Abstract :
Teaching the four fundamental operations—addition, subtraction, multiplication, and divisions are essential in building a strong mathematical foundation for elementary learners. These operations serve as the cornerstone for understanding more complex mathematical concepts and real-life problem-solving situations. By mastering these skills, students enhance their logical thinking, numerical fluency, and ability to make connections across various subjects. Incorporating interactive, inquiry-based, and reflective learning approaches ensures engagement and fosters deep understanding. Ultimately, equipping students with these fundamental skills empowers them to approach everyday challenges with confidence and precision. The study was conducted to intervene the learners with poor academic performance in Mathematics. It was conducted within the bounds of Southville VI Elementary School for the school year 2023-2024. The main objective of the project is to increase academic performance from satisfactory to at least satisfactory mastery level in Math, decrease drop-out rate, increase percentage of attendance, enhance learners’ motivation and focus on learning amidst pandemic, develop intervention materials, share best teaching practices in intermediate level, and rebuild and sustain partnership between the school and community. The respondents were grade four pupils, and they were identified based on the first and second quarterly performance. It was found out that the respondents have at risk learners in Mathematics. Researchers conducted further investigations on the performance of the grade level in Mathematics for the first and second quarters of the school year. Thus, questionnaires were utilized. It was validated by the experts in the field to assure the quality, accuracy, and relevant to the level of the respondents. Furthermore, Project 4FTERMATH has had significant effect for the last six months as seen in the 66 percent as MPS on the post-test result with an increase of 0.48 percent compared to the pre-test results. The significant increase has contributed to the total performance of the grade level performance in Mathematics. The study implies that conducting this kind of intervention in addressing the learners’ gap in mathematics has made an impact in the performance level in grade level and in school.
Keywords :
Continuous Improvement Program (CIP), engagement activity, performance level, pre-test, post-test, drop out, fairly satisfactoryReferences :
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