Effectiveness on the Utilization of Numeracy Station Materials in Improving the Performance of Grade 1 Pupils in Math

AUTHOR(S)

Peter Paul P. Perez

ABSTRACT

Learning to read, write and count is critical to a child’s success in school and later in life and these are the most important skills that they should acquire at an early age. One of the best predictors of school success is the level of a child’s progress in these foundational skills. Although reading, writing and numeracy abilities increase as children grow, the early childhood years, from birth to age eight, comprise the most important period for language, literacy, and numeracy development (DO #12, s. 2015). The ability to read, write and count does not develop naturally, or without careful planning and instruction. The availability and accessibility of ageappropriate and culturally sensitive materials for children are extremely important to encourage the regular practice of reading and counting (DO #12, s. 2015). Thus, it is necessary to provide the appropriate learning materials and activities to the pupils and these materials are mandated to be found in the numeracy stations in each of the classrooms for key stage 1 for utilization by the pupils during their numeracy lessons. Hence with the present scenario in the classroom during the opening of classes where most of the Key Stage 1 pupils have struggled in their numeracy performance. Thus, teachers had to craft intervention activities and materials to address the pressing problems in DepEd brought about by the pandemic and this is the reason why this study has come into being to evaluate the effectiveness of numeracy station materials in improving the performance of the Grade one pupils in Math. Employing the quasi-experimental research design using the pre-test and post-test performances and given the intervention materials and activities in the numeracy stations provided in this study, the data revealed a significant difference in the pretest and post-test performances of the Grade 1 pupils before and after the utilization of numeracy station materials in teaching Math. Thus, the interactive, relevant, colorful and can be manipulated materials in the numeracy stations contribute to improving the numeracy performance of the Grade 1 pupils. Aside from these, independent working and managing their own activities to accomplish with accuracy were also developed while doing the tasks prepared by the researcher in each of the numeracy station at their own pace.