Developing Higher Order Thinking Skillsof Grade Six (6) Pupils in Selected Araling Panlipunan Topics through Educational Video Clips in Gomez Elementary School in Lopez Quezon

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

This research aimed to determine the perception of Grade six (6) learners on the integration of educational videos in developing their higher order thinking skills. It also intended to determine the pretest and post-test scores of the heterogeneous groups and homogeneous groups of students to gauge the presence of a significant difference between the mean scores before and after using educational videos in enhancing grade six (6) students' higher order thinking skills in Gomez Elementary School in Lopez, Quezon.

METHODS

Qualitative and quantitative methods were employed using descriptive and quasi-experimental designs with the triangulation of including validated questionnaires, interviews, and observation notes. Purposive sampling was also employed among 74 Grade Six students divided into heterogeneous and homogeneous groups.

RESULTS

The undertaking revealed that the learners strongly agreed on the benefits of integrating videos in the teaching and learning process of AP with the weighted average mean of 3.71. The pretest means scores of the heterogeneous group (3.75) and homogeneous group (4.94) were also found to be lower than the post-test mean scores of 8.37 and 9.14 respectively after using the educational videos. T-test on both groups also revealed that the computed t-value of 7.69 and 8.69 respectively are higher than the critical t-score of 2.02, in the degree of freedom of 36 and .05 level of significance leading to the rejection of the null hypothesis proving the positive effect of the videos in enhancing the higher order thinking skills of the learners

DISCUSSIONS

The study is significant on the enhancement of higher order thinking skills of the students across the curricular subjects in all grade levels. The results showed an alternative and effective means of developing students' aptitude to a higher level suited to the nature of today's' learners.