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Implications of Team - Based Learning Strategies on the Attitude of Freshmen Students in Mathematics in a State University in Cagayan Valley, Philippines

Freddie Patricio

Discipline: Education

 

Abstract:

In terms of attitude toward Mathematics, the three groups of samples had remarkable increase in their post-test mean scores in the attitude scale in Mathematics as supported by the overall post-test mean score of 141.67 as compared to the initial overall mean of 115.82. Likewise, the pre-test mean scores registered in the attitude scale by the three groups of samples are 116.40, 115.07, and 116.00 for the TAI, STAD and control groups, respectively. The mean differences of the three groups of sample were treated and yielded F-value 0.0875 with corresponding p-value of 0.9164 which is higher than the level of significance of 0.05. This means that the three groups of samples are comparable at the start of the experiment. In like manner, the experimental group taught by cooperative learning strategy Student Team Achievement Division registered a mean difference of 27.66in their pre-test and post-test scores in the achievement test in Business Mathematics which when treated using dependent t-test yielded t-value of 11.4629 with corresponding p-value of 0.0000 which is much lesser that the level of significance of 0.05.This could mean that the cooperative learning strategy STAD is likewise effective strategy in teaching. Furthermore, the experimental group taught by cooperative learning strategy STAD registered a mean difference 34.40 in their attitude toward Mathematics. This mean difference when treated using dependent t-test yielded t-value of 11.7251 with corresponding p-value of 0.0000 which is much lesser that the level of significance of 0.05.This could mean that the cooperative learning strategy STAD is effective strategy in improving the samples attitude toward Mathematics.Lastly, the control group taught by the traditional method recorded a mean difference of 14.07 in their attitude toward Mathematics which when treated using dependent t-test yielded t-value of 5.4423 with corresponding p-value of 0.0000 which is much lesser that the level of significance of 0.05.This could mean that the traditional method is also effective in improving the samples attitude toward Mathematics. In the case of attitude toward Mathematics, the post-test mean scores registered by the three groups of samples are 145.47, 149.47, and 130.07 for the TAI, STAD and control groups, respectively. The mean differences of the three groups of sample were treated statistically and yielded F-value of 76.4688 with corresponding p-value of 0.0000 which is very much lower than the level of significance of 0.05. This indicates that the cooperative learning strategies TAI and STAD are more effective in improving the samples attitude toward Mathematics than the traditional method of teaching.