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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter Page
I. The Problem and Its Settings
Introduction ……………………………………………………………………..3
Statement of the Problem...………………………………………………..……4
Significance of the Study………………………………………..........................5
Objectives……………………………………………………………………….5
Hypothesis……………………………………………………………………….6
Scope and Limitations……………………………………………………….…...6
Definition of Terms…………………………………………………...….……...7
Research Paradigm…………………………………………………………..….10

II. Review of Related Literature and Studies

Review of Related Literature and Studies………….……………………………13

Synthesis…………………………………………………………………………22

III. Research Methodology

Research Design.……………………...............................................................23
Population and Sampling ……………………………......................................23
Research Locale……………………………………………………….….…...24
Research Instruments and Techniques……..….……..........……......................24
Data Gathering Procedure..……………………………………………………26
Data Analysis………………………………………………….……………….27

IV. Presentation, Interpretation and Analysis of Data

Presentation, Interpretation and Analysis of Data…… ………………………28

V. Summary, Conclusions, and Recommendations

Summary …………………………………………………………………..32

Conclusion …………………………………………………………………33

Recommendations ………………………………………………………….34

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References ………………………………………………………………….35

Appendix 1 …………………………………………………………………37

CHAPTER I
The Problem and Its Setting
Introduction
Mathematics is one of the hardest subjects in school, which is the reason owning a

graphing calculator appears to be a need for understudies based on the article of Amit

Chowdhry (October 22, 2014), a tech enthusiast, born in Ann Arbor and educated at

Michigan State. He also stated that be that as it may, imagine a scenario in which you

could utilize your cell phone to explain conditions by pointing the camera at the issue in

your course book as opposed to utilizing a graphing calculator that is the thought behind
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PhotoMath. PhotoMath is a free versatile application that can peruse and understand

scientific articulations utilizing your cell phone camera continuously.

According to Amit Chowdhry (October 22, 2014), the application may seem like

it is basically helping children cheat, yet the application additionally gives a well-ordered

guide appearing every one of the issues are comprehended. The well-ordered guide is

gainful to understudies that don't approach a mentor and battle with tackling math issues.

Guardians can likewise utilize the PhotoMath application to refresh their memory when

instructing math to their children.

According to Amit Chowdhry (October 22, 2014), “PhotoMath currently supports

basic arithmetic, fractions, decimal numbers, linear equations and several functions like

logarithms. New math is constantly added in new app releases,” says the depiction of the

PhotoMath application on iTunes. The PhotoMath application utilizes optical character

recognition (OCR) innovation to peruse the condition and figures the appropriate

responses inside seconds. There is a red casing in the PhotoMath application that

you need to use to catch the condition.

PhotoMath's capacity to peruse math issues has its impediments. It can peruse

printed message so your written by hand notes can't be understood by the application.

When Chowdhry tried out PhotoMath on a request of tasks condition, the application

continued mixing up the "X" variable as the duplication image. The red edge likewise

causes restrictions in light of the fact that there may not be sufficient dispersing between

two separate math issues in the course reading to catch the condition that you need.

Statement of the Problem

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This study is conducted because the use of mobile application has increased,

therefore the researchers want to know the effects of the PhotoMath Application to the

Mathematical scores of the selected Senior High School Grade 11 students of Universal

College of Parañaque.

Research Questions:

The researchers formulated questions to further explain this study. The questions

are as follow:

1. How does the PhotoMath Application affect the students’ Mathematical scores?

2. What is the significant relationship between the use of Photo Math Application to the

Mathematical scores of selected SHS Gr. 11 students in Universal College of

Parañaque?

Significance of the Study

In the course of time, the use of mobile applications has rapidly increased and are

being used by millions of students and educators. The results of this study will benefit the

following:

For the students. This study will inform the students in knowing the effects of the

PhotoMath Application to their Mathematical scores.

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For future researchers. This study will help the future researchers to have a better

understanding regarding of the PhotoMath Application to the Mathematical scores of

students.

Objectives of the Study

General Objectives

This study is conducted to give an in-depth discussion and information about the

PhotoMath Application on the selected senior high school Grade 11 students in Universal

College of Parañaque.

Specific Objectives

This study is conducted to know how the use of the PhotoMath Application

affects the Mathematical scores of the selected Senior High School Gr. 11 students in

Universal College of Parañaque.

