The Effectiveness of Excellence Camp: A Study on Paired Sample

Problem solving is one of the important aspects in mathematics problem solving. Strengthening the basic knowledge and understanding the problem can guide the students to become better problem solver. The Mathematics Excellence Camp was conducted to recap the basic knowledge and expose the students to the problem-based learning. The study focused on the effectiveness of educational camp in improving students’ understanding in Mathematics. The camp was targeted on the repeaters of pre-Calculus students. Each day, the students were given the pre- test before the lesson began and post- test after the lesson ended. The study is statistically conducted indirectly to investigate the effectiveness of the program. The different mean values for pre-test and post-test were tested, and the hypothesis testing using paired sample t-test was used.. The results of the study are expected to have higher mean value for post-test than pre-test.