Compilation of Difficult Science Terminologies with Contextualized Meaning fort Improving Grade 4 to 6 Pupils Understanding: A Proposed Interventions

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Around the world, the development of skills and scientific knowledge among learners at any level is the most important goal of the formal curriculum in schools because every government believes that its future progress and technological advancement lie in a very strong foundation of science education. A problem of poor understanding observed by researchers was the pupils' limited vocabulary because they are not aware of their meaning. In the observations of the researchers at Tua Elementary School, they found out that concepts increase in degree of difficulty as the grade level increases from Grades 3 to Grade 6, the pattern began to emerge.

METHODS

Textual method of analysis as a simple form of the qualitative technique was employed.

RESULTS

The different terminologies were all acceptable and there is a big possibility that the intervention could improve the pupil's understanding of Science concepts.

DISCUSSIONS

Inability to comprehend due to poor English was the main reason why pupils cannot comprehend Science concepts. Most of the difficult vocabulary terms were about Biological and Physical Science. From all teachers involved, they mentioned that the pupils lack vocabulary skills because they may have not mastered understanding English terminologies.