Difficulties Encountered by Grade 8 Students in Using Mathematics SLMs

AUTHOR(S)

Lea S. Retiro

ABSTRACT

This study looked into the difficulties encountered by students’ in using Mathematics Self Learning Modules (SLMs) in relation to the performance of Grade 8 students in Dipolog City National High School during the third quarter of the School Year 2020-2021. The descriptive correlation method of research was employed utilizing the standardized questionnaires. Data were gathered from the sample of 136 Grade 8 students coming from six ( 6) sections in Dipolog City National High School .Frequency count, percentage distribution, weighted mean, and chi-square were the statistical tools used in treating the data gathered. Ninety of the Grade 8 students respondents were 14 years old . Eighty of the respondents were females. The difficulty of the students in using Mathematics Self Learning Modules is somewhat difficult in personal difficulty and emotional difficulty, difficult in terms of social difficulty. Their performance was approaching proficiency. There existed a significant relationships between the students’ difficulties encountered and their performance in the subject.