Strategies Employed by the Science Teachers Addressing the Low Performance of Tangway Loob Elementary School in the NAT

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

This study was conducted due to the low performance of our school in the National Achievement test. Teaching strategies help the students learn the lessons and develop achievable goals in the future.This is the reason why the researcher attempted to determine strategies by Science teachers addressing the low performance of Tangway Loob Elementary School pupils in the said test.This study consisted of one school head, four Science teachers and 120 pupils from grade three to six classes. In order to gather the needed information about the perceptions of both the school head and the pupils on the extent of the implementation of the study, two sets of questionnaires have been prepared by the researcher and a checklist for teachers. The data to be gathered will be statistically treatedwith the use of weighted mean and SD. The results revealed that strategies employed by teachers teaching Science play a vital role in the performance of pupils.

METHODS

This study employed the descriptive method of research. It involved the collection ofdata in the attempt to test the hypotheses and so with the different questions posted as regards the status of the subjects under the study. It tried to describe the perceptions of the school head and the pupils on the strategies employed by teachers teaching Science addressing the low performance of Tangway Loob Elementary School pupils in the National Achievement Test.

RESULTS

For school head, result showed that the highest rating was given on statement that Science teachers provide cooperative learning environment during the teaching process. It got an average mean of 95 %.For pupils, result showed that the statement that teachers formulate good questions during discussion got highest weighted mean of 98.67%.The teachers' strategy that greatly affects the low performance of pupils in Science was teachers use video clips and other modern technologies in teaching Science. It got an average mean of 35.83%.

DISCUSSIONS

Based on the result, there is a collaborative effort of pupils during group activities has a great impact on the learning process of the pupils and learning lies in the teacher's skill in the art of questioning to understand and deepen the concept needed to be learned. This strengthens the study of Department of Education Secretary Andrew Gonzales that teaching must be given sufficient demonstration materials and ready with whatever methods will make Science teaching successful.