Use of Scientific Calculator in Solving Systems of Linear Equation

USE OF SCIENTIFIC CALCULATOR IN SOLVING SYSTEMS OF LINEAR EQUATION: A SELF - LEARNING KIT

Department of Science and Mathematics education

College of Education

MSU - Iligan Institute of Technology

Iligan City

Marie Chris G. Coyno

Shiela M. Novo

March 2010

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The researchers would like to express their deepest gratitude to the people who gave their support for the completion of this study. Expressions of thanks are for the following

Prof. Amelia T. Buan, Their adviser, for guiding, checking, giving suggestions in making this paper; and for the patience;

Dr. Myrna E. Lahoylahoy and Mrs. Grace P. Liwanag, the panel members, for making corrections and suggestions in refining this paper;

To Mr. & Mrs. Ermie L. Coyno and Mr. and Mrs. Raul C. Novo, the parents of the researchers, for their undying love and kindness, for the financial, emotional, spiritual and moral support;

To the researchers brothers and sisters, who serve as one of their inspirations;

To the researchers friends and barkadas, for the encouragement given to them and for the refreshing thoughts;

To all, who in one way or another have helped in making this study;

And above all, to the EVERLASTING GOD, for the never - ending love and for all the abundant blessings given to the researchers.

Kring - Kring and Shie

DEDICATION

To the Almighty God and to all

members of the family,

our parents, brothers,

sisters, relatives

and friends for

their all out

support and

prayers

This work is wholeheartedly dedicated.

Kring - Kring and Shie

ABSTRACT

Coyno, Marie Chris G. and Novo, Shiela M. BSE - Mathematics, College of Education, Mindanao state University - Iligan Institute of Technology: March 2010 "Use of Scientific Calculator in Solving Systems of Linear Equation: A self - Learning Kit" (2009 - 2010). Thesis adviser: Prof . Amelia t. Buan.

This study was conducted to developed a Self - learning Kit on Systems of Linear Equation for Second Year high school students; as a reference material. The researchers developed the module by the following steps: Identification of the topic, formulation of the objectives, selection of the contents, organization of the content, face validation of the self - learning kit, evaluation of the self - learning kit by in - service and pre - service teachers at the same time the try - out for the readability, revision of the self - learning kit and lastly, the production of the self - learning kit.

The self - learning kit includes the cover page, overview, objectives, jumpstart, setting the content, lesson proper, self-assessment question (SAQ), answers to self - assessment question (ASAQ).

Three (3) In - service and Four (4) Pre - service teachers evaluated the self - learning kit. The evaluation was made through checklist (Printed Material and Multimedia Presentation).

The multimedia presentation of the self - learning kit was tried - out to the second year high school students of ICEHS - Santiago.

The acceptability was measured through average mean. Using the fry graph readability formula, the researchers revealed that the self - learning kit falls in the freshmen students. The researchers recommended that these reference material be enhanced, try - out, implemented and be utilized. Also, the researchers recommended the use of scientific calculator in teaching other algebraic concepts and the exploration of the functions of the graphing calculator in teaching trigonometric functions.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE PAGE i

APPROVAL SHEET ii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iii

DEDICATION iv

ABSTRACT v

TABLE OF CONTENTS vii

LIST OF APPENDICES ix

CHAPTER PAGE

1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS SCOPE 1

Introduction 1

Statement of the Problem 3

Significance of the Study 5

Scope and Limitation 5

Operational Definition of Terms 6

2 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 8

AND STUDIES

3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 14

Subjects of the Study 14

Research Design 15

Instrument to be Used 15

Methods in Developing the SLK 16

Statistical Tool Used 17

Coding