Improving Reading Ability and Comprehension of the Grade Six M.H. Del Pilar Pupils through Project Wonder (Willpower on Developing Excellent Readers)

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

  The study was conducted to assess the effect of buddy reading  to decrease the number of frustration reading level of eighteen (18) pupils  from Grade 6 -M.H. Del Pilar in Santisima Cruz Elementary  School Year 2018 -2019. Specifically, this study sought to answer the question: How does buddy reading  help decrease the number of frustration reading the level of students from Grade 6 -M. H. Del Pilar  in Santisima Cruz ES School Year 2018 -2019? Eighteen (18 ) students from Grade 6 section M.H. Del Pilar were the subjects of this study. The researcher also used eighteen  (18) buddy-readers. One on one buddy reading was more likely to use.

METHODS

The researcher conducted the action research on September -November SY 2018-2019. Eighteen (18) pupils from Grade 6 -M.H. Del Pilar were the subject of this study. The researcher made use of eighteen (18) buddy -teachers. Descriptive Method was used in gathering data regarding the reading comprehension level of the subjects of this project. The data used in this study were the Pre and Post results/ scores of the mentees on the reading materials which were given to them through buddy reading. Assessment/ evaluation tools results were collected and used for data analysis.

RESULTS

As the results of eighteen (18) frustration level learners of Grade Six M.H Del Pilar of Santisima Cruz Elementary School were identified. The test of two means revealed that the pre-test scores were generally lower than the post-test scores in all of the ten  reading materials. All the post-test averages were also evidently higher than the pre-test averages. The results showed that buddy reading using different innovative instructional materials helped the students significantly improved their performance. It was also determined that the students had the highest scores on the fifth day in which they used reading modules as their instructional material.  While the scores on the 10th day in which they used summarization strategy were the lowest relatively.

DISCUSSIONS

  The students under the frustration level based on the PHIL-IRI should be tutored by their classmates in the independent level using innovative instructional materials for the said approach was proven effective in improving the performance of the students and use different reading modules as instructional material for the students to have better comprehension on a certain reading material.