DLP Concept Notes Vis-Á-Vis Traditional Method of Teaching: A Basis for Instructional Materials Resource Package in Social Studies

Abstract

The study was conducted to determine the relative effectiveness of Dynamic Learning Program Concept Notes and the traditional method in teaching a lesson in Social Studies 6. The control group and experimental group were taught under the traditional method of teaching and Dynamic Learning Program Concept Notes, respectively. To assess the effectiveness of the teaching strategies, a 50-item test was given to the students before instruction and the same test was given after the instruction. The respondents are students from two sections of Grade Six Pupils in St. Joseph Academy of Sariaya, Quezon classified as heterogeneous by the school’s guidance department. The pretest and posttest scores were compared to determine which of the two teaching strategies was more effective in teaching a lesson in Social Studies 6. Both groups taught by traditional approach and dynamic learning program (DLP) Concept Notes had a relatively low performance as revealed by their pretest learning scores because pupils do not know yet the lesson; Mean score of the experimental group is higher than the control group in the post-test; Mean score of the post-test is higher than pre-test in both control and experimental groups. There is a significant increase in the learning scores of the two groups from pre-test to post-test. Moreover, the performance of the group taught using the Dynamic Learning Program-Concept Notes gained significantly more knowledge than the group taught using the Traditional Method of teaching Dynamic Learning Program Concept Notes vis-a-vis Traditional Method can improve their academic performance especially when we combine the two teaching approaches in a proposed instructional materials resource package in Social Studies that includes DLP Concept Notes and Traditional Method by making a Concept Note. Same experimental research may be done on pupils who are in lower grade level; The teaching strategies used in this study, especially the DLP Concept Notes may be tried out on other subject areas like English, Science etc., to see whether similar results can be found; Teachers may develop DLP Concept Notes materials in other subjects to provide mastery of learning; and Further evaluation of the teacher made-test for the refinement of the research instruments should be made, to obtain a high degree of reliability.