The Impact of Using Worksheets in Science Utilizing Explicit Instruction in the Performance of Grade V Pupils

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The recent pre-test conducted in Science to among the seventy-seven (77) pupils in Grade Five indicated that there were thirty-five or 45% of the pupils who did not show mastery in some learning competencies for Grade Five. To improve the performance level of the pupils, worksheets must be provided to them so that these will be the materials to facilitate and enhance learning and aid the teacher to determine the learning difficulties of these thirty-five pupils.

METHODS

This research will only include the 35 Grade V pupils in Sampaga Elementary School, Balayan East District. These pupils are grouped heterogeneously and are found out to get 45 % in the pretest. The researcher designed a pretest and posttest which will serve as the indicator of the increase in the performance of the pupils in the First Quarter. Worksheets were prepared by the teacher which were used to aid in the solution of the problem. To assure an effective, reliable and objective analysis and interpretation of data, statistical tests like weighted mean, MPS, standard deviation and Correlated t-test were applied by the researcher in order to answer the specific problems of the investigation.

RESULTS

Upon conducting pretest, the result of the test revealed that the common mistakes encountered by the pupils were the following: 1.Describe the characteristics of useful materials; 2.Describe the characteristics of harmful/hazardous materials or products; 3. Describe the changes happen in materials in the presence or absence of oxygen; 4. Describe the changes that happen on materials; 5. Follow the clear and easy steps in recycling materials.

DISCUSSIONS

As presented in the result, there was an increase of 8.92 in the mean of the posttest. Moreover, there was a scattered of scores from 1.94 from the pretest to 3.56 in the posttest. This only signifies that the improvements of the pupils increased after the remediation using the worksheets. Furthermore, there is an increase of 59.44 in the MPS. There is a significant difference between the academic performance of the respondents. Since the computed t-value 15.638 exceeds the tabular t-value of 1.796 at 0.05 level of significance with 11 degrees of freedom. This means that the reinforcement in competencies through instruction and remediation using the worksheets significantly improved the academic performance of the pupil-respondents in Science by using the explicit instruction.