ISSN 2348-1218 (print) International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research and Innovations ISSN 2348-1226 (online) Vol. 10, Issue 1, pp: (6-16), Month: January - March 2022, Available at: www.researchpublish.com
Storytelling in Teaching Mathematics on Students’ Achievement and Self - Efficacy Level Danelyn P. Geraldizo1, Helen B. Boholano2 1
Head Teacher, Tal-ut National High School, Carcar City Division
Email id: danelyngeraldio@gmail.com Professor VI, College of Teacher Education, Cebu Normal University
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Email id: boholanoh@cnu.edu.ph
Abstract: The study utilized descriptive - correlative research which aimed to determine the effectiveness of Storytelling in improving Mathematics performance and self - efficacy level of Grade 7 students in Roberto E. Sato Memorial National High School, Calidngan, Carcar City, Cebu, Philippines. A quasi - experimental research method was utilized using pretest - posttest control and experimental group design. Findings revealed that storytelling and conventional way of teaching has improved the performance of the two groups. However, storytelling has higher level of self - efficacy. Moreover, there was a positive correlation between the student’s academic achievement and level of self - efficacy. This means that higher self - efficacy contributes to greater achievement of the students. Among the difficulties encountered by the students exposed to storytelling were English language barrier, unlocking of difficult words, complexity of the topic itself and some exercises in the book. The challenges met by the teacher - researcher while conducting this study were difficulty of the students in understanding the story, short attention span of the students, long preparation of stories and instructional materials and student’s involvement was limited depending on the kind of story. Using storytelling in teaching Mathematics enhances the academic performance and level of self - efficacy of the students. Teachers teaching Geometry need to find relevant materials containing short stories or narratives. Keywords: storytelling, academic performance, self - efficacy, geometry.
1. INTRODUCTION Mathematics helps the man to give exact interpretation of his ideas and conclusions. It plays a predominant role in our daily lives and it is considered as an indispensable factor of our world‟s development. Mathematics also reveals great patterns that allow us to understand the things around us especially with arithmetic and geometry. However, students have difficulties in conceptualizing abstract ideas in Mathematics causing the teachers to devise various strategies to help them teach concepts in this subject (Goral & Gnadinger, 2006). Among the strategies and devices used by educators in developing the mathematical competence of the students are calculators, workbooks, worksheets and manipulatives but literature is not often regarded as an aid in teaching Mathematics (Xu, 2016). These aim to increase the Mathematics achievement of students in this area. According to the results of Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) released last December 2019, Philippines scored 353 in Mathematics which made the country in second to the lowest in rank among 79 member and partner countries of Organization for Economic Co – operation and Development (OECD). This alarms the Department of Education to address urgent gaps and concerns in attaining quality education (Ciriaco, 2019). This concern prompts the department to shift its paradigm from access to quality.
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