Improving Least Mastered Reading Competencies of Students through Computer-Based Instruction Using Journalism-Related Texts

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Learners of today are enveloped in technology from an early age and it is inevitable that they are now literate in using computer even without a proper training. Reading programs that have sound and graphics were invented to make learning more fun. This research aimed to investigate the effect of computer-based reading program on the present development of reading competency of Grade 9 students.

METHODS

Descriptive and experimental method were used in this research to determine the causal relationship between the computer-based reading programs and classroom instruction using journalism related text to the level of reading competency of Grade 9 students of Plaridel Integrated National High School, academic year 2017-2018. The static group comparison was the experimental design used in this study. Two groups, wherein, each had fifty (50) respondents, used the same set of activity, but in different modes of instructions. Group A answered the activities in a computer-based reading program, whereas Group B answered it in traditional way or the classroom instruction.

RESULTS

The findings showed that students who were subjected to the computer reading program revealed that their level of perception on the use of it is they all agree with an overall mean of 2.81 and sd of 0.71. Student-respondents' perception on the usage is to a great extent which could be interpreted as they all agree on the use of it. On the data presentation of the level of reading competency of students who underwent computer-based instruction and classroom instruction, the result was students who underwent CBI are powerful when it comes to predicting outcomes with a mean of 81.42 and sd of 10.73 but proficient in other reading competencies. On the other hand, the reading competency of the other group of students who were subjected to pure classroom instruction is proficient in all categories.

DISCUSSIONS

The results demonstrate that the data on the significant difference in the mean scores of Grade 9 students in the least mastered reading competencies showed that the mean scores of students who used computer-based reading program are significantly better than the mean scores in the same reading competencies using classroom instruction. Computers have the ability to aid learning effectively, however, some features of the computer reading program must be modified as deemed necessary for the success of this program.