Chapter III
Chapter III
METHODOLOGY
This chapter was design to explain and discuss the methodological procedures
that was used to conduct the study. The methodology of this research study was based
questionnaires and problem solving tests to identify the background of the students with
solving of the students in Grade Nine (9) Balinsasayaw of Sagkahan National High
This chapter was composed of five (5) sections namely: (1) Research Design; (2)
Research Locale; (3) Respondents of the Study; (4) Data Gathering Procedure; (5)
Research Design
The researchers curiously identified the problem of the study and evaluated the
subject and materials that were being used in the study after a thorough assessment. The
researchers gathered reliable references and evidences from updated books, in the
internet and recently published journals. Formulate a survey questionnaire design that
skills. This chapter presents the research design, research locale, and respondents of the
variables and assesses the statistical relationship between them with little or no effort to
Research Locale
The study was conducted at Sagkahan National High School, Tacloban City
because the respondents of this study are enrolled in this School and it should be high
school students. Furthermore, the respondents could easily be available and accessible.
Sagkahan National High School taking Mathematics as one of their subject in the entire
The main respondents are considered the primary source of data, as well as the
High School which is composed of 40 students were chosen to be the respondents of our
study. An orientation was given to them for clear instructions dissemination. Each of the
respondents was given time to fill out the profiling sheet. The researcher gave first the
Mathematics and Problem-Solving scale then the problem solving Test. The researcher
will retrieve soon the questionnaire after they are duly accomplished.
Instrumentation
For the collection of the data, the researchers used a Survey questionnaire as the
instrument. The researchers chose this method as the nature of their investigation was to
the questionnaire to the corresponding respondents. The respondents have to fill up their
personal profile particularly the age and sex and at the same time they were asked to
the degree of every students’ beliefs towards mathematical concepts and how they view
mathematics in general. This instrument design to help the students to be more aware of
their mathematical tendencies and how they can assist themselves to develop ways to
cope up with their deficiencies in the subject or eliminate whatever hindrances that might
2 …………………. Disagree
4 ………………….. Agree
Sex. This will indicate the gender of the respondents who will participate in the study. The
following codes will be used:
Table 1
by adapting DepEd Order No. 73 or the Guidelines on the Assessment and Rating of
from the DepEd Order No. 73, series of 2012 (Guidelines on the Assessment and Rating
Category Interpretation
8.5 – 10 Advanced
0 – 2.4 Beginning
Table 3
Strength of Relationship of the Beliefs and Problem Solving Performance
To analyse the data gathered the descriptive statistical tool was used. These
Some of the data gathered were tabulated and interpreted through percentage.
%=f/N x 100
Where,
Weighted mean was used to get the ranks of the identified motivations in order to
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requires that data is at least interval so that an accurate measure of the relationship
between concepts is determined and this requirement was met. A correlation shows if a
relationship exists between concepts and if that relationship is positive or negative (Ellis,
A.K., 2010).
To identify the causal comparison between the variables, the linear regression was
used. Linear regression is a statistical method that allows us to summarize and study
of Science).
The researchers used the Microsoft Excel 2013 to organize the respondent’s
scores in the Beliefs in Mathematics and Problem Solving Scale and to get the mean and
the standard deviation of the attitude of the students. They used Statistical Package for
Social Sciences (SPSS version 20.0) to get the correlation coefficient of the relationship
and the causal comparison between the students’ attitude and their Mathematics
achievement.