Hypothesis

Alternative Hypothesis

There is a significant relationship between the use of the PhotoMath Application

and the Mathematical scores of selected SHS Gr. 11 students in Universal College of

Parañaque.

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Scope and Limitations

This study has been limited to know how the use of the PhotoMath Application

affects the Mathematical scores of the selected Senior High School Grade 11 students in

Universal College of Parañaque.

There are thirty participants for this study, the selected Grade 11 students of the

Senior High School of Universal College of Parañaque that were specifically chosen by

the researchers – applying the PhotoMath Application and vice versa. This research is

analyzed and collected throughout the months of March and April of the 2nd semester

school year 2018-2019.

Definition of Terms

The following definitions are provided to ensure uniformity and understanding of

these terms throughout the study:

Conceptual Definition

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1. Mathematics- the group of subjects (Algebra, Trigonometry, Calculus, Geometry,

etc.) used in investigation of numbers, space and the many generalization of these

concepts. (Adela, M., 2006 Mathematics Dictionary.)

2. Mobile devices- a general term for any type of hand-held computer.

These devices are designed to be extremely portable, and they can often fit in

your hand. (https://edu.gcfglobal.org)

3. Understudies- one who is prepared to act another's part or take over another's

duties. (Merriam-Webster)

4. PhotoMath- a free mobile app that can read and solve mathematical expressions

using your smart phone camera in real time. (https://www.forbes.com)

5. Peruse- to examine or consider with attention and in detail: STUDY (Merriam-

Webster)

6. Optical Character Recognition (OCR)- a technology that recognizes text within

a digital image. It is commonly used to recognize text in scanned documents, but

it serves many other purposes as well. (Christensson, P.,2018, April 16, OCR

Definition. Retrieved 2019, Mar 13) (https://techterms.com)

7. Arithmetic- the branch of mathematics which deals with calculation of integers

using the fundamental operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division

and the extraction of roots. (Aldea, M., 2006Mathematics Dictionary.)

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8. Graphing Calculator- a calculator device that has the ability to display plotted

graphs for complex equations such as parabolas and other plotted results.

(Techopedia.com)

9. Application- a program (such as a word processor or a spreadsheet) that performs

a particular task or set of tasks. (Merriam-Webster)

10. Logarithm- an exponent when a number, N is represented as a power of a fixed

number called based. (Aldea, M., 2006 Mathematics Dictionary)

Operational Definition

1. Mathematics- the group of subjects (Algebra, Trigonometry, Calculus, Geometry,

etc.) used in investigation of numbers, space and the many generalization of these

concepts. (Aldea, M., 2006 Mathematics Dictionary.)

2. Mobile devices- a general term for any type of hand-held computer.

These devices are designed to be extremely portable, and they can often fit in

your hand. (https://edu.gcfglobal.org)

3. Understudies- one who is prepared to act another's part or take over another's

duties. (Merriam-Webster)

4. PhotoMath- a free mobile app that can read and solve mathematical expressions

using your smart phone camera in real time. (https://www.forbes.com)

5. Peruse- to examine or consider with attention and in detail: STUDY (Merriam-

Webster)

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6. Optical Character Recognition (OCR)- a technology that recognizes text within

a digital image. It is commonly used to recognize text in scanned documents, but

it serves many other purposes as well. (Christensson, P.,2018, April 16, OCR

Definition. Retrieved 2019, Mar 13) (https://techterms.com)

7. Arithmetic- the branch of mathematics which deals with calculation of integers

using the fundamental operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, division

and the extraction of roots. (Aldea, M., 2006Mathematics Dictionary.)

8. Graphing Calculator- a calculator device that has the ability to display plotted

graphs for complex equations such as parabolas and other plotted results.

(Techopedia.com)

9. Application- a program (such as a word processor or a spreadsheet) that performs

a particular task or set of tasks. (Merriam-Webster)

10. Logarithm- an exponent when a number, N is represented as a power of a fixed

number called based. (Aldea, M., 2006 Mathematics Dictionary)

•Pre-test and
Solving The respondents will be Post-test (With
problemsParadigm
Research with given a set of questions PhotoMath &
the use of that they will answer, Without
PhotoMath Solving PhotoMath)
regarding the effect of the
Application problems
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PhotoMath Application to
• Survey -
without the use
their Mathematical
questionnaire
of PhotoMath
scores.
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Overall
Mathematical
scores of the
respondents.

