The Learning Difficulties in Mathematics of Grade 7 Students at Benigno "Ninoy" S. Aquino High School
The Learning Difficulties in Mathematics of Grade 7 Students at Benigno "Ninoy" S. Aquino High School
The Learning Difficulties in Mathematics of Grade 7 Students at Benigno "Ninoy" S. Aquino High School
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Comboy, Jezrel F.
Sansano, Jedrich V.
Introduction
Mathematics is an integral part of the curriculum in all of the school. All over the
countries mathematics is considered a key subject to pass the course students have a hard time in
solving and analyzing problems in mathematics. In learning mathematics you need to have a
critical thinking, focus and problem solving skills because if students don`t have this capability
students will have a hard time to understand the lesson of mathematics. According on the report
of CNN Philippines, among the 79 countries Philippines rank second to the lowest in Science
and Mathematics this is based on the result of 2018 Program for International Student
Assessment (PISA). This shows that many Filipinos have a hard time to learn and understand
Since Filipino ranks low in the Program of International Student Assessment this shows
that even in our locality many Filipino have a struggle in facing mathematics. There are many
reasons why students have a problems with math at school, from low motivation caused by math
anxiety, to a mediocre understanding of how to apply and perform mathematical operations. But
sometimes the root cause of under-performance is something different, like a learning difference
or a motor skills difficulty. This study will show what are the learning difficulties that the
students encounter in mathematics and the effective strategies to lessen students who have a
difficulty in learning mathematics. This study will help on to identify and analyze on what are
the things that needed an improvement to reduce learning difficulties of students in mathematics.
The Learning Difficulties in Mathematics of Grade 7 students at Benigno "Ninoy" S. Aquino High School
This study will focus on the learning difficulties of students in Mathematics. Brown
(2008), stated that the widespread opinion among learners that mathematics is difficult with
students. This shows that students are sharing opinion to each other that they are having a hard
time on solving mathematics. This study also seeks to explore the extent of field dependency in
One of the challenges that a teacher facing is how to effectively and efficiently teach
mathematics. Teachers are wondering if their efforts are enough or students are not exerting
enough effort to learn mathematics. This study aims to identify the learning difficulties that the
The study is about " The Learning Difficulties in Mathematics of Grade 7 students. It is
the major purpose of this study to determine the learning difficulties of students in Mathematics.
1.1 name;
1.2 age;
3. What are the teaching strategies to address the learning difficulties in mathematics?
Some of the students considered Mathematics as a difficult subjects and students cannot
find connection of the subject from their life. In that situation, many students loss interest in the
subject and prefer not to study Mathematics. However, Mathematics is very important subject in
school that is why it cannot be remove on the curriculum. Also, Mathematics have many
applications in real life situation and it is very beneficial to everyone in finding their future
careers. Hence, it gives negative impression to the students that may have effect the future
generation. The researcher in Punjab, Pakistan wants to know the perception of the students in
learning mathematics who has a respondents of 647 student (n=647) found out that the students
of Grade 9 and 10 are showing positive attitudes toward Mathematics this proves that not all
students have a similar perception about the subject Mathematics and it is good that students in a
higher level have a good perception in mathematics because once the students step up on Grade
11 they will face more concepts in mathematics which are difficult to solve.
Alethter (2018) suggested that the procedure of the study was made about the
competencies of the student and it could be a solution to change the impression of the students to
Mathematics because the lesson is all about the competencies of the students which means that
students can answer or solve mathematics because it is to their level of understanding. According
to Tambychik, & Mearah students are lacking of mathematical skills such as “Number-fact,
The Learning Difficulties in Mathematics of Grade 7 students at Benigno "Ninoy" S. Aquino High School
Visual-Spatial, Information skills. Among the mathematical skills the researchers considered the
Information skills as the most crucial part because all of these are mathematical skills which falls
under cognitive abilities that affect the problem solving and learning of the students in
mathematics.
mathematical expertise. The purpose of the study is to find where in the particular area of
mathematics that made for the students difficult. The study confirmed that there is cause for
concern at the overall mathematical ability of the students and it has been possible to identify
certain areas of mathematics which appear to be difficult to a large proportion of students. It has
also been possible to identify some of the common errors made by students in certain topic areas.
Some suggestions have been made regarding the implications for teaching. It is true that only
some students are able to answer difficult mathematics problem correctly because some students
didn`t catch up to the lecture of the their teacher or they have a difficulty to understand the lesson
and didn’t raise questions to their teacher to avoid disruption in the class and sometimes students
are not interested with their lesson which causes them to have difficulty to learn mathematics.
