Home⇛International Journal of Multidisciplinary: Applied Business and Education Research⇛vol. 6 no. 2 (2025)

Challenges Encountered in Teaching Four Basic Operations in Mathematics and Academic Performance among Pupils

Estella S. Aregana | Bazil T. Sabacajan | Alexander N. Morado | Wenie L. Nahial

Discipline: Education

 

Abstract:

Mathematics is a learning discipline disliked by most of the learners in schools. This became more complicated when the learners transitioned from face-to-face to modular learning modality during the pandemic, and just recently from modular back to face-to-face learning modality. This study aimed to determine the extent of the challenges encountered by the respondents in teaching mathematics and the academic performance among the pupils. Using complete enumeration, all Grades 4 to 6 mathematics teachers in Mambajao District were used as respondents of the study. Quantitative descriptive research design was employed supplemented with survey questionnaire as the main data gathering tool. Appropriate statistical tools were used to analyse the collected data. Results showed that majority of the respondents were females, middle-aged, with at least 11 years of teaching experience, and with units in master’s degree course program. The respondents had al-ways experienced challenges in teaching mathematics to the learners, while the learners had a satisfactory academic performance. There was no relationship between the extent of the challenges encountered by the respondents and the academic performance of the learners. Finally, the study found no significant differences on the extent of the challenges encountered among the respondents when grouped in terms of age, sex, number of years of teaching, and highest educational attainment. The researcher recommended that future researchers may replicate this work with additional interesting variables.



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