Figure 1. Research Paradigm of The Use of PhotoMath Application to the

Mathematical Scores of the Selected Senior High School Grade 11 Students in Universal

College of Parañaque

This research paradigm shows the focus of the study which is to determine the

effects of using the PhotoMath Application to the Mathematical scores of the students.

The first phase of this research paradigm is how the respondents will be

answering a set of questions with the use of PhotoMath Application.

The second phase is the respondents answering another set of questions without

the use of PhotoMath Application.

The third phase is that they will be given a survey-questionnaire by the

researchers and the respondents will give an evaluation on how the PhotoMath

Application affects the students’ Mathematical scores.

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The fourth phase shows the process/procedure that the researchers will be

conducting.

Lastly, the fifth phase shows the total outcome of the research.

Factors which shows

that the use of the
PhotoMath
Input Process Output
Application affects
Data Collection:
the Mathematical The use of the
scores of the Pre-test and Post-test PhotoMath
students: Application is
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Data Gathering
affecting the
Change in
Survey - Mathematical Scores
Mathematical Scores
questionnaires of students.
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Figure 2. Conceptual Framework - Input Process Output

The researchers followed the input, process, output method in showing the

conceptual framework of the study. In the input, the researchers have stated the general

information which is the change in the Mathematical scores of the students.

The second part of the framework has shown the process, where the data was

collected. Data collection strategies such as pre-test and post-test, data gathering, and

survey-questionnaires.

The third part of the framework have shown the output, the researchers desired

outcome is that there is a significant relationship between the use of the PhotoMath

Application and the Mathematical scores of the selected grade 11 students.

CHAPTER II
Review of Related Literature and Studies
Review of Related Literature
1. Importance and Benefits of Educational Mobile Apps
Martini, C. / 27 Oct 2017

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With the educational apps, the students can get access to any information from

anywhere. Therefore, the mobile apps are the most intelligent and useful approach to pull

in the understudies towards studies and improve their profitability. These versatile

applications have realized some pivotal changes in the training business, as the greater

part of the establishments, instructional exercise focuses, and singular teachers are

connecting with the application engineer Denmark, to get the portable applications for

granting learning, and this is on the grounds that the instructive applications offer a ton of

advantages. So, without wasting time, let us discuss a few of the benefits of the

educational applications.

Gone are the days, when the main alternative for the understudies to peruse

books, was by visiting the library. The creative contraptions of today make it simple for

the understudies to rehearse their exercises in a successful and intuitive way. The

applications are accessible for a wide range of aptitude levels and help getting the hang of

utilizing an assortment of showing strategies, for example, video instructional exercises,

and even the instructive recreations. These applications guarantee intelligent and viable

learning, by changing the exhausting exercises and helping the understudies to envision

each and everything.

2. Photomath – A Mobile App for Algebra Teaching and Tutorials

Nguyen, D. & Chen, D. / March 2016

Progressively, portable applications assume essential jobs in instructing and

learning. From more prominent understudy commitment to a development of the learning

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condition past typical classroom hours, versatile applications can open new instructive

entryways. Versatile applications interface with understudies' interpersonal organizations

to keep them associated and drew in with schoolmates, advisers, and educators, keeps

guardians educated and occupied with their kids' training, and furnishes teachers and

heads with ahead of schedule and moment ready frameworks for scholastic tasks and

educational programs modifications. In this paper, the PhotoMath Application serves the

objective of virtual instructing.

3. 5 Benefits of Using Mobile Apps in Education

Roy. S / August 26, 2017
In these changing times, students are progressively determined towards utilizing a

cell phone for each reason. A cell phone they call it. The world is at the fingertips and a

student can gain admittance to any data from anyplace. This diminishes the opportunity

of visiting a library and hunting down the information. A cell phone consequently can be

utilized for various such purposes. Each versatile application has a remarkable

component which offers its very own arrangement of administrations.

Nowadays, students are commonly attached to online studying. This is where library

apps and book search apps come into the picture. These applications make it simple for

the students to look through the suitable investigation material in the versatile

application. It keeps them closer to the examination material and encourages them in

isolating their contemplating materials over the web.

