ABSTRACT
The action research aims to enhance the performance of selected Grade 9 students in Mathematics in Jose P. Laurel High School with the use of Problem Solving Maps (PSM). Specifically, the action research sought to 1) Introduce Problem Solving Maps as a learning tool, 2) improve the mathematical skills and capabilities of students with the help of Problem Solving Maps. 3) use problem Solving Maps to motivate students to learn by doing on their own or by experiential learning and 4) improve the teaching strategy through PSM. The study was conducted from July 2018 to November 2019 with 90 students as target subjects. The study made use of experimental design to examine the effectiveness of “Problem Solving Maps” in improving student’s performance of the selected students. The findings showed that the use of Problem Solving Maps affected students’ performance on Variations. Using the T-Test difference between the means of correlated data, the t-test on two samples, the mean of the controlled group and the experimental group are 11.5 and 15.7 respectively and has come up a computed value of 8.26 reflects that there is a significant difference between the results of the scores of the controlled and experimental group. There was also a significant difference between the means of pretest and post-test using t-test on paired two samples as a statistical treatment. The t-value is below that the P-value which come up to the conclusion that there is a significance on the treatment used on the experimental group. Furthermore, Problem Solving Maps (PSM) improved the teaching strategy of teachers as well as the students’ performance, as to recommendations, it is highly recommended that the teachers should practice and develop the use of Problem Solving Maps to enhance students learning on variations.
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