Sci-Voc Familiarization Technique in Teaching Science Lesson to Gr. 6 -Ladislao Diwa

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

A major component of literacy is "vocabulary," or the words employed by a language or in a field of knowledge. Science is one of the learning areas which is often found difficult by most of the pupils because of the terminology used in conveying the concepts. It is also one of those learning areas which the pupils failed to pass or got a low MPS besides English during the National Achievement Test, despite the effort given by the teachers in teaching the said subject. However, teaching Science will be effective and enjoyable to the children if they will be familiarized with the Science vocabulary connected to the lesson.

METHODS

The study utilized the simple experimental type of research using the Grade 6-Ladislao Diwa pupils which served as the experimental group. While Emilio Aguinaldo pupils who have the same range of grades served as the controlled group. Both groups were given the pre-test then the same lesson for one week but only Grade 6-L. Diwa received the treatment. After a week, the two sections answered a 7-item post-test. The Mean and SD of the test given were computed for comparison and for testing the effectiveness of the technique.

RESULTS

The table shows the obtained score of pupils in the given test after a week of lesson. It reveals that both groups have 35 respondents but group 2 performed better than group 1 as it has a higher mean in the post-test by 0.74 and performance level of 62.45 compared to group 1 which has 51.84.

DISCUSSIONS

The above result indicated that there is a significant difference between using the usual method in teaching science concepts and Sci-Voc Familiarization Technique as revealed by the figures. Since the respondents are section 4 learners, it's hard for them to understand what is being taught to especially the science terminologies which are entirely different from the meanings in English language. They don't comprehend easily those vocabularies so they just get bored in the discussion and lost interest. However, learning science can be made easier for the pupils if the terminologies are unlocked and well explained.