There are many education ERP organizations in India that gives school management

applications and other different portable applications for various purposes which make it

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simple for the establishment to keep the understudies educated about school exercises. It

would now be able to be said that understudies have taken up current methods for

learning through versatile applications. Such versatile applications ease up understudy

issues and encourage learning. Mobile applications are the future of the education sector,

leading towards its development.

4. Raising Early Achievement in Math with Interactive Apps: A

Randomized Control Trial
Outhwaite, L. A., Faulder, M., et al., / 2019
In an understudy level randomized control preliminary we assessed the adequacy of

another math application intercession to help youthful kids' initial math advancement.

The outcomes indicated kids utilizing the math applications either as a strengthening

mediation or rather than a little gathering instructor drove math action made noteworthy

learning gains in examination with youngsters getting standard practice as it were. This

investigation proposes superb math applications can be utilized as a type of value math

guidance in a balanced educational program to bring accomplishment up in early math

for all kids.

5. PhotoMath
Sossi, D. / 2016
For understudies who may skip steps and pass up the diligent work important to

learn math, PhotoMath could check the start of the finish of a sign of math—working

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through homework issues as a basic technique for growing genuine numerical

cognizance. Additionally, as character acknowledgment improves, PhotoMath ought to in

the end have the capacity to fathom written by hand conditions, expanding its effect, and

rearranging its application.

Review of Related Studies

1. Using Mobile Technologies for Mathematics: Effects on Student Attitudes
and Achievement
Fabian, K. Topping, K. & Barron, I. / 23 February 2018
The use of technology in mathematics education has been featured by analysts in

the course of recent decades. In the US, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

(2000) considered innovation as "essential in teaching and learning mathematics" (p. 3).

Scotland's Curriculum for Excellence (Education Scotland n.d., p. 40) noticed that "use of

technology in appropriate and effective ways” " considers learning encounters that

advance delight in science. In a study of science explore in the United States in the course

of recent years, Cheung and Slavin (2013) found that innovation created a constructive

outcome on understudies' accomplishment in contrast with customary techniques. In any

case, they additionally demonstrated that impacts shifted by the kind of instructive

innovation utilized.

Mobile technologies have been increasing more extensive acknowledgment in

training as of late. School and government level activities have revealed these

innovations in the classroom (West 2012). Potential advantages of utilizing

versatile advancements for learning include: encouraging learning crosswise over

settings, encouraging logical learning, and giving personalization in both individual and

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cooperative situations (Cochrane 2010). These possibilities influence mobile technology

to appear a perfect device for learning science.

Mobile technologies have provided various approaches to learning: connecting

with students in contextualized learning conditions utilizing mobile devices worked in

sensors (Tangney et al. 2010); utilizing the cell phone to diary math learning (Project

Tomorrow 2011); and interfacing students through cell phones and online networking

(Roberts and Butcher 2009). Crompton and Burke's (2015) study of versatile learning in

science demonstrated that there is a developing enthusiasm for portable innovation

adequacy, with 75% of 48 considers announcing positive learning results.

2. Analysis of Learning Outcomes from Mobile Mathematics Applications

Bitter, G. & Allen / January 2015
Studies have observed learning results to be decidedly influenced by the

utilization of math applications. The investigations have been directed utilizing numerous

distinctive blends of kinds of cell phone, sort of math application, learning setting, and

kind of understudy. Portable advances are incredible and successful for correspondence,

joint effort, inventiveness and critical thinking in the math classroom. Advanced

instruments utilized in the arithmetic classroom will be recognized in time, and an

assortment of other online devices will be exhibited in issue-based conditions for the

instructing and learning of math. Math applications were found to improve learning

results, yet additionally to expand understudy commitment among understudies with

passionate aggravations (Haydon, et al., 2012) (Devlin, 2013) (Bitter and

Meylani, 2013). Understudies with passionate unsettling influences experience issues

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with restraint and remaining connected sufficiently long to finish school assignments

(Blood, 2010).

