Reading and Writing Module for Home-Schooled Senior High School Students

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Students' schooling could be affected by various reasons. It could be due to shortage in finances, change in residency, health problems and even early pregnancy. With the Department of Education campaign for Education for All (EFA) 2015 and that no child should be left behind, home schooling or modular class was implemented. This aims for students with difficult situations, to be able to achieve target competencies even at home. Thus, Reading and Writing Module was created.

METHODS

The module strictly followed the prescribed curriculum guide of Department of Education. During the preparation, topics in the curriculum guide were plotted and divided. Reading and Writing module was created with consideration to its appearance, contents, activities provided, language used and its integration with other subjects. An existing tool for validating the module was adapted and used in the study. The module, along with the tool, was then disseminated to selected Teachers of English for validation. The data were gathered and tabulated to know the module's level of acceptability. Descriptive statistics was used to interpret results in the study.

RESULTS

The module obtained mean scores of 4.15, 4.15, 4.1, 4.22 and 3.98 with standard deviation scores 0.80, 0.80, 0.71, 0.91, and 0.83 in terms of appearance, contents, activities provided, language used and integration, respectively. Appearance is highly acceptable since it is interactive, and the visuals and graphics can encourage students. The module's content is highly acceptable since content is well-formulated and well-organized. It is simple and matches students' level of understanding. Activities provided in the module are highly acceptable because it includes collaborative activities and provides opportunities to practice and apply concepts or skills. Language used is also highly acceptable since it is easy to understand, clear, concise and motivating. Integration is only acceptable since it is not fully related with other learning areas. The overall level of the modules' acceptability is high (mean= 4.12 and standard deviation= 0.80).

DISCUSSIONS

The results signify that the produced Reading and Writing Module can be used by home-schooled students in senior high school. For improvement, it is suggested that the module should be integrated with other learning areas and the use of original and authentic images is recommended. Further studies can be made to test the module's effectiveness and its reliability and validity.