• Rynheart P. Atmosfera

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• Mae Amalia B. Pilarta

  Author

This study aimed to determine the effectiveness of concept mapping-aided instruction
on the performance of the first year college students in Algebra at the Abra State Institute of
Sciences and Technology for the school year 2014-2015. Two groups were created and matched
according to their mental ability test, midterm algebra grade and high school general average
grade. Treatment was given to the experimental group using concept mapping-aided instructions
while the control group was taught using the conventional method of teaching algebra. Both
groups were pre-tested and post-tested on the unit “Operations of Algebraic Expressions.”
Descriptive statistics was used to analyse and interpret the results. The performance of the two
groups in the pre-test was not significantly different. However, the experimental group
performed better than the control group in the post-test. The concept-mapping – aided
instruction is an effective tool in enhancing and improving the mathematics performance of the
students in Algebra.

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