There are times in class where singular understudies need individual

consideration. Mathematics applications are a perfect device to give supplemental

exercises to the unattended understudies in these circumstances. The Bring Your Own

Gadget (BYOD) technique is here and they utilized in schools with restricted spending

plans, constrained IT skill, as well as constrained staff. Students are encouraged to bring

and use their personally-owned computing devices in class. Educators in such schools

could also use math apps as a supplemental activity by identifying a list of apps for

android and iOS that students are allowed to use. It is prescribed that instructors initially

exhibit how to discover and introduce each sort of application onto a gadget before the

principal use. One of the most straightforward approaches to exploit math applications is

to utilize an adding machine application. These applications can supplant, and even

enhance, standard hand-held number crunchers. For instance, one development in

computerized figuring is PhotoMath by (Microblink, 2015). With this application, you

can just float the camera of a brilliant gadget over a scientific issue, and the application

takes care of the issue. PhotoMath can calculate arithmetic expressions, fractions,

decimals, powers, roots, simple linear equations, quadratic equations, inequalities, simple

equations systems, absolute value inequalities and absolute value equations.

3. Using Math Apps for Improving Student Learning: An Exploratory Study

in an Inclusive Fourth Grade Classroom
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Zhang, M. & Trussell, R. & et al., / 2015

Zhang and his co-researchers have discovered empowering proof on utilizing

math applications to improve understudy learning and close the accomplishment hole

between battling understudies and normal understudies. Earlier research has appeared

battling students profit by PC improved math mediation (Burns, Kanive, and DeGrande,

2012), however little is thought about the viability of math applications. This examination

found that utilization of math applications might be a compelling practice in giving

instructional backings to battling understudies inside general training classrooms. To

begin with, battling understudies have more opportunity to get better than run of the mill

understudies. Second, the affordances of math applications, for example, self-pacing,

prompt input, and separating complex procedures into little advances, might be

significantly progressively gainful for battling understudies. It isn't exceptional that in

customary math guidance, battling understudies can't stay aware of the pace of general

understudies (Baker, et al., 2002). In outline, there is a potential for utilizing all around

structured math applications to help battling understudies accomplish the Common Core

State Standards for Mathematics.

In additional, the student learning realizing records given by the Splash Math

application were important on the grounds that they enabled the instructor to follow

understudy advance, comprehend understudies' feeble zones, and plan guidance as needs

be. On the off chance that the pre-tests and post-tests demonstrated understudy learning

because of utilizing math applications, the learning records uncovered the procedure of

how the learning occurred. Numerous understudies in this investigation made more than

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one endeavor to rehearse the issue sets to accomplish the amendment rate set by

the instructor, which was probably not going to happen in a paper and pencil condition

since it is difficult to give understudies quick input. Additionally, the consummation that

the understudies tackled a normal of 143 issues in a single class session recommends that

math applications may enable understudies to take care of a greater number of issues than

utilizing paper and pencil, as detailed in an investigation that looked at iPads and

worksheets on math abilities of secondary school understudies with passionate unsettling

influence (Haydon et al., 2012).

4. Review of Mobile Learning Applications for Mathematics

1. Athanasios S. Drigas,
and Marios A. Pappas
2. Athanasios S. Drigas,
and Marios A. Pappas
Drigas, A., Pappas, M. / July 2015
Mobile and online learning applications become progressively known quite a long

time after year and are utilized today from mil-lions of understudies and instructors in

everywhere throughout the world. Wire-less cell phones like cell phones, PDAs and

tablets, could be utilized to profit understudies' learning in or out of the homeroom.

Before the possibility of consideration of portable mastering in instructive procedure, we

speak to in this paper some essential contextual investigations which inspect the outcome

of utilizing versatile devices and applications, just as online applications in science

educating, at all instructive dimensions.

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The purpose of this study was to examine the most representative studies of recent

years, including on the web and portable applications and devices for arithmetic just as

their impact in the instructive procedure. We exhibited some enhance applications which

are tended to by kindergarten kids to college understudies. These applications could be

utilized to improve number juggling abilities, numerosity, for charts' portrayal,

geometrical items construction, variable based math critical thinking and

numerical programming. The after effects of the investigations uncovered that on the web

and versatile learning applications persuaded the understudies, making science course

more charming and intelligent than the common educating rehearses. Crafted by the

designers gives guarantees for all the more learning apparatuses soon, making another

instructive model.

5. The Usage of Mobile Devices in the Students’ Mathematics Learning

(KOREÑOVÁ Lilla (SK), VERRESS-BÁGYI Ibolya (HU) / 2018

One list is about the possible online daily activities, the other is about online

practices belong to learning and finally about math applications used by them. These lists

were put in questionnaires made in Slovakian and Hungarian language and spread both in

Hungary and Slovakia and in Transylvanian part of Romania. We obtained several

interesting results. To the question that does their professors encourage the usage of

mobile devices 40% of the respondents said yes.

