Increasing the Reading Comprehension Performance of Grade 7-Saturn in Sto. Domingo National School through the Implementation of Project Rose

Abstract

The study was conducted based on the current condition of the reading performance of Grade 7 students. This research sought to find out the effectiveness of the remedial reading intervention in improving the comprehension level of Grade 7 students of Sto. Domingo National High School using ROSE or Reading On Spare Time and Enjoy. It has great implications on the reading comprehension performance of the pupils. The intervention, Project ROSE, increased the performance and reading level of the students. The utilization of project ROSE introduced a new way of teaching reading with the integration of enjoyment in the reading activities of the students. The means in pretest and posttest of the reading comprehension performance of the Grade 7 students of Sto. Domingo National High School. In the pretest, the students increased 3.0714 of mean scores, while during the posttest the students increased 5.7143 mean scores with the distinction of 2.6429. This demonstrates the mean of the students expanded after the intervention has utilized. Consequently, the reading intervention improved the reading comprehension of the Grade 7 students of Sto. Domingo National High School. The t-test on finding a significant difference in the pre-test and post test. It can be gleaned from the computed t-value of 9.3583 and the p-value of .00001 which is lower than the set value of .05. The researcher rejected the null hypothesis which is significant at 0.05 level. This shows a significant difference in the reading performance of Grade 7 students. It has great implications on the reading comprehension performance of the pupils. The intervention, Project ROSE, increased the performance and reading level of the students. The utilization of project ROSE introduced a new way of teaching reading with the integration of enjoyment in the reading activities of the students.