One of the main priorities of mathematics in education is the performance of the students
towards mathematic subjects. Some of the students see the subject as very difficult to learn
which causes the student to have a negative attitude in mathematics and it affects the students
learning toward the subject. In the research of Challenges In Mathematics Learning: A Study
From School Student`s Perspective. Rameli, M., & Rustam, M. (2016) find that
the challenges face by the students in learning mathematics could be classified into five main
themes and thirteen sub themes: a) self-factors (negative perception, low self-regulation), b)
financial support) d) friends (negative attitudes, behaviors, lack of support) and e) others factors
(nature of math and assessment pressure). Each categories have sub themes which support the
main themes one of the challenges to learn mathematics is self-factor there are many students
who have difficulty to learn mathematics as they have a problem on their selves such as loss of
interest and laziness which it is common for the students. Another challenges is the teacher,
teaching styles of the teacher are one factor that students faces some students can enjoy the
lecture as they prefer the teaching styles of their teacher or they students will lose interest as they
are bored to the teaching styles of the teacher. And last but not the least the challenges face the
students in learning mathematics is their parents some students have a happy family which affect
the motivation of the students to learn, some students may have a problem financially which the
According to Mazana, M., Montero, C., & Casmir, R., there are many factors that affect
the student performance in mathematics, such as the students attitudes toward the subject,
teacher instructional practices and school environment. The purpose of the study is to identify
the student’s attitudes towards learning mathematics. It also wants to know the reason of the
students in disliking or liking the mathematics subject and the relationship of attitude and
performance. The researcher found out that the students impose positive attitudes towards
mathematics on initial exhibit; however, they’ve got less positive attitudes as the students move
to higher levels of education which contradicts the study of the researcher in Pakistan. While the
factors that cause of disliking or liking of mathematics employ by the students was through
aptitude attributes, instructional, and social psychological environmental factors. In addition, the
instructional resources, poor learning and examination strategies, and failure to understand
The Learning Difficulties in Mathematics of Grade 7 students at Benigno "Ninoy" S. Aquino High School
instructions. It is agreeable that some students dislike mathematics as some of the questions on
the test is hard and some of the social psychological environmental factors may affect the
learning of the students as the students cannot focus on the problem because of what is
happening to their surrounding but some students have a difficulty to learn mathematics because
of the instructional materials are less or poor in construction and sometimes the strategies of the
teacher are one of the factors why students have difficulty to learn mathematics but in some
Methodology
Research Design
The Learning Difficulties in Mathematics of Grade 7 students at Benigno "Ninoy" S. Aquino High School
This study aims to determine the learning difficulties in Mathematics of Grade 7 students
of Benigno Ninoy S. Aquino High School. This study focus to identify the difficulties of the
students in learning mathematics and determine which teaching strategies are effective for
students. The researchers goals is to give solutions to prevents or minimize students in failing
mathematics. No variables were used by the researchers to manipulate and control neither the
data gathered nor the results in this study. The data consisting the research came from the
Setting
The study took place in Benigno Ninoy Aquino High School during the fourth grading
period of the school year 2019-2020. Benigno Ninoy Aquino High School is a public educational
institution located in Aguho St. Brgy. Comembo, Makati City. It was separated from FABC High
School Department - Comembo Annex and became independent high school by the City
Ordinance 74-278 series of January 13, 1995. Benigno Ninoy Aquino High School shall be
proactive institution of learning committing itself towards the task of molding Benignians to
become well rounded citizens of our country. The institution envisions students with high
Respondents
The Learning Difficulties in Mathematics of Grade 7 students at Benigno "Ninoy" S. Aquino High School
The researchers got their respondents from the Grade 7 students of Benigno “Ninoy”
Aquino High School during the fourth grading period. The respondents of this research were
limited to randomly selected classes from the Grade 7 students. The researchers chose the
respondents because most of the students have gone through a transition experience which are
perfect subjects to use to observe the mathematical learnings of the respondents in line with the
Instruments
The primary aim is to determine the learning difficulties of Grade 7 students of Benigno Ninoy
Aquino High School in Mathematics. This questionnaire will be a close question to lessen the
The survey questionnaire will be a checklist type where in the respondent can readily
chose the answer to question. There are two sets of question first set is all about the learning
difficulties that the students experience in mathematics, second set is about the teaching
strategies that the student encounter to their teacher to educate them in which the choices are
February 27, 2020 in room OCH Admin Building at 6:00 pm onwards. Once the researcher-made
questionnaire approved they can now re-print the questionnaire and they can now proceed to
survey.
First, the researchers will go to Benigno Ninoy Aquino High School from room 426 to
430 to survey the Grade 7 students. Second the researchers will introduce their selves and will
tell the purpose of this research, third the researchers will present and will discuss the
questionnaires to the respondent so that they will not be confuse. Fourth the researcher will give
the respondent 30 minutes to answer the question. Lastly, the researchers will analyze the
Data Analysis
Data in this study is analyze with the use of descriptive method. Therefore, the study is
done to describe the central tendency of the answer of the respondents. The frequency count and
percentage of the study were analyze based on the answer of Grade 7 students of Benigno Ninoy
S. Aquino High School. The data gather by the researchers is done with intensive evaluation.
Name:__________________________________________ Gender:__________
Direction: Read the following questions and put a check to your correspond answer.
I. Learning Difficulties 4 3 2 1
Comments/ Suggestion:
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