Difficulties Encountered by Grade 10 – Honesty Students in Mathematics in Pedro A. Paterno National High School

Abstract

This study embarked on Difficulties Encountered by Grade 10 – Honesty Students in Mathematics in Pedro A. Paterno National High School. Respondents of this study were 31 students of Pedro A. Paterno National High School during school year 2018-2019. The problem aimed to assess the difficulties encountered by Grade 10 Honesty students in studying Mathematics subject. The problem focuses on the reasons why some students of Grade 10- Honesty hate math and the activities that may be given to students to enhance their knowledge and mastery in Mathematics. The proposed strategies/solutions which the researcher had made could be an essential factor to lessen the difficulties encountered by the students. The researcher used descriptive quantitative research design since it dwells on particular situation about present condition. The main objective of the study is to describe the nature of situation as it exists at the time of the study and explore the causes of particular phenomena. Basically, the data were gathered from 31 students of Pedro A. Paterno National High School wherein the researcher herself has been working as a classroom teacher. Self- constructed questionnaire was distributed to the respondents. The proposed action research was introduced to the researcher’s immediate supervisor and immediately after his approval; the action research proposal was submitted to the District Research Committee for approval. The data obtained was carefully tabulated, evaluated and analyzed using a non-parametric statistic.