Singapore Model and Mathematics Achievement of Students in Word Problem: A Quasi-Experimental Study

Abstract

This study was carried out to provide empirical data on the effect of teaching Junior High School students to solve Word Problems using the Singapore model method. This study employed a non-equivalent control group design, a quasi-experimental method. The participants were two heterogeneous sections of Grade 7 students from one of the private schools in Davao City. The instrument used in this study is a 26-item teacher-made test with 13 items for each of the following topics: Work Problems and Mixture Problems. This instrument was used in the pre-test and the post-test. The pre-test and post-test mean scores of the experimental and control groups were used to summarize, translate, and analyze the collected data. The t-test was used to determine the significant difference between the Singapore Model Method and Procedural strategy groups. The results show
that the post-test mean score of experimental group and control groups is very high, which means that the students’ academic achievement in word problem is very satisfactory. There is a significant difference between the experimental and control group's post-test mean gain scores. Their performance improved as anticipated, but the experimental group outperformed the control group due to significantly different mean gain scores. The study unequivocally established that the Singapore Model strategy has a favorable effect on participants' achievement in solving mathematical word problems.