EARNING DIFFICULTIES IN MATHEMATICS OF THE SENIOR STUDENTS OF CATHEDRAL SCHOOL OF LA NAVAL

The study was conducted to determine the learning difficulties in Mathematics of the senior students of Cathedral School of La Naval, Naval, Biliran. This utilized a descriptive method of research. Different statistical tools were used in the analysis of data: frequency and percentage for the profiles, number of mistakes and performance. Mean and t - test with alpha level of significance was set at 0.05 to determine the correlation. The findings of the study showed that there is significant difference be tween the performance and age while there is no difference between performance and sex and parents’/guardians’ highest educational attainment with very high correlation. A very high correlation was also found out in terms of performance and learning diffi culties, where both variables were significant. The item which incurred the greatest number of mistakes was on Perfect Square Binomial. Mentors should give focus or remediation on topics were students’ low performance was identified and further establis h friendly ambiance so that they could fill - in the learning gap of the learners with the use of various teaching strategies and materials.