TOGÑO, EMILIA C. Unpublished Masteral Thesis, University of Nueva Caceres , Naga City , 2001.
Keywords: Outdoor Mathematics and Students Achievement Level
This study was designed to determine the effects of Outdoor Mathematics as a strategy in teaching Trigonometry to college students of the University of Nueva Caceres , Naga City , S/Y 2000-2001. Specifically, the study sought to answer the following questions: 1) What is the achievement level in trigonometry of the control and experimental groups based on the pre-test results? 2) what is the achievement level in trigonometry of both groups based on the post-test results? 3) Is there a significant difference between the achievement level of the control and experimental groups based on the post-test results?
This study used the quasi-experimental method involving two groups of students, the control and experimental groups as samples. A teacher-made test was used to pre-test and post-test to determine the Mathematics achievement of the students along comprehension, computation, analysis skills. The topics covered in Trigonometry were trigonometric functions, solution of right triangles, direction and bearing.
Major conclusions of the study were: 1) Among the three skills measured, lowest scores were in analysis skill, which indicated difficulties were encountered in analyzing worded problems. 2) Achievement level of both groups based on the post-test results improved where the experimental compared with the control group was much better along analysis skill. 3) The pre-test results of both groups had a computed t-value of 0.625 which was less than the tabular t-values of 1.684 at 5% and 2.423 at 1% levels showing no significant difference between the pre-test results of both groups; however, post-test results which had a computed t-value which had a computed t-value of 4.625 was greater than the tabular t-values showing a significant difference between the post-test results of both groups; and the mean gain with a computed t-value of 6.99 greater than the tabular t-values showing further that the experimental group performed better than the control group.