Effectiveness of Gomoku in Improving Problem Solving Skills of Grade 9 Students Using Mole Concept to Express Mass of a Substance

Problem solving using mole concept to express mass of a substance is one of the least learned skills of Grade 9 G9 students of Katipunan National High School KNHS as reflected in the Mean Percentile Score MPS and test item analysis for the past two school years 2017 2018 and 2018 2019 . Finding ways to improve this skill was one of the primary goals of the science teachers of KNHS. This study presented the effectiveness of “Gomoku”, a game based learning strategy in improving problem solving skills of G9 students in mole concept. Pre experimental design was used in the study, of which pretest was given after discussion of the topic and posttest after the “Gomoku” intervention. Scores were treated using paired sample t test and adjectival ratings Outstanding 90 100 , Very Satisfactory 85 89 , Satisfactory 80 84 , Fairly Satisfactory 75 79 , and Did Not Meet expectation Below 75 . Respondents of the study were 29 out of 51 randomly selected G9 Yakal students. Results revealed that posttest m=5.414, s=1.21 was interpreted as satisfactory and greater than the pre test m=3, s=1.46 , t 28 = 7.215, p= .05, which was interpreted as “did not meet expectation”. This implied that students perform better when exposed to “Gomoku” strategy hence, “Gomoku” was recommended as alternative solution in improving students' problem solving skills using mole concept to express mass of a substance. Louie Jay C. Tuiza | Nelborne C. Cuenca | Alma W. Tabasa "Effectiveness of Gomoku in Improving Problem Solving Skills of Grade 9 Students Using Mole Concept to Express Mass of a Substance" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-6 | Issue-3 , April 2022, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd49465.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/other-scientific-research-area/other/49465/effectiveness-of-gomoku-in-improving-problem-solving-skills-of-grade-9-students-using-mole-concept-to-express-mass-of-a-substance/louie-jay-c-tuiza