It is also interesting that the over thirty-year category gave the most active

respondents and they are also the winner of the category containing respondents without

mobile devices. In our opinion, students do not know enough about the potential of

mobile devices in learning, the solution is in the hand of the teachers. Additionally, it

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would be better if universities supported the development of more curriculums which can

be used on these devices as well.

Synthesis

Based on the information gathered by the researchers from foreign works of

literature and studies, in the current age where almost everything is advancing and being

developed with the help of Technology, the use of mobile devices’ application has

increased, therefore, we, the researchers, have formulated that students of today rely on

their mobile devices’ applications on almost everything, even in regards to their studies.

This research differs from the collected Review Related Literatures and Review

Related Studies because it aims to know the use of the PhotoMath Application to the

Mathematical scores of the selected Senior High School Grade 11 students of Universal

College of Parañaque.

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CHAPTER III
Research Methodology
The methodology of this research is triangulation. The researchers will use more

than one method to collect data.

Research Design

This research is an action research under qualitative research. Action research is

used to find ways on how to improve certain policies and develop a particular aspect of

life. It focuses on the formulation of the solution in a problem than in the generation of

knowledge. This research will use the pre-test and post-test design determining the use of

the PhotoMath Application and its effects on the students’ Mathematical scores. It will

further discuss the relationship between the two. These two are the use of the PhotoMath

Application and the students’ Mathematical scores.

Population and Sampling

The population for the research is 69 but the researchers will have a sample size

of 30. Due to this small number of populations, the researcher opts to choose purposive

sampling, under non-probability sampling, of the population and get samples from who

the researcher thinks is appropriate to be part of the survey. The researchers will

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cooperate with the selected Senior High School Grade 11 students of Universal College

of Parañaque.

These selected students will be studied to have a greater idea of the relationship

between the two when it comes to the use of the PhotoMath Application and its effects on

the Mathematical scores of the students. Also, it would be able to give future researchers

and the readers the idea of the effect of the use of the application in students’ scores. The

technique that the researchers will use would be able to give results that will generalize

the results needed for this research.

Research Locale

This study will be held in Universal College of Parañaque, situated at Parañaque,

Metro Manila. This place was selected to ensure the efficiency of the results to be

obtained from the selected Grade 11 students around the said area.

Research Instrument and Techniques

The researchers will conduct a pre-test and post-test to gather all data. The

respondents will answer all the problems that will be given by the researchers with the

PhotoMath Application. After the pre-test, the researchers will give them another set of

problems that will be solved without the application. After the test, the researchers will

give them a structured survey-questionnaire to know if using PhotoMath Application

made it easier for them to solve the following problems:

NAME:

Sample Survey (Sum, Difference, Products, and Quotients)

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I.

WITH PHOTOMATH APPLICATION

Evaluate the following.

x=3

1.
2.
3.
4.

5.

WITHOUT PHOTOMATH APPLICATON

Evaluate the following.

x=2

1.
2.
3.
4.

5.

II. Evaluate the given x 3  x 2  5 at 2 and 3

 x = 2 WITH PHOTOMATH APPLICATION

 x = 3 WITHOUT PHOTOMATH APPLICATION

These are the following follow-up questions after the experiment:

QUESTIONS:

1. In what way did the PhotoMath Application helped you with the test? Explain.

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________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

2. Do you think using Photomath Application improves your Mathematical scores?

Yes/No. Explain.

________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

3. Do you think the application leaves a negative effect on the students’

Mathematical scores? Yes/No. Explain.

________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

4. As a student, do you recommend this application? Explain.

________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

Data Gathering Procedure

The first test that will be distributed to the respondents will be solved with the use

of the PhotoMath Application. Whereas, the second set will be solved without the

PhotoMath Application. After solving the given equations, they will be given a set of

questions in regard to the effects of using PhotoMath Application to the Mathematical

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scores of the students. Copies of the approved questionnaire were distributed in order to

gather the relieved data. The results were retrieved after they were finished answering.

