A SAMPLE

ACTION
RESEARCH IN
MATH 6
I.
SITUATION/P
ROBLEM
Low
performance
in
Mathematics
of Grade Six
Pupils during
the1
st
 periodical
exam in S.Y.
2002-
2003.Class
average
Grade was
76.8%
Poor
classroom
participation
of pupils in
Math 6. Only
5 out of
40participated
meaningfully.I
I. OBJECTIVE

How to
increase the
performance
of the pupils
in
Math 6.III. PO
SSIBLE CAUS
ES (Identified
through ques
tionnaires, PR
IORITYintervi
ews, brainstor
ming, (Rank b
ased onor obs
ervations) dis
cussion)1.

Poor study ha
bits. 42.
Poor pupil abil
ity in four bas
ic mathematic
al operations.
13.

Boring, dull, d
ry class. 64.
Unapproachab
le teacher. 75
.

Low mental a
bility of stude
nts. 96.
Absenteeism/
tardiness of p
upils. 27.

Infrequent re
medial class h
eld for math 6
. 38.

Poor nutrition.
89.

Poor family su
pport. 5IV
PLAN OF
ACTION
(Possible
solutions)Stra
tegy Time Fra
me Answers I
tem(s) in III1
.
Strengthening
of
remedialclass
es and
focusing on
fourfundamen
tal
operations.2.
Counselling /
coaching
/monitoring of
the teachers
by
MathCoordina
tor as to how
to:a.
concretize
abstractconce
ptsb. make
subject
moreinteresti
ng.3. Principal
counsels then
monitorsteach
er-pupil
relations.4.
Principal/teac
hers to call
PTCA toa
meeting and
talk about
impact
ofproper
nutrition on
students,abse
nteeism/tardi
ness of
theirchildren,
poor family
support
ontheir
children.5.
Counsel
students on
absenteeism6
. Teaching the
proper way
ofstudying.Se
pt-OctSept-
OctSept-
OctSept-
OctSept-
OctSept-Oct2,
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V.
ACTIONSStrat
egyimplement
ationData Coll
ected DataAn
alysis/Interpr
etation1.
Strengthening
ofremedial
classes
andfocusing
on
fourfundamen
tal
operations.2.
Counselling
/coaching /
monitoring
ofthe teachers
by
MathCoordina
tor.3.
Principal
counsellingtea
chers and
monitoringtea
cher-pupil
relations.4.
Principal/teac
herscalling PT
CA meetingan
d talking
aboutimpact
of
propernutritio
n on
students,abse
nteeism/tardi
nessof their
children,
poorfamily
support on
theirchildren5
. Counselling
studentson
absenteeism.
6. Teaching
proper wayof
studying.Initia
l Data:
26pupils ok in
4operationsCu
rrent Data:
58pupils ok in
4operationsIni
tial Data:
Teacherlacked
teachingstrate
gies.Current
Data:Teacher
had
variedStrategi
esInitial
Data:Satisfact
ory teacher-
pupil
relationshipCu
rrent Data:
VerySatisfacto
ry teacher-
pupil
relationshipIni
tial Data:
10%attendan
ce to
PTCAmeeting
Current Data:
8%attendanc
e to
PTCAInitial
Data:
9absc/mo./st
udentCurrent
Data:
2absc/mo./st
udentInitial
Data:Satisfact
ory
wayCurrent
Data:
VerySatisfacto
ryImproved
pupil skills
on4
operationsIm
proved
teachingstrate
giesImproved
teacher-
pupilrelations
hipUnsuccessf
ulintervention
Marked
improvement
inattendanceI
mproved
study
habits(Narrati
ve/descriptive
presentation
of
intervention
or
strategies)VI.
EVALUATION
AND
FOLLOW-
UP:Problem I
ndicators Dat
a Initial Data
CurrentAvera
ge grade in
MathNo. of
activeparticip
ants76.8%5
out of 4084.2
%20 out of
40
a.
FINDINGS:1.

As to the first
strategy, it
was found out
that this
served to
have
improved
students’
skills on the
four
operations.
2.
As to the
second
strategy, it
was found out
that this
appeared
tohave
improved the
teaching
strategies of
teachers.3.

(And so on for
the other
strategies……
……)
Finally, the
average grade
in
Mathematics
6 had
increased
from76.8% to
84.2%.b.
CONCLUSION
Based on the
findings of the
study, the
following
conclusions
aremade:Stre
ngthening of
remedial
classes
focusing on
the four
fundamentalo
perations;
coaching and
monitoring of
the Math
coordinator;pr
incipal
counselling of
math teachers
on teacher-
student
relations;coun
selling
students on
absenteeism;
and teaching
proper way
ofstudying ap
peared to hav
e
helped increa
se stu
dents’
performance
in Math
VI.However,
principal/teac
hers to call
PTA meeting
and talk
aboutimpact
of proper
nutrition on
students,
absenteeism/t
ardiness
oftheir
children, poor
family support
seemed not to
have helped
atall.Most
actions taken
were
successful.
Seemed to
have
contributed
inraising
grade in Math
and
increasing
active
participation
in class
discussion.As
follow-up,
need to
improve PTCA
as channel in
improving
pupilsperform
ance.Appendi
ces1.
Results of
pre-test and
post test.2.

Minutes of the
PTA meeting
conducted.3.
Materials or
other data
that show
that these
strategies
wereimpleme
nted or
conducted