Development of Pupils Scientific Skills Via Computer Aided Instruction in Science VI

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Learners today live in a multimedia world and appreciate variety in their learning environment. Some forms of literacy that they can develop include scientific skills, textual, numerical, visual, audio, and multimedia. Both teachers and pupils can benefit by developing their abilities to create, use and evaluate resources.

The researcher finds out how computer-aided instruction employed in teaching science meets the challenges in the educational system specifically in terms of development of pupils' scientific skills in science 6.

METHODS

A quasi-experimental research posttest design was used. It is an empirical study used to estimate the casual impact of an intervention on its target population without random assignment. The idea behind this type of research is to study frequencies, averages, weighted mean and other statistical calculations.

The main instrument used in the study was questionnaire-checklist. The results served as the major source of data that would determine the level of pupils' scientific skills using computer-aided instruction.

RESULTS

The respondents have varied level of scientific skills. The level of development of scientific skills of the pupils along observing had the highest level, which was described as excellent. The 283 pupil respondents revealed that observing is the very foundation of all the scientific skills in science. Among the basic scientific skills, predicting had the lowest level, which was described as very good in the big schools of Gubat South District. Overall, the level of development of pupils' scientific skills using computer-aided instruction was described as very good. It was revealed in this study that all the basic scientific skills of grade six pupil respondents are above average level.

The extent of the utilization of computer-aided instruction in 5 big schools of Gubat South District was described as often utilized. This denotes that teachers of Gubat South District viewed CAI as a very good tool in the development of pupils' scientific skills. Employing CAI in teaching Science will help improve the level of scientific skill among learners.

DISCUSSIONS

The extent of the utilization of computer-aided instruction has a significant impact on the development of pupils' scientific skills.The results demonstrate the need to employ CAI in teaching Science in order to develop the basic scientific skills of grade six pupils.