Learners’ Level of Difficulty in Using Mother Tongue-Based Instruction on Mathematics and Metrobank-MTAP-DepEd Math Challenge
Richard Mula
Discipline: Social Sciences
Abstract:
The main thrust of the study was to determine the learners’ level of
difficulty in using Mother Tongue Based Instruction on the
Metrobank-MTAP-DepEd Math Challenge to their Mathematics and
MTAP performances of 195 Grades 3 learners in public elementary
schools of Tubigon East and West Districts, Tubigon, Bohol. This research used quantitative methods through descriptive and correlational designs using the survey questionnaire that was used to collect
the data from Grade 3 learners in 17 public elementary schools in
Tubigon East District and 14 public elementary schools in Tubigon
West District. This also included all the primary schools with multigrade classes in the said districts. The study used the Mann Whitney
U Test to test the significant difference between the learners’ level of
difficulty in using Mother tongue-based instruction on the
Metrobank-MTAP-DepEd Math Challenge and the learners’ profile.
Results of the investigation unfolded that there is a significant relationship between the level of difficulty in using Mother tongue-based
instruction on the Metrobank-MTAP-DepEd Math Challenge and the
learners’ profile with a p-value of .000. The result of the study led to
the conclusion that using the mother tongue in teaching Mathematics
significantly impacts pupils' performance in the Metrobank-MTAPDepEd Math Challenge competition, often leading to lower scores;
where the competition's questions are presented in English, a language quite different from the student's first language, "Sinugbuanong Binisaya." Thus, this discrepancy creates a mismatch between the language used in the classroom and the medium of instruction in the competition. It is recommended that the organizers and administrators review the use of Mother Tongue-Based instruction. It is
also recommended to have more intensive training and seminars for
the Mathematics teachers that relate to the Metrobank-MTAP-DepEd
Math Challenge. Furthermore, review materials may be developed
and provided to the Grades 1 to 3 teachers.
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