Contextualized and Localized Handouts: An Interventionin Grade V Science

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

This action research was funded by the Department of Education through the Basic Education Research Fund.Textbooks aligned to the foregoing curriculum were not available at the time of the research. Pupils are dependent solely on their notes. This research was focused on the effectiveness of contextualized and localized handouts as an intervention in Science in Grade V.

METHODS

The traditional experimental design had been utilized in this particular study. Pre-tests and post-tests were given to both the experimental and control group. The researcher made used of her designed contextualized and localized handouts in Science and distributed to the experimental group may it be before, during or after the discussion. The control group used their notes and information from other sources as reference.

RESULTS

The researcher found out and concluded that the performance level of both groups in Science in pre and posttest showed an improvement. However, the experimental group increased higher than the control group. The pre-test PL of the control group is 27.10% and the post test PL is 45.03%. The pre-test PL of the experimental group is 29.31% and the post-test PL is 55.59%. Hence, there is a significant difference in the performance level in the pre and post-test of the two groups in Science.

There is no significant difference between the performances of both groups in the pre-test. This implies that the two groups' performance in pre-test is categorically equal and is reasonable to be the subjects of this experiment

.In post-test, there is a significant difference between the performances of both groups, according to the independentt-test results the performance of the experimental group is higher than the performance of the control group.

DISCUSSIONS

It indicates that after utilizing the contextualized and localized handouts, the academic performance of Grade V-Narra pupils increased significantly when compared to the pre-test. This supports that the contextualized and localized handouts are effective in increasing academic performance among schoolchildren.In view of the findings and conclusions of the study, the following recommendations are given: The Science teachers from grade IV-VI must adapt the use of handouts in teaching Science to improve the performance level of the said subject, though it can also be done to other subject areas especially on subjects which textbooks are not yet available. Teachers should undergo intensive training in designing contextualized and localized handouts.