Development of Supplementary Remediation Worksheets in Science

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

The world of education is experiencing speedy changes and facing many challenges. These changes are forcing our educational systems to respond and ensure that every student will become a responsible citizen of our country; such a challenge lies in our area of instruction. One skill that every teacher should develop is the ability to organize and develop materials suited to their level of readiness and understanding. This research would like to know the least mastered skills of the students in Science, how do those skills affect the learning outcomes of the students and the impact of the remediation worksheet to students learning in Science.

METHODS

The research followed a descriptive research design. The respondents of the study are selected Grade 9 and Grade 10 students with the least mastered skills in Science concepts that may be the reason why they become struggling learners. Respondents were selected through the Slovin's formula.

RESULTS

In this research, most of the student respondents are having difficulties in their mathematical abilities. This is because of incompetency in acquiring many mathematical skills Cognitive abilities in learning such as the ability to recall, memorize and perceive influence the efficiency of mathematical skills. Thus, this study suggests that students may enhance their skills in all aspects such as linguistic, verbal and logical skills through learning in a reflective process, whereby the learner both develops new insights and understanding or changes and restructures his or her mental process. Aside from that, most of the students can't easily cope up with Science lessons as the effect of their incompetence in different skills.

DISCUSSIONS

Data revealed that teachers should incorporate a pedagogical approach in teaching Science lesson which is suited to every learner. And will enable students to participate actively in the discussion. Lastly, student respondents became self-discoverers, self-motivated and learning competent when they used the supplementary remediation worksheets in their Science class. Therefore, it is suggested that the Grades 7 and 8 teachers should devise an intervention module for their struggling students. Through this, Science teaching-learning may even more effective.