Data Analysis

For data analysis, the researchers will use inferential statistics. It is used to extend

beyond immediate alone and to make judgments of the probability that observed results

of the respondents’ answer to the survey-questionnaires.

The percentage is a measure of a portion in relation to a whole. It is defined as a

number represented as a fraction of 100. It is used to express numbers between zero and

one. It is denoted by the symbol %.

P is determined as respondents that passed the questionnaire and O is the overall

number of the respondents. It is used to determine the relationship of PhotoMath

Application and the Mathematical scores of the students.

The percentage formula is given as,

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not found

The treatment of data will be in the form of narrative analysis. The researcher

made a set of structured survey-questionnaire that will evaluate the PhotoMath

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Application of its effects to the students’ Mathematical scores.

CHAPTER IV

Presentation, Interpretation and Analysis of Data

This chapter deals with the presentation, interpretation and analysis of data. It

answers the research question(s): (1) How does the Photomath Application affects the

students Mathematical scores? (2) What is the significant relationship between the use of

PhotoMath Application to the Mathematical scores of selected SHS Gr. 11 students in

Universal College of Parañaque?

1. How does the Photomath Application affects the students Mathematical scores?

This shows the feedback of the selected students regarding the PhotoMath

Application.

1. In what way did the PhotoMath Application helped you with the test? Explain.

16 out of 30 respondents find the PhotoMath Application helpful in solving the

pre-test that they were given. 13 out of 30 respondents say that the application made it

easier and faster for them to answer the problems. 1 out of 30 respondents felt like a

genius while using the PhotoMath Application.

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2. Do you think using Photomath application improves your Mathematical scores?

Yes/No. Explain.

28 out of 30 respondents agreed that the PhotoMath Application improves their

scores, 22 of those said that it made the solving process easier and faster to solve, 4 of

those said that it helps them check their work after solving the problem, 2 of those said

that it’s just like a calculator but upgraded. And the last 2 respondents disagreed

saying that the application only makes the student dependent and lazy.

3. Do you think the application leaves a negative effect on the students’

Mathematical scores? Yes/No. Explain

25 out of 30 respondents said that it leaves a negative effect on the students’

Mathematical scores if not properly used, and 4 of those said that students’ start to

depend on the application. 5 disagreed saying that it helped them a lot in solving and

seeing the solution.

4. As a student, do you recommend this application? Explain.

19 out of 30 respondents said that they will recommend the application, 11 of

those say that it helped them answer the Math activities a lot faster, 7 of those say that it

helped them understand the step-by-step procedure especially those who have difficulty

in Mathematics, 1 say that it is just like a modern calculator. 9 out 30 respondents said

that they will not recommend the application because it can add to the laziness and

dependency of the students. 2 said that they will only recommend it for homeworks and

checkings.

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2. What is the significant relationship between the use of PhotoMath Application to

the Mathematical scores of the selected SHS Gr. 11 students in Universal College of

Parañaque?

These tables show the result of the pre-test and post-test that the researchers

conducted where the respondents will answer a set of questions using the PhotoMath

Application and vice versa. This will determine the relationship between the use of the

PhotoMath Application and to the Mathematical scores of the selected senior high

school grade 11 students.

Number of Students Scores with Scores without Overall Scores

PhotoMath PhotoMath
Application Application
1 6 3 9
2 6 3 9
3 6 3 9
4 6 6 12
5 6 6 12
6 6 5 11
7 6 3 9
8 3 5 8
9 6 5 11
10 5 2 7
11 6 5 11
12 3 1 4
13 6 6 12
14 6 3 9
15 6 6 12
16 6 4 10
17 6 6 12
18 6 3 9

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19 4 5 9
20 6 3 9
21 6 5 11
22 4 5 9
23 5 3 8
24 5 1 6
25 5 6 11
26 6 2 8
27 3 4 7
28 6 6 12
29 6 4 10
30 6 5 11
Scores of all the respondents

On the first table it shows all the scores of the 30 respondents that was selected

by the researchers. The respondents’ score on the pre-test with the use of the PhotoMath

Application and the post-test without the use of the application.

The pie graph shows the percentage of the Mathematical scores of the students

that had been affected by the PhotoMath Application. On the pre-test only 19 respondents

got a higher score which is 63.3% of the chosen population. 5 respondents got a low

score on the post-test which is 16.7% of the chosen population. And 6 respondents’

Mathematical scores were not affected at all by the PhotoMath Application, they got a

perfect score on both pre-test and post-test and that is 20% of the chosen population.

