Effectiveness of Activity-Based Learning (ABL) on the Performance of Grade 9 Students in Mathematics

Abstract

This study investigated the effectiveness of Activity-Based Learning(ABL) on the performance of Grade 9 students in Mathematics in San Jose National High School, San Jose, Anda, Pangasinan during the school year 2015-2016. This study used the pre-test post-test design. There were 19 respondents exposed to traditional learning method and 19 respondents were exposed to ABL. They were equally divided into two groups according to their grade point average from the first three grading periods. They were taught in five topics of the subject namely: (1) the six trigonometric ratios;(2)the trigonometric ratios of special angles; (3) angles of elevation and angles of depression;(4) the use of trigonometric ratios in solving real-life problems involving right triangles; and (5)oblique triangles. Pre-test and post-test were administered to determine the performance of the Grade 9 students. A survey questionnaire was used to find the profile of the students. All data gathered were tabulated and statistically treated using frequency count, percentage, mean, skewness, kurtosis, t-test, eta squared and Pearson-r. All the data gathered were computed through the use of MS Excel and SPSS software.  Results showed that there was an increased in the pre-test and post-test performance and had an increase performance in post-test compared to pre-test. Results also told that traditional activity is as effective as the Activity-Based Learning. Findings also revealed that there was no significant relationship between the profile variables and performance in Mathematics of the Grade 9 students.