Presbitero, Nelia L. Unpublished Masteral Thesis, Unversity of Nueva Caceres, Naga City , 2002.
Keywords: Peer tutoring and Mathematics Achievement
This study was designed to determine the effects of peer tutoring on the achievement of second year high school students in mathematics, Sta. Lutgarda High School , Cabusao, Camarines Sur, S/Y 2001-2002. Specifically, this study sought to answer the following questions: 1) what is the achievement level of the experimental and control groups based on the pre-test results? 2) What is the level of achievement of both groups based on the post-test results? 3) Is there a significant difference between the achievement level of the experimental and control groups based on the pre-test and post-test results? This study used the quasi-experimental method using a total of 60 students as respondents. A teacher – made test was used as pre-test and post-test to determine the mathematical achievement of the students along comprehension, computation and analysis skills. The topics covered in Mathematics were classification of triangles, parts of triangle, congruent triangles, constructing triangles and minimum conditions for triangle congruence.
Major conclusions were: 1) the achievement level of both the experimental and control groups in the pre-test was low. 2) The achievement level of both groups based on the post-test results improved where the experimental compared with the control group performed better along the three skills. 3) Based on the pre-test results, there as no significant difference between the experimental and control groups as shown in the computed t-value which was less than the tabular value; however, post-test results with the computed t-value was greater than the tabular value showed a significant difference between the two groups and the mean gain with the computed t-value greater than the tabular value which gain showed that the experimental group performed better than the control group.