Activity Sheets, Worksheets, and Pokemon Go: Tools to Improve the Academic Performance in Science

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The researcher noticed that Science continued to be one of the most difficult fields of the study in K-12 Education. The 4% decreased in the pupils' performance in the National Achievement Test had shown that the pupils did not achieve the mastery level. The researcher conducted the program “I LOVE SCIENCE " which stands for Innovation Lessens Obstruction and Vulnerability among Educators for we need Strategy that Captures the Interest and Establish New ways for Children's quality Education by using ACTIVITY SHEETS, WORKSHEETS AND POKEMON GO. This study aimed to help the teachers find ways to improve the teaching-learning process and developing new strategies to achieve the mission, vision, and goal of the Department of Education.

METHODS

This study employed a quasi-experimental pre-test-post-test comparison group design. The purpose of the experimental design was to discover the difference between the traditional Method of Teaching and the Innovative Intervention Method of Teaching that focused on the Least Learned Competencies for the last consecutive years. The instrument underwent content validation and item analysis to make sure that the tests were valid. Thus, this study was done for a change, a change of strategies in order to come up with a very constructive pupil's output.

RESULTS

Based on the findings, during the conduct of the study, themean of the traditional method was a little lower than the mean of the post-test. Looking at the standard deviation score, it implied that the variance of the innovative instructional method was greater than the traditional method that recommended that the pupils' performance would be based on the innovative approaches presented and being developed by the teacher.

DISCUSSIONS

The findings from the empirical investigation formed the basis from which the traditional and Innovative Intervention Method was developed as depicted in the results and formed the primary outcome of this study. The model proposed that the pupils increased their performance through the innovative intervention method. The mean scores during the pre-test of the traditional method and the innovative instructional method do not significantly different which means that the pupils needed a new method of teaching. The mean scores during post-test of both traditional method and innovative instructional method had a significant difference which means that innovation played a vital role in the learning process because it somewhat attracted the pupils' attention in the classroom and made them attentive in the subject and with that, they are very keen to learn.