiry.
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Mathematics.
Methods
The Respondents
The respondents of the study are all the STE junior high school learners
who are currently studying at Our Lady of Fatima Academy for the School
Respondents
Grade 8 - 30
Grade 10 - 26
The one hundred - two STE junior high school learners were selected as the
respondents.
Instruments
The instrument used to obtain the data for the independent and
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STE junior high school learners of Our Lady of Fatima Academy towards
Mathematics.
Data-Gathering Procedures
generate ideas from the respondents, to know the common problems that
twenty (20) STE learners, five (5) in each grade level who will respond to the
questionnaire that the researchers have made. After, they gathered the
data, they selected the top five most common problems of STE learners in
The draft of the questionnaire was first submitted to the research adviser
and other members of the research panel for corrections. The corrections
In conducting the final survey, a permission letter was first given to the
the one hundred two (102) STE Junior High school learners who were chosen
as the respondents.
The data obtained from the survey were processed, encoded, and
data gathered.
Mean. This was used to determine the top five (5) most dominant
Rank. This was used to determine the dominant problems of the STE
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Chapter 4
Mathematics.
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Data in Table 1 shows all the problems that the STE junior high school
result it was revealed that there were twenty problems encountered by the
STE learners.
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Based on the results, it was revealed that the item "There are a lot of
and word problems." ranked first. It is followed by the item "I find it hard to
cope with the lessons when I missed the class.", which ranked second and
then the item “Solving long equations is so hard for me.” ranked third. The
item "I find mathematics as a boring and a sleepy subject.", ranked last.
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Chapter 5
Recommendations.
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application of the findings of the study and possible areas for future
Summary
2. What are the top five (5) most dominant problem encountered
towards Mathematics?
The participants of this study were all STE Junior High School Learners
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A survey was first conducted to know the common problems that the
(20) STE learners, five (5) in each grade level. The top five most common
problems in Math were then selected. Out of that data gathered, the
towards mathematics was formed and was used to determine the most
1. The top ten (10) common problems encountered by the STE learners were
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operations and word problems,(8) difficulty in coping with the lessons when
the learners missed the class, (9) having a hard time to solve without a
subject.
2. The top five (5) most dominant problems encountered by the STE junior
high school learners were found out to be the following: (1) variety of
and word problems, (2) difficulty in coping with the lessons when the
learners missed the class, (3) solving long equations, (4) having a hard time
word problems.
Conclusions
1. The researchers concluded that the problems in which the STE junior high
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the problem, lack of interest and patience in Math, the variety of possible
word problems, difficulty in coping with the lessons when the learners
missed the class, having a hard time to solve without a calculator, and
Pal (2009) concluded that many difficulties that children faced in learning
were rooted in the lack of understanding of lower level concepts and lack
of clarity about different rules that are often conflicting can lead to
The study found out that there are a lot of problems that the STE junior high
with their seatmates or sleeping while the discussion is going on. Avoidance
with the said subject is the learners’ way of coping up with Mathematics
anxiety.
2. The researchers also concluded that the top five (5) most dominant
problems encountered by STE junior high school learners are the variety of
and word problems, difficulty in coping with the lessons when the learners
missed the class, solving long equations, having a hard time to solve without
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Bush & Karp (2013) stated that solving word problems is among the main
difficulties in algebra for many secondary school learners all over the world.
poor arithmetic skills, difficulty with the abstract content associated with
The dominant problem of the STE Junior High school learners which is the
difficult for the learners to cope up with a topic that has varied solution for
Recommendations
regularly and approach the teacher so that they would explain the
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mathematics.
ensure that all of the learners are performing properly, and all of them
hard in the class in order for them to learn and excel in mathematics.
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