Concrete - Representational - Abstract: An Instructional Approach in Teaching Integers
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15794013Keywords:
CRA, Experimental, Traditional, Operations of IntegersAbstract
The study aimed to determine the influence of using Concrete- Representational -Abstract (CRA) as an instructional approach in teaching four operations of integers. The respondents of the study were the 47 Grade VII students of Nagsala High School (Domingo Ledesma Mapa High School) in Hda. Mapa, Sta. Cruz Viejo, Tanjay City. The quasi-experimental design was utilized. The researcher used a validated test instrument and employed the percent, weighted mean, and t-test methods in treating the data. The result of the pretest given to the two groups of students showed that the students did not meet the passing level. The study revealed that the utilization of CRA in the experimental group and the inductive approach in the control group developed the knowledge and skills of the students in the four operations of integers. The results further disclosed that the experimental group reached a satisfactory rating, while the control group reached a fairly satisfactory level only. Moreover, there was a significant difference in the posttest performances of the experimental and control groups in favor of the former group. Hence, using CRA as an instructional approach in teaching operations of integers was better than the inductive approach.
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