Abstract:
This research investigation was conducted to determine the performance of Senior High School students in their mathematics core courses - General Mathematics and Statistics and Probability. Moreover, it also determined the extent of relationship between their performances in the two core courses. The analysis was centered on the performance of SHS students in one public high school in the Philippines in the two mathematics core courses as described by their grades. The data analysis indicates that on the average, the grade of the 100 randomly selected Senior High School students in General Mathematics is 85.8 with a standard deviation of 4.67. On the other hand, with regards to their performance in Statistics and Probability, their mean grade was found to be 86.07 with a standard deviation of 4.68. Considering the mean score and standard deviation as descriptive measures, this study found out that the respondents performed better in Statistics and Probability than General Mathematics. Furthermore, the correlation coefficient of 0.876 clearly shows that there is a very high positive correlation exists between their math core courses. This imply that when a student gets high grade in General Mathematics, it is certain that he/she will also get high grade in these two core courses. Moreover, the coefficient of determination indicates that 0.77 or 77% of the attributes of the respondents' performance in Statistics and Probability is because of their performance in General Mathematics. Therefore, as a teacher/educator in the field of mathematics, it is the researcher's belief that their performance in General Mathematics as described by their grades has something to do with their performance in Statistics and Probability. Further analysis also reveals that the relationship between the students' performance in General Mathematics and Statistics and Probability are statistically significant. This was confirmed by the p-value tested at 0.05 level of significance. Thus, mathematics teachers may use more interesting strategies in mathematics may be introduced to enhance enjoyment among students especially on the part of low group as it predicted their achievement in mathematics.
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