1 JACOBO Z.

GONZALES MEMORIAL NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

2 Mathematics Department
3 SY 2018-2019
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5 MINUTES OF LEARNING ACTION CELL (LAC) SESSION 4
6 November 9, 2018
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8AGENDA:
9 1. Focus Group Discussion on 2nd Quarterly Assessment Results
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11PROCEEDINGS:
12 1. The focus group discussion started at 11:00AM.
13 2. Minutes of LAC Session 3 was read and approved.
14 3. The composition of the management staff was reiterated, to ensure smooth flow of every LAC
15 session.
16 4. Mr. Delio Escaño, Master Teacher, discussed the rationale of the focus group discussion. He told
17 the group that it is important to examine the results of every quarterly assessment (and other
18 forms of assessment, as deemed necessary) to come up with possible interventions to address
19 these results.
20 5. Mr. Escaño presented the consolidated results of the 2 nd Quarterly Assessment. He discussed the
21 MPS and least-mastered skills (LMS) per shift, then combined. The following were the findings:
22 a. Grade 7: Top LMS is the Multiplication of Polynomials.
23 b. Grade 8: Top LMS is Solving problems involving Linear Equations.
24 c. Grade 9: Top LMS is Deriving the Laws of Radicals.
25 d. Grade 10: Top LMS is Getting the x-intercept of a line.
26 6. Mr. Escaño facilitated the brainstorming activity using the guide questions: (1) What are the
27 reasons why we have these results? (2) What can we do? (3) How about we try utilizing our Math
28 Honor Society awardees to tutor/mentor those students who underperform in class?
29 7. Teachers cited that the diversity of learners was one of the challenges in their mathematics
30 classrooms. They then presented possible interventions to address these quarterly assessment
31 results. One of which is the peer mentoring which will utilize Math Honor Society members as
32 mentors; provided that this will be a buddy system that will be used in/during the class period;
33 NOT during remedial classes outside class hours.
34 8. Mr. Escaño also enumerated some teaching strategies which may help address the diversity of
35 learners. He mentioned about differentiating the learners’ activities based on their gender, needs,
36 strengths, interests, and experiences. He also explained that either the content, process, or product
37 may be differentiated. He encouraged the teachers to employ different teaching strategies so that
38 they can help students increase their levels of achievement.
39 9. Administrative concerns were also discussed very briefly. Questions were entertained.
40 10. LAC Session ended at 1:00pm.
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43Prepared by:
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46ANGELO D. UY
47Head Teacher III
4811/09/2018
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50Approved:
51(Teachers of Math Department)