Project SAUCE (Sustainable Agriculture to Uplift Concept & Skills Enhancement) in Improving Learners Performance in EPP Agriculture 4

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Agriculture as a component in EPP Grade 4 is one of the subjects that students find less interest in. According to Rizo (2017) subject components of EPP may be enhanced and remembered by the students using some ways like providing instructional materials that may motivate the students to learn, contextualizing and localizing the contents so that students may understand them easily and engage the students in real life situations. In BUENAVISTA-CIGARAS ES, it was observed that teaching agriculture is a challenging task and the students got a low score in the examinations given in the performance task. The researcher decided to conceptualize a project SAUCE which aims to uplift the performance of the students in the given subject and make them realize the value and importance of its contents in their daily life.

METHODS

This research made use of the quasi experimental method of research. The respondents were the three sections of the Grade 4. They were asked to answer the examination prepared by the researcher which served as the pre-test and post-test. Results were statistically interpreted using statistical tools such as mean, standard deviation and T-Test.

RESULTS

The performance of the students prior to the implementation of the Project SAUCE was satisfactory. Intervention was given in the form of the project and an increase in the performance was observed from satisfactory to outstanding. Significant differences were observed in the scores of the pupils.

DISCUSSIONS

Through the use of the Project SAUCE (1) subject contents can be made easy for the students to understand if the teachers are willing to be innovative and creative in using the resources available (2) students can be motivated to learn when they are exposed with the materials within their level and (3) the performance of the students can be improved if the teachers are open to new system.