Colored Chip Model: Its Effects in Enhancing Students’ Skills in Operation of Integers

Many students enter high school level with critical gaps in their
concepts and skills in Mathematics. One of this basic foundational knowledge and skills in the operation of Integers, a prerequisite skill to solve equations. Integers and integer operations are building blocks for success in algebra. The researchers employed experimental quantitative study. Two groups were treated in the study: the control group and the experimental group. This is deemed appropriate since the purpose of the study is to test whether the colored chip model can truly enhance the students’ skills in the operations of integers. The research data were collected through the use of researcher-made Pretest Posttest questionnaires. The following statistical tools were used in the study: frequency, simple percentage, mean, standard deviation and ANCOVA to identify the significant difference between the pretest and posttest results of the participants. Ninety (90) Grade 7 students of Amando A. Fabio Memorial National High School answered the given tests. The
overall result showed that the participants were generally at the level of “Satisfactory” as indicated in the post test result of the four competencies in the operation of integers given. Hence, it is recommended that teachers handling Mathematics subject should be innovative to keep their students’ satisfactory performance and
even higher level.