Improving the Performance of the GAS Grade 11 Students in General Mathematics through the Horkan Model of Reading and Writing

Abstract

Introduction

This action research aimed to determine the effectiveness of the Horkan Model of Reading and Writing to improve the performance of the Grade 11 GAS students of the Urdaneta City National High School during the school year 2018 –2019. Specifically, it compared and analyzed significant differences in the level of performance of the students in control (use of lecture method) and experimental group (use of Horkan Model) during the pretest and post-test.

Methods

There are two groups of respondents in this study. One group belonged to the experimental and the other one in the control group. The participants of the study are the General Academic Strand Grade 11 students of the Urdaneta City National High School during the school year 2018-2019. The two sections of GAS students, namely Grade 11-Skinner and Grade 11-Froebel, were used as respondents of the study. The following statistical tools were used to answer the problems of the study: mean score, highest and lowest score obtained, standard deviation, and skewness. The t-test for independent samples was employed to determine the significant difference in the performance of the students during the pretest and posttest under the experimental and control group.

Results

Both the control group and the experimental group performed fairly satisfactory during the pretest. Posttest results reveal that the two groups of respondents performed Very Satisfactory. The performance of the control group has improved using the lecture method. Likewise, the use of the Horkan Model of Reading and Writing is effective in improving the performance of the experimental group students. Moreover, there is no significant difference between the performance of the control and experimental group during the pretest. The control and experimental group have the same level of performance during the pretest. However, the performance of the experimental group during the posttest is better than that of the control group. This means that the use of the Horkan Model of reading and writing is more effective than the lecture method.

Discussions

It is hereby recommended the continued use of the Horkan Model of Reading and Writing in Grade 11 GAS students. Do the same for other grade levels to check the effectiveness of the Horkan Model of Reading and Writing approach in different grade levels.