Skills, Interest, Needs in Appraising Students' Grades (SINAG) an Intervention Program for Low Performing Students

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

According to the Philippines' Department of Education Order #14 of 2013, schools should provide the "less able" students or those struggling with their understanding, special instructional programs or remediation to ensure that they meet the standards setand the competencies expected of them. This action research sought to answer the questions: what are the interest and skills of the students that needs intervention in science? How can the teacher help the students attend and perform well in remedial class? What are the themes that emerged from the testimonies of the G7 students? Does using Skills and Interest in remedial activity help the students attain growth in their academic program based on the pre-test and post-test result?

METHODS

This action research used sequential exploratory mixed method approach in gathering and analyzing the data of the study.

RESULTS

Based on the focused group discussion regarding the interest and skills of the students that need intervention; the theme that immerged were drawing, dancing, games, social media, puzzles, and group activity (Jordan, 2012). Results of the study show that games have a good effect on improving the achievement for the primary stage and to create an interactive environment. It is recommended to use games since they are very effective especially for the primary stages in teaching a second language and games are helpful for the teacher as a procedure for language acquisition. The respondents' score in pre-test were below 25% while after the post-test there were 44% who got 25-37 scores and 56% that was below the score of 25. The weighted mean of the pre-test was 16.48% and after the post-test it gained 43.2% with 26.72 increased in MPS which is like the study of James et. al (2014) which showed that the improvement of students' interest in learning and attitude to school could contribute in boosting their performance academically.

DISCUSSIONS

The results implied that some students learn in different way such as drawings, games, puzzles, and social media and strengthening students' artistic skills is important.