EJHEAA
Vol. 1 No. 1 (2024): European Journal of Higher Education and Academic Advancement

Utilization of Tarsia Puzzle in Improving Learning on Integers, Rationals, Patterns, And Algebra (Irpa) Among Senior High School Students in a Public School

Christine A. Tadios (Tacloban National Agricultural School, Tacloban City, Philippines)



Article Info

Publish Date
24 Apr 2023

Abstract

The research was conducted in order to improve students’ mastery level of the pre-requisite skills in General Mathematics such as integer, rational, patterns and algebra. The teacher observed that students’ performance is greatly affected by their poor mastery of the pre-requisite skills. The research involves thirty student respondents who were purposively selected based on their score on the pre-test given to them at the beginning of the semester. Students were ranked based on the score they got in the pre-test. The bottom thirty were then selected as respondents of the study. The respondents were given Tarsia-aided remedial classes as intervention. Tarsia is a software that allows teachers to create a variety of puzzles like jigsaw and dominoes. Sixty-minute remedial classes of two to three session per week started on the month of September 2021. A blended learning modality was adapted. The researcher gathered data using the pre-test and post-test result of the respondent. It was found out that the average of the score of the thirty respondents in the 50-item pre-test is 8.13. The average of the scores of the students increased by 11.2 points during the post-test that was given after the intervention. Using t-test for paired samples, it was fund out that there is a significant difference between students’ pre-test and post-test scores. Thus, the Tarsia-aided remedial classes improved students’ mastery of the pre-requisite skills.

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Journal Info

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EJHEAA

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Education

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European Journal of Higher Education and Academic Advancement is an open-access, peer-reviewed international journal that offers comprehensive coverage of theoretical and empirical studies of higher education in Europe, comparative research within Europe, and comparisons between European and ...