This chapter presents and analyzes data gathered from students at Laboratory High School about factors affecting performance in mathematics. It examines students' level of interest in mathematics, study habits, personality traits and teaching skills of teachers, and instructional materials used. The overall interest level of students in mathematics is interpreted as "moderate" - students have a moderate level of interest in the subject. Students were most interested in getting good grades but least interested in teacher lectures.

1. Chapter 4
Presentation, Analysis and Interpretation of Data
This chapter presents, analyzes and interprets the data gathered from the students
of Laboratory High School at Laguna State Polytechnic University in determining factors
affecting Performance in Mathematics.
Level of Interest of the students in Mathematics
Students’ level of interest in Mathematics was rated based on the students’ self-
perceived level of preparation for the Mathematics subject, attention given to teacher’s
lectures, active participation in class, their desire to get good grades and their desire to
listen to discussions or attention class. Table 1 shows the weighted mean of students’
level of interest in Mathematics.
The overall weighted mean of level of interest in Mathematics is interpreted as
“____________________.” This means students are _____________ interested in this
subject. Among questionnaire items, the ____________ is the most interesting to students
but the ______________ received the lowest level of interest.

2. Level of Study Habits as Perceived by the Students
The criteria in obtaining students’ level of study habits were based on their
personal tendency or pattern of action in studying when they are in school days. Table 2
shows the lists of ten (10) items about situational/action statements used in the data
gathering and the corresponding weighted means of the students’ responses ranked from
the highest to lowest weighted mean together with the verbal interpretation.
The overall weighted mean of level of interest in Mathematics is interpreted as
“____________________.” This means students are _____________ in study habits.
Among questionnaire items, the ____________ is the most interesting to students but the
______________ received the lowest level of interest.

3. Student-Related Factors In Terms Of Interest and Study Habits

4. Personality Traits of Teacher as Perceived by the Students

5. Teaching Skills as Perceived by the students
Table 5 presents the scores acquired by the teacher in Mathematics as perceived
by the students in terms of their teaching skills. The overall weighted mean of the
teachers in terms of teaching skills is ______________which is interpreted verbally as
“___________.”

6. Instructional Materials used by the teachers in Mathematics as perceived by the
Students

7. Teacher-Related Factors In Terms of Personality Traits, Teaching Skills, and
Instructional Materials