Strategic Intervention Material to Improve the Performance of the College Freshmen Students

Abstract

Mathematics in the Modern world is one of the new courses added to the General Education subjects taught in the new college curriculum. It aims to expose undergraduate students to various domains of knowledge and ways of comprehending social and natural realities, developing in the process, intellectual competencies and civic capacities. The course purposely tackles the nature of mathematics, appreciation of its practical, intellectual, and aesthetic dimensions, and application of mathematical tools in daily life.This study assessed the Mathematics in the Modern World performance of the college sophomore students of Ilocos Sur Polytechnic State College which led to the formulation of a Strategic Intervention Material. It made use of the descriptive research design and developmental methods with a questionnaire as the main data gathering tool. The 254 student-respondents were chosen using the random sampling technique. Mean and the difficulty index formula were utilized to analyze the data.The study revealed that the respondents have a satisfactory performance in Mathematics in the Modern World. Furthermore, most of the topics covered in Mathematics in the Modern World found to be difficult and moderately difficult. With these significant findings, the Mathematics in the Modern World strategic intervention material (SIM) was developed, which was found very valid.