Effectiveness of Digital Learning Activities Using Tablets in Improving the Numeracy Level of the Identified Grade 10 Non-Numerates

AUTHOR(S)

Danalyn L. Obando

ABSTRACT

Learners are the core of the educational process, which entails day-to-day activities and performances. Teachers need to make extra efforts to supplement their teachings from time to time. Most of these students attend their everyday classes to pass their assessments that will assure them that learning is essentially understood. Unfortunately, there are students who fail in some of the assessments provided to them. With the goal of no child being left behind, teachers must do some interventions to address the gap in learning. One of which is the conduct of remedial classes to students who fail or did not meet the expectations. In the conduct of remedial classes, teachers must provide interactive, relevant and comprehensive learning materials which will boost the interest and motivation of the students to learn and achieve positive learning outcomes. Digital learning activities using tablets is one of the interventions created by the researcher to address the problems on numeracy. Thus, this study is conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of this intervention. After a series of examinations and intervention activities, the study revealed a significant difference in the pre-test and post-test numeracy performances of the identified Grade 10 non-numerate students before and after the utilization of digital learning activities using tablets. Provision of additional learning support materials and activities using tablets with applications during remedial classes is effective in improving the numeracy performance of the identified non-numerate students.