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CHAPTER V

Summary, Conclusions, and Recommendations

This chapter presents the summary of the findings, conclusions of the results and

the corresponding recommendations for the study. This study was taken with the general

objective of determining the use of the PhotoMath Application to the Mathematical

scores of the selected senior high school grade 11 students of Universal College of

Paranaque.

Specifically, this study sought to answer the following questions: (1) How does

the Photomath Application affects the students Mathematical scores? (2) What is the

significant relationship between the use of PhotoMath Application to the Mathematical

scores of selected Senior High School Gr. 11 students in Universal College of Parañaque?

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Summary of the findings

1. All the respondents say that the PhotoMath Application made it easier for them to

solve the given Mathematical Problems.

2. 28 out of 30 respondents say that the application helped improve their Mathematical

scores while 2 out of 30 respondents disagreed.

3. 25 out of 30 respondents say that it leaves a negative effect and 5 out of 30 said that

it does not leave a negative effect to the students.

4. 19 out of 30 respondents will recommend the PhotoMath Application and 2 out of 30

respondents will only recommend the application for homework and checking

purposes only. 9 out of 30 respondents will not recommend the Photomath

Application.

5. 63.3% had a higher score on the pre-test while 16.7% got a higher score on the post-

test and 20% were not affected at all by the PhotoMath Application.

Conclusion

Based on the findings derived from this study, the following conclusions were

drawn:

1. How does the Photomath Application affects the students Mathematical scores?

Based on the data that was gathered from the respondents, the PhotoMath

application helped the students in solving the problems and in checking their answers.

The use of PhotoMath Application is very easy and convenient for the students. However,

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some were reluctant because the application can cause for the students to become lazy

and dependent, and that if not used properly, the student’s scores will be affected

negatively.

2. What is the significant relationship between the use of PhotoMath Application to the

Mathematical scores of the selected SHS Gr. 11 students in Universal College of

Parañaque?

Based on the data that was gathered by the researchers, there is a significance

relationship between Photomath Application and the Mathematical scores of the students

because the 63.3% of the respondents got higher scores when they used the application

on their test that was given by the researchers which is higher than 16.7% of the

respondents who got lower scores because of not using the Photomath Application during

their test, and the scores that was not affected by the PhotoMath Application neither on

the pre-test and post-test is 20%.

Recommendations

Recommendations and suggestions are offered, based on the research results and

findings so with the help of the researchers’ study and based on findings the researchers

can give the following:

1. The PhotoMath Application makes the solving of the Mathematical problems

easier. It can be used for checking your answers and seeing the steps on how you

got the answer.

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2. The PhotoMath Application is recommended to be used for homework and such

to act as a helping hand to the students.

3. For parents, the application can be used for recalling step-by-step solving process

in helping their children with their Mathematics school work.

4. For the future researchers, the researchers itself highly recommend them to focus

on their data and to pick an appropriate respondents about the research topic: An

in-depth study of the effects and advantage of using the PhotoMath Application to

the Mathematical performance of the students.

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Appendix 1

Pre-test / Post-test and Survey-Questionnaire

Part 1

NAME:

Sample Survey (Sum, Difference, Products, and Quotients)

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I.

WITH PHOTOMATH APPLICATION

Evaluate the following.

x=3

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2. Error: Reference source not found
3. Error: Reference source not found
4. Error: Reference source not found
5. Error: Reference source not found

WITHOUT PHOTOMATH APPLICATON

Evaluate the following.

x=2

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2. Error: Reference source not found
3. Error: Reference source not found
4. Error: Reference source not found
5. Error: Reference source not found

II. Evaluate the given x 3  x 2  5 at 2 and 3

 x = 2 WITH PHOTOMATH APPLICATION

 x = 3 WITHOUT PHOTOMATH APPLICATION

QUESTIONS:
1. In what way did the PhotoMath Application helped you with the test? Explain.
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
2. Do you think using Photomath Application improves your Mathematical scores?
Yes/No. Explain.
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3. Do you think the application leaves a negative effect on the students’

Mathematical scores? Yes/No. Explain.
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
4. As a student, do you recommend this application? Explain.
________________________________________________________________________
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